tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post7560216406755785121..comments2024-03-23T15:35:20.874-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Mark - Additional sources on the last two years of Henry VIII's reignLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-87469238684183303292009-08-01T07:28:06.506-05:002009-08-01T07:28:06.506-05:00For a particularly fast-paced narrative on the per...For a particularly fast-paced narrative on the period in question, Robert Hutchinson's "The Last Days of Henry VIII" is a particularly gripping "populist" account of the end of the King's reign, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading.Gareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-4145071142103807342009-07-28T20:16:55.683-05:002009-07-28T20:16:55.683-05:00Sorry - I meant to say that this was the ODNB entr...Sorry - I meant to say that this was the ODNB entry for Katherine Parrkbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840188159816630368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-58259133417791828772009-07-28T10:03:02.020-05:002009-07-28T10:03:02.020-05:00The best treasure hunt for primary sources is to g...The best treasure hunt for primary sources is to go back to your secondary sources and study their bibliographies and footnotes (if any). <br /><br />The online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry includes the following sources you may not have looked at as yet:<br />Calendar of Patent Rolls 1547-53<br />The Calendar of State Papers Domestic and Spain. <br />Foxe, Acts and Monuments<br />Strpe, Ecclesiastical Memorials,<br />Haynes, Collection of State Papers...<br />and several others.<br /><br />For primary sources the author, Susan James who PhD Historian has already directed you to, lists documents in the National Archives (PRO) and the British Library if you are in England. There are more listed if you can get access to the ODNB via your library or nearby university.kbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840188159816630368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-41605448742487606672009-07-28T05:00:29.201-05:002009-07-28T05:00:29.201-05:00I strongly suggest the two books on Katherine Parr...I strongly suggest the two books on Katherine Parr written and published by Dr Susan James, if you have not already read them. The first is titled <i>Kateryn Parr: The Making of a Queen</i>, published by Ashgate Publishing in 1999. The second is <i>Catherine Parr: Henry VIII's Last Love</i>, published by History Press for Tempus Publishing in 2008. <br /><br />The first is an academic book published for historians specializing in Tudor history. The second is a re-write of the first and intended for a more general reading public, so it is less academic in tone. <br /><br />Both contain excellent footnoting and bibliographies that will provide reference to all of the available relevant primary and secondary sources on Parr and her marriage to Henry VIII. As far as I am concerned, Dr James's books are the definitive studies of Parr. James offers extensive analysis of Parr's relationship with Henry and her influence (or lack of influence) on him and his policies.<br /><br />You might also read Derek Wilson's new "brief biography" of Henry VIII for its alternative interpretation of the Henry-Parr relationship.PhD Historianhttp://www.somegreymatter.comnoreply@blogger.com