Reginald Pole Prince and Prophet
Reginald Pole Prince and Prophet by Thomas F. Mayer is an illustrated biography published by Cambridge University Press on November 23, 2000. This comprehensive work presents the life of Reginald Pole (1500-1558), a significant figure of the sixteenth century, through extensive archival research, particularly in Italy and the Inquisition archives. Mayer explores the complexities of Pole’s life, examining the contrasts between his lived experiences and his self-representations.
Readers will find a detailed account of Pole’s multifaceted career, which includes his roles as a protégé and critic of Henry VIII, a cardinal, and a papal diplomat. The biography delves into his nearly successful candidacy for the papacy and his later positions as legate to England and archbishop of Canterbury. Mayer’s work sheds light on Pole’s contributions to the English Counter-Reformation and the challenges he faced from both Pope Paul IV and his own actions. This edition, spanning 468 pages, offers insights into the historical, political, and religious contexts of Pole’s life within the Tudor and Elizabethan era.
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This was the first full-length biography in ninety years of Reginald Pole (1500-1558), one of the most important international figures of the sixteenth century, and the first ever to give equal attention to all phases of his career. It was based on painstaking and extensive archival research, above all in Italy and among the archives of the Inquisition. Pole spent much of his life writing, especially about himself. This book attempted to expose the tension between the ‘life as lived’ and the ‘life as written’ in order to see Pole whole rather than as a plaster saint – or devil. Pole’s career is followed as protégé and then harshest critic of Henry VIII, as cardinal and papal diplomat, legate of Viterbo, a nearly successful candidate for pope, and finally as legate to England, archbishop of Canterbury, architect of the English Counter-Reformation, and victim of both pope Paul IV and of himself.
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