The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Cavendish
- First Published: 1641
- Type of Work: Biography
- Principal Characters: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Henry Deane, Sir Richard Nanfan, King Henry VII, King Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Cardinal Campeggio
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Sex or sexuality, England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Sixteenth century, Catholics or Catholic Church, Treason, Priests, Royal courts or courtiers
George Cavendish was the eldest son of Thomas Cavendish, an officer of the king’s exchequer. He was born about 1500, went to Cambridge University, left without taking a degree, and married in 1524. He entered Cardinal Wolsey’s services about 1522 as his gentleman usher. He left Wolsey’s household after the cardinal’s death in 1530, refused an offer to enter the royal service, and went to live on his family estate in Suffolk until just before his death, about 1561. No evidence of the date of his death exists.
He undertook to write the biography of Wolsey in 1554; he...
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