John Schofield (1)
Autor von The Rise & Fall of Thomas Cromwell: Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
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- Newcastle upon Tyne University (School of Historical Studies|visiting scholar)
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- "John Schofield is a Visiting Scholar is the School of Historical Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He holds a PhD in Reformation History, and is the author of Philip Melanchthon and the English Reformation, The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell and Martin Luther : a Concise History of his Life Works. He lives in North Shields." (biography from Cromwell to Cromwell : Reformation to Civil War).
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This is a much better book than Robert Hutchinson’s book on the same subject. Schofield actually seems to have done his research and not just rehashed the same old material which portrays Cromwell as a tyrant, bully etc.
Most of the things that Cromwell gets the blame for either started before he entered the King’s service or before he was high enough up the food chain to influence them, most of the evidence against Cromwell comes from the Spanish Chronicle which should be discounted as it has some very important details wrong e.g. it has Cromwell investigating the accusations of adultery against Catherine Howard which would be fine if he hadn’t been executed the year before.
Schofield does a very good job of presenting Cromwell as a human being, warts and all. This is a very good read for anybody interested in Cromwell’s life, it is a real page turner. I couldn’t put it down.
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