Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales: Life, Death and Commemoration [Hardcover]

Steven Gunn (Editor), Linda Monckton (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 17, 2009 | ISBN-10: 1843834804 | ISBN-13: 978-1843834809

Prince Arthur (1486-1502), son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was the great hope of early Tudor England. Today he is largely forgotten, remembered only as Henry VIII's shadowy elder brother, the first husband of Katherine of Aragon. But in his lifetime Arthur counted for much more than that. Groomed for kingship, sent to govern Wales and the Marches, married to secure the Spanish alliance, celebrated in portraits, poems and pageants, Arthur stood at the centre of his father's plans. His death brought a grand funeral and a lasting monument, the chantry chapel covered in Tudor badges that still stands in Worcester Cathedral. These richly illustrated essays, by historians, art historians and archaeologists, investigate Arthur's life and posthumous commemoration from every angle. They set him in the context of the fledgling Tudor regime and of the religion, art and architecture of late medieval death and memory. They close with an exploration of the re-enactment of Arthur's funeral at Worcester in 2002, an event that sought to rescue the prince from the oblivion that has been his lot for five hundred years. CONTRIBUTORS: STEVEN GUNN, IAN ARTHURSON, FREDERICK HEPBURN, JOHN MORGAN-GUY, RALPH HOULBROOKE, MARK DUFFY, CHRIS GUY, JOHN HUNTER, LINDA MONCKTON, PHILLIP LINDLEY, JULIAN LITTEN

Editorial Reviews

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Conferences do not always transfer well to print, but this book shows how fruitful they can be. --Times Literary Supplement

This is a readable and well-illustrated volume; more of this sort on the Tudors would be all to the good. --Journal of British Studies

The text is beautifully illustrated and gives a sense of the importance of Arthur's birth and the hopes that went with it. It is a welcome addition to the study of early Tudor England. --Sixteenth Century Journal

Product Details

• Hardcover: 214 pages
• Publisher: Boydell Press (September 17, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843834804
• ISBN-13: 978-1843834809
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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