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Body, Parentage and Character in History: Notes on the Tudor Period

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Body, Parentage and Character in History: Notes on the Tudor Period

Furneaux Jordan

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Was Henry VIII's character written in his body? Jordan, a surgeon, reads the Tudor king through physique and family proclivities, weighing the wives question against inherited temperament. An odd, fascinating Victorian experiment in explaining history through biology. Part character study, part case study, entirely unlike the usual Tudor fare. History examined on the doctor's table.

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12 chapters

  1. 1PREFACE.
  2. 2TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  3. 3THE VARIOUS VIEWS OF HENRY VIII.’S CHARACTER.
  4. 4THE RELATION OF BODY AND PARENTAGE TO CHARACTER.
  5. 5HENRY’S FAMILY PROCLIVITIES.
  6. 6THE WIVES QUESTION.
  7. 7THE LESS CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF HENRY’S CHARACTER.
  8. 8THE MORE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF HENRY’S CHARACTER.
  9. 9HENRY AND HIS COMPEERS.
  10. 10HENRY AND HIS PEOPLE AND PARLIAMENT.
  11. 11NOTE ON HENRY AND THE REFORMATION.
  12. 12QUEEN ELIZABETH AND QUEEN MARY.
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