Henry VIII : a European court in England / edited by David Starkey

London : Collins & Brown in association with the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192 pages: illustrations (some color); 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-186) and index. Catalogue of the exhibition to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Henry VIII held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, May 1-August 31, 1991. Contents: Introduction: the legacy of Henry VIII / by David Starkey -- Greenwich and the river: early Tudor London / by Rosemary Weinstein -- Greenwich Palace / by Simon Thurley -- The friar's church: christening and marriage -- Stained glass in Henry VIII's palaces / by Hilary Wayment -- The tiltyard: the jousts of July 1517 -- Henry VIII and the founding of the Greenwich armouries / by Karen Watts -- The Tudor tournament / by Steven Gunn -- The field of cloth of gold, 1520 -- The banqueting house: the reception of 1527 -- Holbein as court painter / by Susan Foister -- The banqueting and disguising houses of 1527 / by Simon Thurley -- Nicolaus Kratzer: the king's astronomer and Renaissance instrument-maker / by Willem Hackmann -- A diplomatic revolution? Anglo-French relations and the treaties of 1527 / by Charles Giry-Deloison -- Illuminated manuscripts and the development of the portrait miniature / by Janet Backhouse -- The orders of the Garter and St Michael -- The great hall: a royal christening, 1533 -- Music at the court of Henry VIII / by Peter Holman -- Anne Boleyn as patron / by Maria Dowling -- Goldsmiths and their work at the court of Henry VIII / by Hugh Tait -- Acton Court and the progress of 1535 -- The royal visit to Acton Court in 1535: by Robert Bell -- The presence chamber: new year, 1538 -- Plate and gift-giving at court / by Philippa Glanville -- The gentlement pensioners, 1539 -- The bedchamber: the Cleves marriage, 1540 -- Fatal matrimony: Henry VIII and the marriage to Anne of Cleves / by Rory MacEntegart -- Henry VIII and mapmaking / by Peter Barber -- Greenwich and Henry VIII's royal library / by James Carley -- The religion of Henry VIII / by Diamaid MacCulloch -- The sports of kings / by Simon Thurley -- Henry VIII and the Navy -- Henry VIII: the real founder of the Navy? / by David Loades. Subjects: Henry VIII, King of England 1491-1547; Exhibitions. Civilization European influences. Courts and courtiers. Kings and rulers.Relations with courts and courtiers. Genre: Bibliography. Biography. Catalogue.