Creighton judges Wolsey by what he did, how he did it and what he chose to do. Beginning with the state of Europe in 1494, he follows the Cardinal’s diplomacy through the French alliance, the universal peace, the Field of the Cloth of Gold, the conference of Calais and the imperial alliance, to his fall.
A concise, authoritative life by the great historian of the papacy, written for the Twelve English Statesmen series. Download the free EPUB.