Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Short History of the English People, Vol. 2
Edward the Fifth is the subject of a work attributed to Sir Thomas More, and which almost certainly derives much of its im portance from Archbishop Morton. Whatever its historical worth may be, it is remarkable in its English form as the first historical work of any literary value which we possess written in our modern prose. The Letters and Papers of Richard the Third and Henry the Seventh, some memorials of Henry the Seventh, including his life by Bernard André of Toulouse, and a volume of Materials for a history of his reign have been edited for the Rolls Series. A biography of Henry is among the works of Lord Bacon. The his tory of Erasmus in England must be followed in his own interesting letters; the most accessible edition of the typical book of the revi val, the Uto ia, is the Elizabethan translation, published by Mr. Arber. Mr. Upton has done much to increase our Beauty knowl edge of Colet by his recent editions of several of his works. Halle's Chronicle extends from the reign of Edward the Fourth to that of Ben the Eighth; for the latter he is copied by Grafton and fol low by Holinshed. Cavendish has iven a faithful and touching account of Wolsey in his later days, ut for any real knowledge 0 his administration or the foreign licy of He the Eighth we must turn from these to the invalua ls Calendars 0 State Papers for this period from the English, Spanish, and Austrian archives, with the prefaces of Professor Brewer and Mr. Bergenroth. Cromwell's early life as told by Foxe is a mass of fable, and the State Papers afiord the only real information as to his ministry. For Sir Thomas More we have a touching life by his son-in-law, Roper. The more important documents for the religious history of the time will be found in Mr. Pocock's edition of Bumet's History of the Reforma tion those relating to the dissolution of the monasteries in the collection of letters on that subject published b the Camden Society, and in the Original Letters of Sir Henry E1 is. A mass of mate. Rials of very various value has been accumulated by Strype in his collections, which commence at this period.
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