Politics and Profit: A Study of Sir Ralph Sadler 1507-1547

by Arthur Joseph Slavin

In the reign of Henry VIII a lay, as distinct from a clerical, staff of administrators was rapidly emerging as an essential instrument of government. To a remarkable degree the Crown depended on the servants of great ministers to supply the deficiencies of a formal bureaucratic structure. Thomas Cromwell's regime is perhaps the outstanding example of this phenomenon and, within his household staff, Ralph Sadler and Thomas Wriothesley emerged as the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521089336
• ISBN13: 9780521089333
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"