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Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. The use of hyphensand of accents has been rationalised.
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Twelve English Statesmen
CARDINAL WOLSEY
CARDINAL WOLSEY
BY
MANDELL CREIGHTON
BISHOP OF LONDON
M.A. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE, D.C.L. OF DURHAM
LL.D. OF GLASGOW AND HARVARD
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET. LONDON
1912
First Edition April 1888
Reprinted 1888, 1891, 1895, 1898, 1902, 1904, 1906 (twice), 1912
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| The State of Europe, 1494-1512 | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| The French Alliance, 1512-1515 | 18 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| The Universal Peace, 1515-1518 | 35 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| The Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1518-1520 | 51 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| The Conference of Calais, 1520-1521 | 66 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| The Imperial Alliance, 1521-1523 | 84 |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| Renewal of Peace, 1523-1527 | 101 |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| Wolsey's Domestic Policy | 123 |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| The King's Divorce, 1527-1529 | 150 |
| CHAPTER X | |
| The Fall of Wolsey, 1529-1530 | 184 |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| The Work of Wolsey | 211 |
CHAPTER I
THE STATE OF EUROPE
1494-1512
Allmen are to be judged by what they do, and the wayin which they do it. In the case of great statesmen thereis a third consideration which challenges our judgment—whatthey choose to do. This consideration only presentsitself in the case of great statesmen, and even thenis not always recognised. For the average statesmandoes from day to day the business which has to be done,takes affairs as he finds them, and makes the best ofthem. M