The Social Studies (2010) 101, 103–104 Copyright C Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0037-7996 print / 2152-405X online DOI: 10.1080/00377996.2010.483671 An Ever-So-Brief Bibliography

RON PAHL Department of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA

The following is an ever-so-brief bibliography of the Portraits: Images of Henry VIII thousands of books, films, artifacts, and Web sites available on King Henry VIII. The best source of images of Henry VIII on the web site is Tudor England Images: Portraits of King. Henry VIII, Books born 1491, ruled 1509–1547. http://www.marileecody.com/henry8images.html. Most A local university library lists 263 books on Henry VIII, important of these images of the king are the famous including the recent following ones: ones by Hans Holbein the Younger who became the Campbell, T. 2007. Henry VIII and the art of majesty: artist whom all other artists copied when they wanted Tapestries at the Tudor Court. New Haven: Yale an image of Henry VIII. Unfortunately, Holbein’s University Press / Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in images, however magnificent, only show Henry in his British Art. fat and melancholy later years. Rex, R. 2006. Henry VIII and the English Reformation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Hutchinson, R. 2005. The last days of Henry VIII: Poetry and Love Letters Conspiracies, treason, and heresy at the court of the dying tyrant. New York: William Morrow. Luminarium Anthology of English Literature: Henry VIII. Garnet, R., and E. Gosse, eds. 1903. English literature: An http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/ illustrated record. Vol 1. London: William tudorbib.htm/renlit/tudorb. This is an awesome Web Heinemann. A good source for Henry VIII’s music site on Henry VIII, full of his poetry, love letters to and poetry. Anne Boleyn, and biographies of all the important Graves, M. A. R. 2003. Henry VIII: A study in kingship. people surrounding him: his cardinals, court officials, London: Pearson Longman. six wives, parents, opponents, and popes. Ryrie, A. 2003. The Gospel and Henry VIII: Evangelicals in the early English Reformation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Movies

Articles More films have been made of Henry VIII than any other British monarch, and the following list is just a few of the great ones available on DVD and Netflix. If the above sampling of books on Henry VIII is not The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). Charles Laughton’s enough, the Project MUSE Premium database found roaring performance of Henry VIII is often listed as 3,104 scholarly articles on Henry VIII (available at one of the best film portrayals of Henry VIII of all http://muse.jhu.edu). time. Directed by Alexander Korda and produced by Jones, J. 2009. The lust that sealed the fate of a nation. The London Film Productions, it was one of the first Guardian Weekly, May 8, 32–33. A great up-to-date British films to be shown successfully across the review of twenty-first-century thinking about Henry United States. VIII. A Man for all Seasons (1966). The film focuses on when Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) sought approval from Sir Address correspondence to Ron Pahl, Department of Sec- Thomas More to divorce his wife and marry Anne ondary Education, California State University, Fullerton, CP- Boleyn. More (Paul Scofield) finds himself caught 612, P.O. Box 6868, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA. E-mail: ronpahl@ between a murderous king and the powerful Roman juno.com Catholic Church and is in the end beheaded by 104 Pahl

Henry. It is a richly crafted film with magnificent cartoon series and funny short stories and poems period artifacts and a fine cast. Director Paul based on Henry VIII’s life. Zinnemann’s drama swept the Academy Awards for Henry VIII and the Tudors. www.brims.co.uk/tudors/ - 1966, winning six gold statuettes, including Best 8k. An interactive site designed to teach seven- to Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director. ten-year-olds some facts about the Tudors, Henry Henry VIII (2003). British Television’s critically acclaimed VIII, and his wives. Watch out for the gory pictures production of this movie starring Ray Winstone of the wives. focuses on Henry’s triumphs and sorrows while trying Mary Rose. http://www.maryrose.org/. Aye me laddies, to produce a son and future king with his six wives. there she be! This was Henry VIII’s favorite ship of Henry VIII (2003). This film is a live production. the line and the only sixteenth-century ship that has Director-producer Pierre Jourdan stages this been recovered almost fully intact. Built between memorable performance of French composer Camille 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first vessels to be Saint-Saens’s most successful opera, Henry VIII, able to fire cannons broadside—primarily at the filmed live at France’s Theatre Imperial de French. She sank quickly during a battle in 1545 Compiegne. Set in pre-Elizabethan England, the when her top-heavy cannons pushed the Mary Rose piece traces the Tudor king’s tempestuous marriages too far over and water poured through the open gun to Catherine of Aragon and his second wife, Anne ports. She now has been raised with one of the most Boleyn, drawing its drama from the jealously that magnificent collections available of sixteenth-century erupts among them. artifacts of the era of Henry VIII. She and all of her The Madness of Henry VIII (2006). This National artifacts now reside in Portsmouth harbor on the Geographic documentary focuses on one of the south coast of England in a new $30 million museum. world’s most scandalous monarchs in history. It With the Mary Rose, Henry VIII was able to begin traces his six marriages and “divorce” by execution, Britain’s navy, which came to dominate the world for the establishment of the Church of England, and two centuries and enabled England to assemble the England’s separation of church and state. The result largest overseas empire the world has ever seen. is Henry VIII as a fascinating figure with a rule mired Available from the Web site is The Mary Rose and in sexual and political intrigue. Excellent narration Tudor Times Activity Packet for classroom use and a and analysis of historical records bring the DVD entitled Explore the Mary Rose in which sixteenth-century Tudor king back to life. students get to meet members of the crew, tour the ship, and examine a variety of artifacts from which Web Sites they can reconstruct the history of the era of Henry VIII. Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ Vatican Secret Archives. news/article-1166382/How-Henry-VIII-dressed-kill- http://www.catholicreview.org/subpages/ despite-rapidly-expanding-waistline.html. What can storyworldnew-new.aspx? we say, the guy liked suits of armor (see Figure 1 and action=6260. Yes, the Vatican has some very interesting Figure 2, which are from the Web site). For the 500th resources on Henry VIII in addition to the love anniversary of Henry VIII’s coronation, the Tower of letters he sent Anne Boleyn. This Web site contains London has three floors displaying Henry VIII’s suits the Vatican’s restored copy of a letter to Pope of armor. Clement VII pleading for the annulment of the The Henry the Henry Tutor Drama Company. marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine of http://www.henrytudor.co.uk/. This Web site is of a Aragon. The letter includes the wax seals of the drama company headed by a retired British teacher members of the English House of Lords, clergy, and who looks remarkably like Henry VIII. There are other nobility who wrote and signed it. CNS over 500 downloadable lesson files with real and information from of the Vatican Secret Archives from simulated photographic evidence of the actor dressed Sarah Delaney, Catholic News Service, May 22, amazingly like Henry VIII himself. It also contains a 2009. Copyright of Social Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.