Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII
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Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII, edited by James Gairdner
, is a twenty-four volume collection of documents from the reign of Henry VIII of England
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Surviving documents from various archives, the Public Record Office
, and reliable older publications are presented in date order with a volume reference number. The texts are slightly modernised and edited with some explanatory footnotes. Undated documents are printed at the end of the apparent month or year. Grants and payments from accounts are also inserted at the end of their respective months.
The earlier Royal commission State Papers of Henry VIII, 11 vols, (1830-1852) is not wholly superseded because the editors of that series tried to reproduce the original phrasing and orthography of the selected letters.
James Gairdner
James Gairdner was a British historian. Specializing in 15th century and Early Tudor history, he among other tasks edited the Letters and Papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII series....
, is a twenty-four volume collection of documents from the reign of Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
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Surviving documents from various archives, the Public Record Office
Public Record Office
The Public Record Office of the United Kingdom is one of the three organisations that make up the National Archives...
, and reliable older publications are presented in date order with a volume reference number. The texts are slightly modernised and edited with some explanatory footnotes. Undated documents are printed at the end of the apparent month or year. Grants and payments from accounts are also inserted at the end of their respective months.
The earlier Royal commission State Papers of Henry VIII, 11 vols, (1830-1852) is not wholly superseded because the editors of that series tried to reproduce the original phrasing and orthography of the selected letters.