Four Years at the Court of Henry VIII: Selection of Despatches Written by the Venetian Ambassador, Sebastian Giustinian, and Addressed to the Signory [Paperback]

This two-volume collection and translation of Sebastian Giustinian's ambassadorial dispatches to Venice from Henry VIII's court was published in 1854.Between 1515 and 1519, Sebastian Giustinian (14601543) served as the Venetian ambassador to the court of Henry VIII. This two-volume work, published in 1854, contains his dispatches to the Signory of Venice, translated with an introduction and detailed notes by the scholar Rawdon Lubbock Brown (180683).Between 1515 and 1519, Sebastian Giustinian (14601543) served as the Venetian ambassador to the court of Henry VIII. This two-volume work, published in 1854, contains his dispatches to the Signory of Venice, translated with an introduction and detailed notes by the scholar Rawdon Lubbock Brown (180683).Sebastian Giustinian (14601543) served as the Venetian ambassador to the court of Henry VIII between 1515 and 1519, during which time he sent back frequent and detailed dispatches to the Signory of Venice. Guistinian's letters paint a vivid portrait of a diplomat's life at court. In this second of two volumes, Giustinian writes of Sir Thomas More, an outbreak of plague, the predicament of Catherine of Aragon, and many other diplomatic and social matters. Translator and editor Rawdon Lubbock Brown (180683) had an unrivalled knowledge of the Venetian archives: he was the first historian to appreciate the importance of the dispatches sent from London by the Venetian ambassadors. His edition of Giustinian's correspondence provided an entirely new insight into Henry's reign when it was first published in 1854. Volume 2 also includes an account of the English embassy to the French court in 1518.AD 151617; AD 1517; AD 151718; AD 1518; AD 1519; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Index.