George Cavendish (c. 1497–1562) is recognized as the biographer of Cardinal Wolsey, with his work "The Life of Cardinal Wolsey" (published 1641) detailing Wolsey's career and the transient nature of power.
George Cavendish (c. 1497-1562) is known for his biography of Cardinal Wolsey, 'The Life of Cardinal Wolsey' (published 1641). The work highlights the fickleness of fortune and the transient nature of honor.
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| Back | 1500-61 the biographer of Wolsey the life of cardinal Wolsey 1641 the work portrays the fickleness of fortune and the transience of honour George Cavendish (1497 – c. 1562) was an English writer, best known as the biographer of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.[1] His Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinall, his Lyffe and Deathe is described by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as the "most important single contemporary source for Wolsey's life" which also offers a "detailed picture of early sixteenth-century court life and of political events in the 1520s, particularly the divorce proceedings against Catherine of Aragon |
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