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Humphrey Newton (1466-1536)
An Early Tudor Gentleman
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (United Kingdom), 2008
Hardback, 256 pages
Size: 236x160 mm
ISBN: 9781843833956
ISBN-10: 1843833956
Humphrey Newton (1466-1536)
A biography of the Tudor gentleman Humphrey Newton that offers a view of gentry life at the time. It explores his family life, landed estate, legal work, piety, and his literary skills (he composed nearly twenty courtly love lyrics). It charts his social advancement and the self-fashioning of his gentle image.

