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One of only three large songbooks surviving from the period, the manuscript is intimately connected with the early court of Henry VIII and exemplifies the musical, lyrical, and social fictions that Henry and his early contemporaries developed and elaborated, specifically that of courtly love and the elements of spectacle and regal power that Henry brought to it. Siemens presents the lyrics from it, many of them attributed to Henry himself, along with commentary and glosses of archaic words. ACMRS is the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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The Henry VIII Manuscript contributes considerably to our critical understanding of the connections between poetry and power in early Renaissance society — because of the prominence of its chief author, the king himself, and also because of its literary reflection of the social and political elements of the early Tudor court. The lyrics of the Henry VIII Manuscript thoroughly document the fictions of the early Tudor court constructed and upheld by the courtiers of the day. As such, the Henry VIII Manuscript provides a rare opportunity for examining the light, earlier lyrical works of Henry VIII. Renaissance English Text Society v39.
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