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Tudor Historian

J. J. Scarisbrick

1 article 2017

J. J. Scarisbrick is a British historian renowned for his expertise in Tudor England, particularly his authoritative biography of Henry VIII. He is professor emeritus of history at the University of Warwick. He contributed a piece to The Weekly Standard on Elizabethan-era history.

Semi-Gloriana

April 21, 2017 · Magazine, Books and Arts

This is a fine book by a distinguished Cambridge historian. And since lives of monarchs, let alone of one who has received as much attention as has Elizabeth I (1533-1603), are not exactly in vogue in today’s academe, it is refreshingly old-fashioned.