Henry VII: References & Edit History

R.L. Storey, The Reign of Henry VII (1968), is a clear summary of research, with a useful bibliography. S.B. Chrimes, Henry VII (1972, reissued with a new introduction, 1999), is the fullest biography; and Roger Lockyer and Andrew Thrush, Henry VII, 3rd ed. (1997), is a good, brief summary reflecting up-to-date scholarship. English Historical Documents, vol. 5, 1485–1558, ed. by C.H. Williams (1967); and The Reign of Henry VII from Contemporary Sources, ed. by Albert F. Pollard, 3 vol. (1913–14, reprinted 1967), provide valuable collections of documents for the reign. Francis Bacon’s tendentious history, written to mark the arrival of the Stuart dynasty a century after Henry VII’s death, is available in an excellent modern edition: Brian Vickers (ed.), The History of the Reign of Henry VII and Selected Works (1998). John Guy, Tudor England (1988); S.J. Gunn, Early Tudor Government (1995); and Benjamin Thompson (ed.), The Reign of Henry VII (1995), offer modern examinations of the historical period.