The shadow that you know’
Sir Thomas Wyatt and Sir Francis Bryan at Court and in embassy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8958596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Brigden (Lincoln College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-31 |
| Publication date | 1996-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x00020653 |
| OpenAlex | W1970063766 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 19 |
From prison Sir Thomas Wyatt wrote a poem to Sir Francis Bryan, warning him to keep the secrets they shared. This article seeks to discover what the secrets were, and from whom they must be kept. The secrets concerned their lives as courtiers and ambassadors at times of great suspicion and insecurity at home and abroad, c. 1536–41. As diplomats, Wyatt and Bryan were charged to mediate between Henry VIII, Francis I, and Emperor Charles V, but they also had more sinister undercover missions. They were sent to spy upon, and even to assassinate the papal legate, Cardinal Pole. Poetry reveals much about these men which other sources cannot
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2012 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |