First, the time-lapse has meant that Professor Gunn has produced a book of breathtaking scholarship and thoroughness. The list of sources consulted, many of them unpublished, should shame even the most hardened and assiduous of source-conscious historians. In his bibliography, I counted no less than 60 National Archives classes, 13 in the British Library and 56 public and private local collections, not to mention further libraries at home and a few abroad. The footnotes show the thoroughness of his work and his refusal to make statements or generalisations which are not securely founded. As is the way with historical research, further material will doubtless turn up and further sidelights on the lives and careers of Henry VII’s new men will doubtless be revealed but, as a study of these men as a group, this work will never have to be repeated. Moreover, at no point is the author overwhelmed by his vast material: everything is clear, organised and to the point. One simply takes one’s hat off.

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亨利七世的新人与英格兰都铎王朝的形成。通过史蒂文冈恩。牛津大学出版社。2016.xxii + 393pp。60.00 英镑。

首先，延时意味着古恩教授出版了一本令人叹为观止的学术和彻底的书。所查阅的资料清单，其中许多尚未发表，即使是最顽固和最勤奋的注重资料来源的历史学家也应该感到羞耻。在他的参考书目中，我统计了不下 60 个国家档案馆类，13 个在大英图书馆和 56 个公共和私人本地收藏，更不用说更多的国内图书馆和一些国外图书馆。脚注显示了他的工作的彻底性以及他拒绝做出没有可靠依据的陈述或概括。正如历史研究的方式一样，毫无疑问会出现更多的材料，并且无疑会揭示关于亨利七世新人的生活和事业的更多侧面照，但是，作为对这些人作为一个整体的研究，这项工作将永远不会成为重复。此外，作者绝不会被他庞大的材料所淹没：一切都清晰、有条理、切题。一个人简单地脱下帽子。