Gairdner, James 1828-1912

Overview

Works:	454 works in 1,739 publications in 4 languages and 33,377 library holdings
Genres:	History Church history Biography Sources Records and correspondence Anecdotes Biographies
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Composer, edc

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about James Gairdner

Benjamin H. Rutledge, administrator estate of Adams Tunno ; Gordon Gairdner, administrator estate of James Gairdner ; Henry E. Young, administrator estate of John Turnbull ; Henry E. Young, administrator estate of James Carson ; Lucy Franklin Read McDonnell, executrix estate of George Pollock, surviving partner of the firm of Hugh Pollock & Co. vs. the United States. : plaintiffs' prayer for findings of fact, and brief by William E Earle( Book )
Gordon Gairdner, administrator de bonis non, estate of James Baridner, deceased vs. the United States. Peittion. Filed October 28, '86 J.R by William E Earle( Book )
Catalogue of books on standard history and historical biography, including the library of James Gairdner, C.B., LL. D., Assistant Keeper Public Records, editor of the Paston letters, Calendar of State Papers of Henry VIII.'s reign, and author of other historical works by Francis Edwards (Firm)( Book )
Gordon Gairdner, administrator v. the United States. : evidence for claimant by William E Earle( Book )

Most widely held works by James Gairdner

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII. Volume 1, Part 3, Brewer's Preface, Key, Index by J. S Brewer( )

6 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 6,150 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII( )

5 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 5,118 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII. : preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum and elsewhere by Great Britain( )

17 editions published between 1898 and 2006 in English and held by 2,080 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII. : preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum and elsewhere by Henry( )

13 editions published between 1886 and 2005 in English and held by 2,053 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII. : preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum and elsewhere by Great Britain( )

11 editions published between 1888 and 2005 in English and held by 1,033 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII( )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 1,023 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and papers, foreign and domestic of the reign of Henry VIII ... by National Archives (Great Britain)( )

5 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 1,018 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A comprehensive collection of State letters from the reign of King Henry VIII. Includes a wonderful preface that sets the stage for the reader to understand the political climate at the time

Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII( )

1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 1,017 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII. Volume 6, 1533 by James Gairdner( )

2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 1,017 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII( )

1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 1,016 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII. Volume 7, 1534 by James Gairdner( )

2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 1,014 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Henry the Seventh by James Gairdner( Book )

57 editions published between 1889 and 2012 in English and held by 1,013 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biography of Henry VII (1457-1509), who served as King of England between 1485 and 1509. He was of the House of Lancaster and after he attained the throne, married Elizabeth of the House of York (partially in order to pacify the Yorkists)

History of the life and reign of Richard the Third, to which is added The story of Perkin Warbeck, from original documents by James Gairdner( Book )

61 editions published between 1878 and 2010 in English and held by 837 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

No English king has been the subject of more heated debate than Richard III. In this 1898 revised edition of his classic biography, Gairdner attempts to produce a more balanced analysis of the sources than most earlier writers. While largely accepting the anti-Yorkist position shown by Thomas More and Shakespeare, he does reject some of the crimes attributed to Richard, such as the murder of his brother George, Duke of Clarence. He states at the outset that Richard was not a monster but the product of his times, when violence and ruthlessness were common political weapons. He also offers a more rounded picture of the king, showing good points as well as bad, rather than a caricature of evil. The most significant addition to this edition is the substantial appendix on the imposture of Perkin Warbeck, making use of continental sources hitherto unknown to English historians

Lollardy and the Reformation in England; an historical survey by James Gairdner( Book )

37 editions published between 1908 and 2007 in English and Multiple languages and held by 833 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The English church in the sixteenth century, from the accession of Henry VIII to the death of Mary by James Gairdner( Book )

48 editions published between 1902 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 747 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The houses of Lancaster and York : with the conquest and loss of France by James Gairdner( Book )

71 editions published between 1874 and 2012 in English and held by 696 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a concise but through work that discusses the Houses of York and Lancaster and their involvement with the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses

The Paston letters, A.D. 1422-1509 by John Fenn( Book )

53 editions published between 1896 and 2010 in English and English, Middle and held by 662 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Archivist and historian James Gairdner, C.B. (1828-1912) began his career in the Public Record Office at 18 and retired as assistant keeper forty-seven years later. The author of numerous historical works, Gairdner is best-known for his archival and editorial work, which forms his most significant contributions to historical scholarship. He oversaw almost entirely the publication of Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII. The Paston Letters represent a similarly important work. The Letters reveal the fortunes of the Norfolk Paston family and of their tumultuous time. Beginning in the reign of Henry V and continuing through the reigns of Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII, the Letters are of great interest to early modern historians and literary critics. Volume 3 (1454-1461) contains letters from Henry VI's reign and the War of the Roses, closing with the accession of Edward IV

The Paston letters: 1422-1509 A.D by James Gairdner( )

30 editions published between 1872 and 2012 in English and held by 416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Historia regis Henrici Septimi, a Bernardo Andrea tholosate conscripta, necnon alia quædam ad eundem regem spectantia by Bernard Andreas( Book )

61 editions published between 1858 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 397 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

With his decisive victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field (1485), Henry VII ended the Wars of the Roses and famously delivered peace to a war-ravaged England. Ever since, his life and court have attracted the attention of commentators, historians and strategists. Described by the The Examiner as a 'store of welcome gossip', this 1858 collection of documents pertaining to the first Tudor monarch swiftly became popular, and could be found on the bookshelves of scholars and politicians alike. Compiled, translated and edited by the archivist and historian James Gairdner for the Rolls Series, the work contains a variety of ambassadors' reports on foreign rulers including the Kings of Aragon, Castile and Naples. Transcribed in their original Latin, with English translations and commentary provided by Gairdner, these accounts reveal the origins of international relationships that would influence the policy of Henry's descendants for centuries

The reign of Henry VIII from his accession to the death of Wolsey by J. S Brewer( Book )

23 editions published between 1884 and 1968 in English and held by 394 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of the reign of Henry VIII as it relates to Cardinal Wolsey and their joint political endeavors. At the beginning of Henry's reign, Wolsey was one of his most trusted advisors. It's even thought that Wolsey, at one time, had a greater hand in the politics of England than the King did. In the end, Wolsey's connection with the Papacy and Rome and his failure to procure Henry his divorce from Katherine, combined with many supposed plots to undermine the King, resulted in Wolsey being arrested and stripped of all titles