Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.' CATHERINE OF ARAGON: the pious Spanish Catholic who suffered years of miscarriages and failed to produce a male heir...ANNE BOLEYN: the pretty, clever, French-educated Protestant whose marriage to Henry changed England forever...JANE SEYMOUR: the demure and submissive contrast to Anne Boleyn's radical and vampish style...ANNE OF CLEVES: 'the mare of Flanders' whose short marriage to the overweight Henry followed a farcical 'beauty contest'...CATHERINE HOWARD: the flirtatious teenager whose adulteries made a fool of the ageing king...CATHERINE PARR: the shrewd, religiously radical bluestocking who outlived him...In this study, David Starkey gives us a richly textured picture of daily life at the Tudor Court from the woman's point of view. Above all, he establishes the interaction of the private and the public, and demonstrates how the Queens of Henry VIII were central in determining political policy.
| ISBN | 0099437244 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780099437246
(What's this?) | | Pages | 384 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Weight (grammes) | 734 | | Imprint | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 199 | | Publication date | 04 Mar 2004 | | Width (mm) | 132 | | Library of Congress | DA33.3.A2 | | Spine width (mm) | 58 | | DEWEY | 942.0520922 | | Academic level | General |
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Part One Queen Catherine of Aragon
1. Parents: a power couple
Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII, was born on 16 December 1485. Her mother, the warrior-queen Isabella of Castile, had spent most of her pregnancy on campaign against the Moors (as the still-independent Islamic inhabitants of the southern part of Spain were known), rather than in ladylike retirement. (read more)
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