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The six wives of Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr - have become defined in a popular sense not so much by their lives as by the way these lives ended. But, as Antonia Fraser conclusively proves, they were rich and feisty characters. They may have been victims of Henry's obsession with a male heir, but they were not willing victims. On the contrary, they displayed considerable strength and intelligence at a time when their sex supposedly possessed little of either.… (meer)
Boeiende en onderhoudende studie van het onderwerp. De auteur houdt goed haar focus. Het gaat haar over de persoonlijkheid van van de koninginnen en niet over Hendrik VIII. Vooral de personaliteit van koningen Catharina en van Catherine Parr maakte indruk op mij. ( )
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For Harold with love
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'Divorced, beheaded, died ... divorced, beheaded, survived ...': you can hear this rhyme, recalling the order of Henry VIII's wives, like an endless respectful susurration on this lips of visitors to the historic places associated with them.
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Ma è lecito immaginare che, indipendentemente dalla propria fede religiosa, ognuno concordi con quella descrizione di Caterina d'Aragona: donna leale, devota, coraggiosa, compassionevole.
The six wives of Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr - have become defined in a popular sense not so much by their lives as by the way these lives ended. But, as Antonia Fraser conclusively proves, they were rich and feisty characters. They may have been victims of Henry's obsession with a male heir, but they were not willing victims. On the contrary, they displayed considerable strength and intelligence at a time when their sex supposedly possessed little of either.
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