Inside The Tudor Court: Henry Viii And His Six Wives Through The Writings Of The Spanish Ambassador Eustace Chapuys
by Lauren Mackay /
2014 / English / PDF
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The reports and dispatches of Eustace Chapuys, Spanish Ambassador
to Henry VIII’s court from 1529 to 1545, have been instrumental in
shaping our modern interpretations of Henry VIII and his wives.
Through his personal relationships with several of Henry’s queens,
and Henry himself, his writings were filled with colorful
anecdotes, salacious gossip, and personal and insightful
observations of the key players at court, thus offering the single
most continuous portrait of the central decades of Henry’s
reign.
The reports and dispatches of Eustace Chapuys, Spanish Ambassador
to Henry VIII’s court from 1529 to 1545, have been instrumental in
shaping our modern interpretations of Henry VIII and his wives.
Through his personal relationships with several of Henry’s queens,
and Henry himself, his writings were filled with colorful
anecdotes, salacious gossip, and personal and insightful
observations of the key players at court, thus offering the single
most continuous portrait of the central decades of Henry’s
reign.
Beginning with Chapuys’ arrival in England, in the middle of Henry
VIII’s divorce from Katherine of Aragon, this book progresses
through the episodic reigns of each of Henry’s queens. Chapuys
tirelessly defended Katherine and later her daughter, Mary Tudor,
the future Mary I. He remained as ambassador through the rise and
fall of Anne Boleyn, and reported on each and every one of Henry’s
subsequent wives – Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard,
and Katherine Parr – as well as that most notorious of ministers
Thomas Cromwell. He retired in 1545, close to the end of Henry
VIII’s reign.
Beginning with Chapuys’ arrival in England, in the middle of Henry
VIII’s divorce from Katherine of Aragon, this book progresses
through the episodic reigns of each of Henry’s queens. Chapuys
tirelessly defended Katherine and later her daughter, Mary Tudor,
the future Mary I. He remained as ambassador through the rise and
fall of Anne Boleyn, and reported on each and every one of Henry’s
subsequent wives – Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard,
and Katherine Parr – as well as that most notorious of ministers
Thomas Cromwell. He retired in 1545, close to the end of Henry
VIII’s reign.
In approaching the period through Chapuys’ letters, Lauren Mackay
provides a fresh perspective on Henry, his court and the Tudor
period in general.
In approaching the period through Chapuys’ letters, Lauren Mackay
provides a fresh perspective on Henry, his court and the Tudor
period in general.
