King Henry VIII and his wives are among the most well-known historical figures in the world; their stories have become absorbed into Western culture through biographies, documentaries and dramatisations. However, what is still not greatly appreciated is that Henry VIII was one of the most intelli...
Of course the king and his collections and literary concerns take centre stage, and not all his wives gain entry in this bibliographic survey. Henry's own intellectual initiatives, despite the early promise of his learning and his literary capacity, emerge as distinctly opportunistic, subservient ...
And there’s just not much going on, but I just love hearing about what they get up to on a day-to-day basis and what makes up their lives, how they buy food. And then there are punishments, like if someone does something wrong, one of the wives will threaten one of the maids w...
When I was a freshman in high school, PBS airedThe Six Wives of Henry VIII– a one-hour segment for each wife over the course of six weeks. I do not remember why I watched the first one – it could have been because one of my folks turned it on, although neither of them were bi...
This is the mnemonic I use to remember the basic history of Henry VIII’s marriages more than 500 years ago. For this year’s January hibernation, I foundThe King’s Pleasure A Novel of Henry VIIIby Alison Weir.Apparently Wier has already written a book on each of the wives/queens persp...
The Six Wives of Henry VIII— by Alison Weir (1991) The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark— by Carl Sagan (1996) Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War— by Fred Kaplan (2016) A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485— by Nicholas Vincent (2012) ...
And it is not just that history happened this way in some ethically neutral way. Great crimes were committed. And great was the role played by political corruption. Marx reviews British history starting in 1500, running from Henry VIII Tudor to William III Orange, and beyond: ...
The key was learning that you can find your own way through history. You don’t have to take the established path that probably bored you to death in school. You don’t have to memorize the wives of Henry VIII and so on. You can look for ...
He was King Henry VIII, a charismatic and extravagant ruler obsessed with both his power as king and with siring a male heir. They were his queens–six ill-fated women, each bound for divorce, or beheading, or death. Watch spellbound as each of Henry’s wives attempts to survive their ...
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