The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History — David Hume — John Shaqi
The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History
David Hume · en
INTRODUCTORY--WHY KATHARINE CAME TO ENGLAND--POLITICAL MATRIMONY 1
CHAPTER II
1501-1509
KATHARINE'S WIDOWHOOD AND WHY SHE STAYED IN ENGLAND 25
CHAPTER III
1509-1527
KATHARINE THE QUEEN--A POLITICAL MARRIAGE AND A PERSONAL DIVORCE 72
CHAPTER IV
1527-1530
KATHARINE AND ANNE--THE DIVORCE 124
CHAPTER V
1530-1534
HENRY'S DEFIANCE--THE VICTORY OF ANNE 174
CHAPTER VI
1534-1536
A FLEETING TRIUMPH--POLITICAL INTRIGUE AND THE BETRAYAL OF ANNE 225
CHAPTER VII
1536-1540
PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT--JANE SEYMOUR AND ANNE OF CLEVES 289
CHAPTER VIII
1540-1542
THE KING'S "GOOD SISTER" AND THE KING'S BAD WIFE--THE LUTHERANS
AND ENGLISH CATHOLICS 350
CHAPTER IX
1542-1547
KATHARINE PARR--THE PROTESTANTS WIN THE LAST TRICK 398
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
HENRY VIII _Frontispiece_
_From a portrait by_ JOST VAN CLEEF _in the Royal
Collection at Hampton Court Palace._
KATHARINE OF ARAGON _To face page_ 96
_From a portrait by_ HOLBEIN _in the National
Portrait Gallery._
ANNE BOLEYN " " 192
_From a portrait by_ LUCAS CORNELISZ _in the National
Portrait Gallery._
JANE SEYMOUR " " 288
_From a painting by_ HOLBEIN _in the Imperial
Collection at Vienna._
ANNE OF CLEVES " " 336
_From a portrait by a German artist in St. John's
College, Oxford. Photographed by the Clarendon
Press, and reproduced by the kind permission of
the President of St. John's College._
KATHARINE HOWARD " " 384
_From a portrait by an unknown artist in the National
Portrait Gallery._
KATHARINE PARR " " 400
_From a painting in the collection of the_ EARL OF
ASHBURNHAM. _Reproduced by the kind permission of
the owner._
HENRY VIII " " 432
_From a portrait by_ HOLBEIN _in the possession of
the Earl of Warwick. Reproduced by the kind permission
of the owner._
THE WIVES OF HENRY THE EIGHTH
CHAPTER I
1488-1501
INTRODUCTORY--WHY KATHARINE CAME TO ENGLAND--POLITICAL MATRIMONY