Inside the Tudor Court
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Inside the Tudor Court

Henry VIII and His Six Wives Through the Writings of the Spanish Ambassador Eustace Chapuys

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Inside the Tudor Court

Henry VIII and His Six Wives Through the Writings of the Spanish Ambassador Eustace Chapuys

About this book

The reports and despatches 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. As a result of his personal relationships with several of Henry's queens, and Henry himself, his writings were filled with colourful 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, Catherine Howard, and Katharine 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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Preface
  4. 1 - A Game of Politics
  5. 2 - The New Imperial Ambassador at Henry’s Court
  6. 3 - Into the Fray
  7. 4 - Pawn to Queen
  8. 5 - Royal Rivals
  9. 6 - Around the Throne the Thunder Rolls
  10. 7 - Sacrifice
  11. 8 - Mary
  12. 9 - Cromwell
  13. 10 - Violent Imprints
  14. 11 - Glory
  15. 12 - Legacy
  16. Picture Section
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography