The Wives of Henry the Eighth
by Martin A. S. Hume
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hume, Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp), 1843-1910
- Title
- The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History
- Credits
- Produced by Meredith Bach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- Marriages of royalty and nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 32813
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32813
- Release Date
- June 14, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE WIVES OF HENRY THE EIGHTH — The Wives — of — Henry the Eighth
- 2.AND THE PARTS THEY PLAYED IN HISTORY — MARTIN HUME — LONDON EVELEIGH NASH 1905
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — THE WIVES OF HENRY THE EIGHTH
- 6.CHAPTER I — 1488-1501 — INTRODUCTORY—WHY KATHARINE CAME TO ENGLAND—POLITICAL MATRIMONY
- 7.CHAPTER II — 1501-1509 — KATHARINE’S WIDOWHOOD AND WHY SHE STAYED IN ENGLAND
- 8.CHAPTER III — 1509-1527 — KATHARINE THE QUEEN—A POLITICAL MARRIAGE AND A PERSONAL DIVORCE
- 9.CHAPTER IV — 1527-1530 — KATHARINE AND ANNE—THE DIVORCE
- 10.CHAPTER V — 1530-1534 — HENRY’S DEFIANCE—THE VICTORY OF ANNE
- 11.CHAPTER VI — 1534-1536 — A FLEETING TRIUMPH—POLITICAL INTRIGUE AND THE BETRAYAL OF ANNE
- 12.CHAPTER VII — 1536-1540 — PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT—JANE SEYMOUR AND ANNE OF CLEVES
- 13.CHAPTER VIII — 1540-1542 — THE KING’S “GOOD SISTER” AND THE KING’S BAD WIFE—THE LUTHERANS AND ENGLISH CATHOLICS
- 14.CHAPTER IX — 1542-1547 — KATHARINE PARR—THE PROTESTANTS WIN THE LAST TRICK
- 15.INDEX
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