Catherine Howard
Katheryn Howard: Part One
The story of Katheryn Howard intertwines with many other notable figures of the time but none more than Anne of Cleves and Thomas Cromwell. We’ll start with Katheryn’s childhood and attempt to chronologically move through time until her execution in 1542. After writing Part One, I realized her story deserves multiple parts. Part One, will start from Katheryn’s childhood up to her marriage to King Henry VIII. Part Two will cover her downfall. That part of her life definit [More]
Katheryn Howard (Guest Post)
Katheryn Howard Guest post by Lissa Bryan Of all of King Henry VIII’s queens, Katheryn Howard is viewed with the least sympathy. If not technically guilty of adultery, she’s at least seen as having “deserved” her fate because of her immoral lifestyle. One recent historian referred to her as an “empty-headed slut.” Others have described her as a “good-time girl” or a frivolous young woman only interested in pretty dresses and boys. Down through the centuries, [More]
The Ladies Who Served: Katherine Howard
Katherine Howard's time as Queen of England was short-lived but even so she also had many ladies who served her. It makes one wonder if Katherine could foresee her future or if she was naive enough to think that Henry's love would always be hers - she knew if she had the king's favor that she would remain continue to receive gifts and affection from him. How did it all begin? We don't often speak of this and I'd like to share this quote with you: Katherine Howard met [More]
The Manipulation of Catherine Howard
Guest article written by: Catherine Hunt With minor edits by: Rebecca Larson A Tudor Fanatics Take on Catherine Howard Catherine's downfall at the hands of her uncle, Duke of Norfolk, was, metaphorically speaking, like a hangman's trap. He pulled the lever and down and she fell! Why was it so easy to do? Why was he so confident she would be pliable? One has to think of Catherine herself. She was in the care of her great-aunt, dowager Duchess of Norfolk, with a view t [More]
Dishing with the Tudors: My Adventures in Renaissance Comedy
Guest Article by: JoAnn Spears Dishing with the Tudors: My adventures in Renaissance comedy I am one of those people who ‘reads out’ a subject or author of interest. That took some doing with Jean Plaidy’s canon of eighty-odd historical fiction novels. Having started in on the task at the age of twelve, with The Captive Queen of Scots, I was actually able to exhaust all that Plaidy had to offer before I was out of my twenties. My favorite sub [More]