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Anna, Duchess of Cleves
- The King's 'Beloved Sister'
Engelsk Paperback
Anna, Duchess of Cleves
- The King's 'Beloved Sister'
Engelsk Paperback

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Anna was the ‘last woman standing’ of Henry VIII’s wives ‒ and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it?Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s ‘Beloved Sister’ looks at Anna from a new perspective, as a woman from the Holy Roman Empire and not as a woman living almost by accident in England. Starting with what Anna’s life as a child and young woman was like, the author describes the climate of the Cleves court, and the achievements of Anna’s siblings. It looks at the political issues on the Continent that transformed Anna’s native land of Cleves ‒ notably the court of Anna’s brother-in-law, and its influence on Lutheranism ‒ and Anna’s blighted marriage. Finally, Heather Darsie explores ways in which Anna influenced her step-daughters Elizabeth and Mary, and the evidence of their good relationships with her.Was the Duchess Anna in fact a political refugee, supported by Henry VIII? Was she a role model for Elizabeth I? Why was the marriage doomed from the outset? By returning to the primary sources and visiting archives and museums all over Europe (the author is fluent in German, and proficient in French and Spanish) a very different figure emerges to the ‘Flanders Mare’.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9781398103269
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1398103268
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
15 nov 2020
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
196mm
Højde:
130mm
Forlag:
Amberley Publishing
Oplagsdato:
15 nov 2020
Forfatter(e):
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