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12. Miniature of Henry VIII, painted
c.
1525 – 7 by Lucas Horenbout. One of a group of six miniatures of the King painted by this artist in this period for diplomatic gifts. Half show Henry clean-shaven and the remainder with a beard: Katherine of Aragon did not like the King with a beard and insisted that he shaved it off.
c.
1525 – 7 by Lucas Horenbout. One of a group of six miniatures of the King painted by this artist in this period for diplomatic gifts. Half show Henry clean-shaven and the remainder with a beard: Katherine of Aragon did not like the King with a beard and insisted that he shaved it off.
13. Henry VIII jousting at the tournament to celebrate the birth of a son and heir. But his joy was short-lived: Prince Henry lived just fifty-three days before dying, probably from meningitis.
14. Battle of the Spurs, 1513. A rare taste of military success for Henry, even though it was more of a skirmish than a full-blown battle. This painting was recorded in the Royal Collection during Henry’s reign and portrays English military prowess and glory.
15. Katherine of Aragon, painted
c.
1525, by Lucas Horenbout. The Queen was now becoming stout, her short stature emphasising her dumpiness. Regular pregnancies had taken a huge physical toll on her.
c.
1525, by Lucas Horenbout. The Queen was now becoming stout, her short stature emphasising her dumpiness. Regular pregnancies had taken a huge physical toll on her.
16. Anne Boleyn, painted by an unknown artist in
c
.1533 – 6. To modern tastes, no great beauty, but her black almond eyes were bewitching – her enemies claimed she was a sorceress who used her evil powers of magic to seduce the King.
c
.1533 – 6. To modern tastes, no great beauty, but her black almond eyes were bewitching – her enemies claimed she was a sorceress who used her evil powers of magic to seduce the King.
17. Love messages written by Henry and Anne Boleyn during Mass in a Parisian
Book of Hours c
.1528. Below Christ as ‘the Man of Sorrows’, the King wrote in French: ‘If you remember my love in your prayers as strongly as I worship you, I shall hardly be forgotten, for I am yours. Henry R. Forever’. Anne wrote a couplet in English in reply, artfully using this page with the Annunciation: ‘By daily proof you shall me find/ To be to you both loving and kind’.
Book of Hours c
.1528. Below Christ as ‘the Man of Sorrows’, the King wrote in French: ‘If you remember my love in your prayers as strongly as I worship you, I shall hardly be forgotten, for I am yours. Henry R. Forever’. Anne wrote a couplet in English in reply, artfully using this page with the Annunciation: ‘By daily proof you shall me find/ To be to you both loving and kind’.
YOUNG HENRY. Copyright © 2011 by Robert Hutchinson. All rights reserved.
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First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
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eISBN 9781250012746
First eBook Edition : October 2012
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hutchinson, Robert, 1948 – .
Young Henry : the rise of Henry VIII / Robert Hutchinson.—1st U.S. ed. p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-250-01261-6 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-01274-6 (e-book)
ISBN 978-1-250-01274-6 (e-book)
1. Henry VIII, King of England, 1491 – 1547. 2. Henry VIII, King of England, 1491 – 1547—Childhood and youth. 3. Great Britain—History—Henry VIII, 1509 – 1547. 4. Great Britain—Kings and rulers—Biography. I. Title.
DA332.H886 2012
942.05’2092—dc23
942.05’2092—dc23
2012031481
First U.S. Edition: November 2012
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