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Catherine of Aragon : Infanta of Spain, Queen of England / Theresa Earenfight.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (266 p.) : 7 color/17 b&w illustrations/2 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780271091938
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 942.05/2092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • DA333.A6 E27 2021
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- 1. Who’s That Girl? -- 2. An Infanta at the Court of Castile, 1485–1501 -- Time Line: An Infanta at the Court of Castile, 1485–1501 -- 3. One Wedding and Four Funerals -- Time Line: One Wedding and Four Funerals, 1501–1509 -- 4. Bride Again, Queen Finally, and Mother at Last -- Time Line:Bride Again, Queen Finally, and Mother at Last, 1509–1519 -- 5. A “Humble and Loyal” Queen -- Time Line: A “Humble and Loyal” Queen, 1520–1529 -- 6. Resistance, Mortality, and the Power of Memory -- Time Line: Resistance, Mortality, and the Power of Memory, 1530–1536 -- 7. Who Was That Queen? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Catherine of Aragon is an elusive subject. Despite her status as a Spanish infanta, Princess of Wales, and Queen of England, few of her personal letters have survived, and she is obscured in the contemporary royal histories. In this evocative biography, Theresa Earenfight presents an intimate and engaging portrait of Catherine told through the objects that she left behind.A pair of shoes, a painting, a rosary, a fur-trimmed baby blanket—each of these things took meaning from the ways Catherine experienced and perceived them. Through an examination of the inventories listing the few possessions Catherine owned at her death, Earenfight follows the arc of Catherine’s life: first as a coddled child in Castile, then as a young adult alone in England after the death of her first husband, a devoted wife and doting mother, a patron of the arts and of universities, and, finally, a dear friend to the women and men who stood by her after Henry VIII set her aside in favor of another woman. Based on traces and fragments, these portraits of Catherine are interpretations of a life lived five centuries ago. Earenfight creates a compelling picture of a multifaceted, intelligent woman and a queen of England.Engagingly written, this cultural and emotional biography of Catherine brings us closer to understanding her life from her own perspective.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- 1. Who’s That Girl? -- 2. An Infanta at the Court of Castile, 1485–1501 -- Time Line: An Infanta at the Court of Castile, 1485–1501 -- 3. One Wedding and Four Funerals -- Time Line: One Wedding and Four Funerals, 1501–1509 -- 4. Bride Again, Queen Finally, and Mother at Last -- Time Line:Bride Again, Queen Finally, and Mother at Last, 1509–1519 -- 5. A “Humble and Loyal” Queen -- Time Line: A “Humble and Loyal” Queen, 1520–1529 -- 6. Resistance, Mortality, and the Power of Memory -- Time Line: Resistance, Mortality, and the Power of Memory, 1530–1536 -- 7. Who Was That Queen? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Catherine of Aragon is an elusive subject. Despite her status as a Spanish infanta, Princess of Wales, and Queen of England, few of her personal letters have survived, and she is obscured in the contemporary royal histories. In this evocative biography, Theresa Earenfight presents an intimate and engaging portrait of Catherine told through the objects that she left behind.A pair of shoes, a painting, a rosary, a fur-trimmed baby blanket—each of these things took meaning from the ways Catherine experienced and perceived them. Through an examination of the inventories listing the few possessions Catherine owned at her death, Earenfight follows the arc of Catherine’s life: first as a coddled child in Castile, then as a young adult alone in England after the death of her first husband, a devoted wife and doting mother, a patron of the arts and of universities, and, finally, a dear friend to the women and men who stood by her after Henry VIII set her aside in favor of another woman. Based on traces and fragments, these portraits of Catherine are interpretations of a life lived five centuries ago. Earenfight creates a compelling picture of a multifaceted, intelligent woman and a queen of England.Engagingly written, this cultural and emotional biography of Catherine brings us closer to understanding her life from her own perspective.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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