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A riveting new biography of a much neglected Queen - the doomed child-bride of Henry VIII. Joanna Denny, author of Anne Boleyn, reveals another sensational episode in Tudor history - illuminating the true character of Katherine Howard, the young girl caught up in a maelstrom of ambition and conspiracy which led to her execution for high treason while still only seventeen years old. Who was Katherine, the beautiful young aristocrat who became a bait to catch a king? Was she simply nave and innocent, a victim of her grasping family's scheming? Or was she brazen and abandoned, recklessly indulging in dissolute games with lovers in contempt of her royal position? Joanna Denny's enthralling new book once again plunges the reader into the heart of the ruthless intrigues of the Tudor court - and gives a sympathetic and poignant portrait of a girl tragically trapped and betrayed by her own family.
著者について
Joanna Denny is the author of Anne Boleyn, published by Portrait in April 2004, and reprinted shortly after publication. Her life-long interest in Tudor history was triggered by reading about her ancestor, Sir Henry Denny, Henry VIII's trusted courtier. She now lives in Falmouth, Cornwall.
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形式:ペーパーバック
ヘンリー８世の王妃の中では、一番賢くなかったとされるキャサリン・ハワード。教育程度も高くなかった、と。
しかし、当時の女性の教育水準は高くなかった。アカデミックな教育を受ける女性は稀で、貴族でも読み書きできるとは限らなかった。そうした観点から見ると、実はキャサリン・ハワードの受けた教育は貧弱とは言い切れない。
また、異性関係に奔放だったという誤解の背景には、当時の結婚年齢の異様に低い、児童虐待のような結婚マーケットの存在がある。
キャサリン・オブ・アラゴン(カトリック)、アン・ブーリン(プロテスタント)、ジェイン・シーモア(カトリック)、アン・オブ・クレーブス(プロテスタント)、キャサリン・ハワード(カトリック)という風に、カトリックとプロテスタントをはっきりさせると、この辺りの歴史は急に筋が見えてくる。
悪名高きジェイン・ブーリンにしても、カトリックでキャサリン・オブ・アラゴンの支持者だったという事実を見れば、夫や義姉妹のアンに対する態度、それに反するように見えるキャサリン・ハワードの支援者という振る舞いも、全て理にかなって見えてくる。
性格の問題に還元されがちな問題を、キリスト教同士の争いとしてみれば、歴史の流れが見えてくると言うことを教えてくれる本だった。
しかし、当時の女性の教育水準は高くなかった。アカデミックな教育を受ける女性は稀で、貴族でも読み書きできるとは限らなかった。そうした観点から見ると、実はキャサリン・ハワードの受けた教育は貧弱とは言い切れない。
また、異性関係に奔放だったという誤解の背景には、当時の結婚年齢の異様に低い、児童虐待のような結婚マーケットの存在がある。
キャサリン・オブ・アラゴン(カトリック)、アン・ブーリン(プロテスタント)、ジェイン・シーモア(カトリック)、アン・オブ・クレーブス(プロテスタント)、キャサリン・ハワード(カトリック)という風に、カトリックとプロテスタントをはっきりさせると、この辺りの歴史は急に筋が見えてくる。
悪名高きジェイン・ブーリンにしても、カトリックでキャサリン・オブ・アラゴンの支持者だったという事実を見れば、夫や義姉妹のアンに対する態度、それに反するように見えるキャサリン・ハワードの支援者という振る舞いも、全て理にかなって見えてくる。
性格の問題に還元されがちな問題を、キリスト教同士の争いとしてみれば、歴史の流れが見えてくると言うことを教えてくれる本だった。
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44 人中、37人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
A Biased Book
2008/3/26
形式:ペーパーバック
This thin account of the life of Henry V1's fifth wife is readable and enjoyable. The unwary reader may miss the obvious bias of the author against the Roman Catholic religion. Anne Boleyn was a good woman, religious, pious and wrongfully betrayed by Catholic partisans who are the bad guys.
"Katherine had been raised as a traditional Catholic. In awe of the
rituals, swayed by the mysticism and unquestioning theological
doctrines. She lit candles for her dead parents, ate fish on
Fridays and said her prayers by rote in the happy assurance that
whatever she did would be forgiven in the confessional."
This myth of the meaning of the sacrament of Confession betrays either a willful misrepresentation or a deliberate slur. The good guys are Reformers whose motives a pure and noble. Katherine Howard was a pawn of the same partisans and her wild sexual behavior was largely the fault of adult neglect during her formative years. According to this author. If you want entertainment then this is your book. If you want a more scholarly presentation of the issues of the day and the actors in this Tudor drama then look elsewhere.
"Katherine had been raised as a traditional Catholic. In awe of the
rituals, swayed by the mysticism and unquestioning theological
doctrines. She lit candles for her dead parents, ate fish on
Fridays and said her prayers by rote in the happy assurance that
whatever she did would be forgiven in the confessional."
This myth of the meaning of the sacrament of Confession betrays either a willful misrepresentation or a deliberate slur. The good guys are Reformers whose motives a pure and noble. Katherine Howard was a pawn of the same partisans and her wild sexual behavior was largely the fault of adult neglect during her formative years. According to this author. If you want entertainment then this is your book. If you want a more scholarly presentation of the issues of the day and the actors in this Tudor drama then look elsewhere.
11 人中、10人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Assumes facts not in evidence
2009/4/29
形式:ペーパーバック
This author is reaching far beyond what other biographers and Tudor historians have been willing to assume. It declares that Henry was the father of Mary Boleyn's two children, Catherine and Henry Carey, who were both born after her marriage to William Carey and neither of whom were acknowledged publicly by Henry VIII. There is plentiful speculation as to whether they were or not, but no certainty, or even real evidence one way or another. This is extremely important, since she attributes some significant political motives to Henry VIII based on his supposed relationship to the unacknowledged Carey children that would have been out of character.
She also gives Chapuys, the Spanish ambassador, credibility without consideration of his acknowledged bias. Her discussion of the Duke of Richmond makes claims about Henry VIII's supposed directions to the Duke of Norfolk and his treatment of Richmond's widow, without ever quoting the correspondence that should contain these communications. In fact, Denny spends more space quoting other historians (often to show how they overlooked something she finds telling) than she does the subjects of the book. In the description of the fall of Anne Boleyn, she does not even mention Mark Smeaton, the lute player, or describe the motives of Jane Boleyn in ratting out her husband and sister-in-law.
This might be a fun read, but I wouldn't rely on it as an informative one. Alison Weir and Antonia Fraser have both written group biographies of the wives of Henry VIII that are much more informative, better cited, and more considered analyses than this one.
She also gives Chapuys, the Spanish ambassador, credibility without consideration of his acknowledged bias. Her discussion of the Duke of Richmond makes claims about Henry VIII's supposed directions to the Duke of Norfolk and his treatment of Richmond's widow, without ever quoting the correspondence that should contain these communications. In fact, Denny spends more space quoting other historians (often to show how they overlooked something she finds telling) than she does the subjects of the book. In the description of the fall of Anne Boleyn, she does not even mention Mark Smeaton, the lute player, or describe the motives of Jane Boleyn in ratting out her husband and sister-in-law.
This might be a fun read, but I wouldn't rely on it as an informative one. Alison Weir and Antonia Fraser have both written group biographies of the wives of Henry VIII that are much more informative, better cited, and more considered analyses than this one.
20 人中、13人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
A good read
2008/3/23
形式:ペーパーバック|Amazonが確認した購入
This book was somewhat disapointing not because of the skill of the author. The historical material is so thin, it is difficult to fabricate a story.
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