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The king of Porturgal
Who was the guy who played him???? He is not in the cast listing anywhere!
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Dec 17 2012, 1:35 AM EST by
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Why this alteration of Marguerite's character?
I really do not understand why they made Marguerite that far from the historical one. Why did they made her one of Henry's mistresses?
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Oct 14 2012, 12:24 PM EDT by
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I really hate how Henry has handled her
Everything... she just couldn't give him a son and he prohibited her to visit her daughter, to have visitors, to be the queen... it's horrible
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Aug 13 2012, 8:37 AM EDT by 95miyu
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Monument to Robert Aske
I do not know of any monuments in Yorkshire, but in the church where he was born in Aughton there is a 6 quartered family memorial telling a relative to recall the events of 1536. I have never even noticed anything more than a curt historical reference even at Clifford's Tower and he is not given any honour at the castle at Skipton or anywhere else. He seems to be something of an enigma rather than a hero. Mind you he will not be wanted to be remembered by his relatives the Clifford's as he held and threatened to rape Lady Eleanor Clifford, nee Brandon and his men also did the same to Katherine Parr.
He would not be recognised as a martyr but for the fact that the rebellion was a religious one and he seems to have been a ruffian and a rogue. He was not a family man and he would have used all the violence that he could had it been needed to get his message across. He did die and stand up to protect the Catholic Church but there is not much call even from his home town to have a memorial. I did recently read a campaign in 2009 for a local historian to get a plaque put up at Clifford Tower and that would be appropriate, but do not know if he succeeded. He should be given a historical memorial at least, even if he is not honoured with a statue. Come to think about it there is a plaque in Clitherow, but I am not sure where I saw it to the Pilgrimage itself and several other memorials around the place, but like everything you have to look carefully.
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Henry Cavill in The Cold light of day
In France, the movie has been released a week ago so as soon as I could, I went to see it. Well, the movie is quite enjoyable, a bit too cliché for me but Henry's charisma and good acting make everything good. And you, what do you think of it? I can't wait to see him in man of steel!
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May 11 2012, 10:15 AM EDT by
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Was the Duke Innocent of Treason?
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was raised by the father of Henry VIII, and practically adopted as a member of the family from the age of 5. Henry as a Prince and a young King knew him well and in the early years of his reign it is clear that he was in favour.
He was knighted, a Privy Councillor, Lord High Constable, an army captain and close to the king. He had a strong personality and he was very guarded of his pride and his family. He was also very popular, generous and rich. He was powerful and came from powerful and old noble and royal stock. His sister may have had an affair with Henry VIII in 1510, his daughter had an affair with William Compton, not Charles Brandon, and his eldest daughter was married to the Duke of Norfolk (2nd Duke, that is) He was the first person to welcome Catherine of Aragon to England and Catherine regarded him as a friend, pleading for him when he was accused of treason.
But was he guilty? Buckingham was ambitious and let his ambitions known, but he was accused by servants that were bribed by Cardinal Wolsey, who hated him. He made an enemy of Wolsey and he disliked 'new' men taking power from nobles. He talked about his fathers wish to do away with Richard III, but he was a child at the time and that was a good thing surely in Tudor eyes. He carried and bore royal coat of arms; he had some entitlement to do so. He was convicted on rumour and speculation and claims of listening to prophecy and acting on it. He may have had ambitions, should the Tudor line fail, but there was hardly any evidence against him, and he most probably had no ambitions beyond dreams. He was doing well under Henry; why would he in all honesty want to kill him?
Henry was childless, save Mary, so he may have feared for his throne and wanted to make a strong example that would bring the other nobles to heal. Fear, doubt, suspicion are all reasons to accuse an innocent man of treason.
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Mirad...
Ana Bolena, escalandizo, en la epoca existio, ahora quien conociendo el Codigo da vinci, podria hacer lo mismo?
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Jan 5 2012, 2:53 PM EST by
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French people have the sense of irony
I think it is the same in others countries like the UK or the USA with others names though, but in France each day of the year honours a saint. Mary died the seventeeth of november. And in France, the seventeeth of nomvember is the day of... Saint Elizabeth. Funny, isn't it?
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Nov 9 2011, 10:34 AM EST by
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Her death
I have never understood why Elizabeth hanged herself in the show after Catherine's demise. Can someone explain it to me?
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Nov 5 2011, 11:18 AM EDT by
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Tantrums and Tiaras: A Live Journal Role Play
Welcome to Tantrums and Tiaras! Tantrums and Tiaras is a busy, Tudor themed, Role Play group set during the reign of Henry VIII. Currently in the year of 1534. The Reformation is about to get under way, the course of the
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Alan Van Sprang
I admire this actor so much since seeing him in the Tudors. I absolutely love what he has to say about my favourite Tudors character ever too!!!:)
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Aug 27 2011, 11:17 AM EDT by
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Best quotes
-"I am sure His Majesty will one day relent. For I think, I believe, with all my heart, that he still loves and cares for me."
Queen Katherine of Aragon Did not say this line Princess Mary Tudor said it while talking to
Ambassador Chapuys
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Aug 6 2011, 6:57 PM EDT by
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Anne's true intentions
Does she really love him? Or is she simply worried about her position/head?
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May 14 2011, 1:59 PM EDT by
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One Anthony Knivet
There is a A. Knivet that lived in the end of the 16th century and was a sailor. You can read his book here:
http://biblio.wdfiles.com/local--files/knivet-1906-admirable/knivet_1906_admirable.pdf.
The book is called: "The admirable adventures and strange fortunes of Master Antonie
Knivet, which went with Master Thomas Candish in his second voyage to the south sea". It was written in 1591.
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May 3 2011, 3:21 PM EDT by
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The actor of Dereham...
...is so, so cute x
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Apr 24 2011, 9:58 PM EDT by
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Page Edits.
I just tried to update this page without butchering the original article. However, its' seemingly undoable. I want to point out that there is no primary source evidence to support the "torture" of Geoffrey Pole. It seems that the man was simply in the pay of Cromwell, and willingly "touted" on his family. It was he that brought about the purge on the Plantagenets.
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Apr 4 2011, 8:33 PM EDT by
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The Older Tudors?
Does anyone else think they shuld make a seris about the regin's of Henry's children?
and if they do, who would you want to see casted?
and do you think they should include the romance of Elizabeth and Robert?
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Apr 3 2011, 10:15 AM EDT by
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Bess (woman in the woods)
Click EasyEdit to update this page! (Don't see the EasyEdit button above? Sign in or Sign up .) Bess as played by Katie McGrath Character's backstory : A fictional character based o
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Apr 17 2011, 7:56 AM EDT by
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Wolsey committing suicide
It seems he didn't, but actually got sick on the way back to London and died.
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Mar 23 2011, 11:18 PM EDT by
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Downton Abbey Fans
Maria will be joining the cast of the Masterpiece Theater Series 'Downton Abbey' as Vera Bates, the wife of John Bates. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821819/
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Mar 2 2011, 12:29 AM EST by
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