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Katherine Parr : Complete Works and Correspondence.
To the extent that she is popularly known, Katherine Parr (1512-48) is the woman who survived King Henry VIII as his sixth and last wife. She merits far greater recognition, however, on several other fronts. Fluent in French, Italian, and Latin, Parr also began, out of necessity, to learn Spanish wh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, IL :
University of Chicago Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | To the extent that she is popularly known, Katherine Parr (1512-48) is the woman who survived King Henry VIII as his sixth and last wife. She merits far greater recognition, however, on several other fronts. Fluent in French, Italian, and Latin, Parr also began, out of necessity, to learn Spanish when she ascended to the throne in 1543. As Henry's wife and queen of England, she was a noted patron of the arts and music and took a personal interest in the education of her stepchildren, Princesses Mary and Elizabeth and Prince Edward. Above all, Parr commands interest for her literary labors: she. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (656 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226647265 0226647269 1283362759 9781283362757 0226647242 9780226647241 |