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Follow in the Footsteps of David Starkey
Thursday 30 April 2009
Here are most of the locations where Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant was filmed, with information on what made them significant during the life of the Tudor monarch.
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Katherine Parr (1512-1548)
Tuesday 28 April 2009
With a new law making it treason for any future queen to conceal her pre-marital affairs, it would have taken a very bold or modest woman to become 52-year-old Henry VIII's wife.
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Catherine Howard (c. 1523-1542)
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Catherine Howard's mother had died young and her father, though a nobleman, was perennially in debt.
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Anne of Cleves (1515-1557)
Tuesday 28 April 2009
At 46 and after the loss of three wives, Henry VIII was not an attractive proposition.
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Thomas Howard, 3rd duke of Norfolk (1473-1554)
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Having fought under his father in the successful battle against the Scots at Flodden in 1513, while Catherine of Aragon was acting as Henry VIII's regent, the third duke of Norfolk rose to become one of Henry's key generals.
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Video: David Starkey on Henry VIII
Monday 20 April 2009
The man himself talks about the larger-than-life monarch and also introduces The Virtuous Prince, a new book that coincides with the Channel 4 series.
