tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post3957231494295926303..comments2024-03-26T07:37:54.729+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Ci-Devant: A new biography of Catherine HowardGareth Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-42882497689729330622014-05-30T11:55:08.173+01:002014-05-30T11:55:08.173+01:00Thank you very much, Gareth. I'd love to hear ...Thank you very much, Gareth. I'd love to hear more from you. Your blog is a delight to read. I just want to focus on the side of Katherine Howard that people ignore. They just see her as a brat or slut but she had good qualities too. Maybe I feel this connection to her because I'm around her age and have also been abused as a child, but I find her and Anne Boleyn the most interesting Cecilianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-18611465577886974722014-05-27T15:55:08.363+01:002014-05-27T15:55:08.363+01:00Hi Cecilia. Those are certainly interesting contri...Hi Cecilia. Those are certainly interesting contributions which Catherine made, but most medieval queens made similar contributions. The book on midwifery was dedicated to her, but she didn't help fund its publication or creation, from what we can tell. On the fashion point, Conor Byrne's article pointed out her love of clothes and style quite rightly. Most queens were known for being Gareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-48380126210891579452014-05-27T14:27:40.562+01:002014-05-27T14:27:40.562+01:00Gareth, will you write more about the stereotypes ...Gareth, will you write more about the stereotypes (and the falseness/truth in these stereotypes) surrounding Katherine Howard? I know you made a dissertation on her. I'm writing an essay on her as queen and it seems that she DID contribute a good deal (patronizing a book on midwifery, interceding for Wyatt, helping Princess Elizabeth return to court) and perhaps used fashion as a power Cecilianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-7024093018503275572013-08-07T20:34:52.901+01:002013-08-07T20:34:52.901+01:00I see! Well, unfortunately there is no direct desc...I see! Well, unfortunately there is no direct description of the dresses, except to say that they were plain. One will have been her execution dress, in which case it will have been stripped from her and given to the executioner as part of his payment. Even plain dresses for members of the aristocracy were extremely expensive to make and we know that most of Catherine Howard's dresses were Gareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-32204622472841105912013-08-04T16:03:44.637+01:002013-08-04T16:03:44.637+01:00I realize that I have misled you with the quotatio...I realize that I have misled you with the quotation marks. A letter was written expalaining the history of what it was, how it came to each person and when it was passed down. The last date in the original handwritting was 1870 and was probably written by that person's granddaughter after 1900. There are a couple of more entries by later generations. That being said I am disappointed to hearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-14798531755522602532013-08-04T14:22:52.662+01:002013-08-04T14:22:52.662+01:00I'm afraid that doesn't sound like it'...I'm afraid that doesn't sound like it's genuine. There is no record of a Thomas Shales in the king's service, but that's not to say that it's impossible. The biggest giveaway is the "HRH King Henry." "HRH" is a modern piece of royal etiquette. In the sixteenth century, the title used would have been "his Grace" or, increasingly in Henry's Gareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-19913912908127854602013-08-03T23:11:30.557+01:002013-08-03T23:11:30.557+01:00I read that when Catherine Howard was held in the ...I read that when Catherine Howard was held in the convent that she had 6 dresses. Do you have a description of these dresses? I have a portion of a dress which is said to have been "brought from the tower by Thomas Shales, butler to HRH King Henry at the time of the execution."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-11647093532711056592012-11-28T21:39:54.261+00:002012-11-28T21:39:54.261+00:00Hi Maurizio - if you leave another comment with yo...Hi Maurizio - if you leave another comment with your e-mail address, I can contact you. The comment won't be published online, but I'll see it. <br /><br />Gareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-84939831068200689672012-11-28T16:55:31.390+00:002012-11-28T16:55:31.390+00:00I've stopped reviewing non-fiction books on An...I've stopped reviewing non-fiction books on Anne Boleyn and the Boleyns for the same reasons, Gareth. I will discuss thoughts I have on historians'/authors' theories in articles but I won't do reviews because some people won't see my review as objective.Claire Ridgwayhttp://www.theanneboleynfiles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-51583003128981312512012-11-28T07:46:20.371+00:002012-11-28T07:46:20.371+00:00Hi Gareth,
first of all hats off to you for your i...Hi Gareth,<br />first of all hats off to you for your informative and very well written blog. I bumped into it yesterday, while looking for news about Mathilda of Flanders, and found your post about her extremely interesting and well researched, by far the best I've found so far. <br />I'm currently translating a British TV documentary about the Normans and something is not right about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com