Catherine of Aragon : Infanta of Spain, Queen of England / Theresa Earenfight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Earenfight, Theresa, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.) : 7 color/17 b&w illustrations/2 maps

Place of Publication:

University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Catherine of Aragon is an elusive subject. Despite her status as a Spanish infanta, Princess of Wales, and Queen of England, few of her personal letters have survived, and she is obscured in the contemporary royal histories. In this evocative biography, Theresa Earenfight presents an intimate and engaging portrait of Catherine told through the objects that she left behind.A pair of shoes, a painting, a rosary, a fur-trimmed baby blanket—each of these things took meaning from the ways Catherine experienced and perceived them. Through an examination of the inventories listing the few possessions Catherine owned at her death, Earenfight follows the arc of Catherine’s life: first as a coddled child in Castile, then as a young adult alone in England after the death of her first husband, a devoted wife and doting mother, a patron of the arts and of universities, and, finally, a dear friend to the women and men who stood by her after Henry VIII set her aside in favor of another woman. Based on traces and fragments, these portraits of Catherine are interpretations of a life lived five centuries ago. Earenfight creates a compelling picture of a multifaceted, intelligent woman and a queen of England.Engagingly written, this cultural and emotional biography of Catherine brings us closer to understanding her life from her own perspective.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Maps

1. Who’s That Girl?

2. An Infanta at the Court of Castile, 1485–1501

Time Line: An Infanta at the Court of Castile, 1485–1501

3. One Wedding and Four Funerals

Time Line: One Wedding and Four Funerals, 1501–1509

4. Bride Again, Queen Finally, and Mother at Last

Time Line:Bride Again, Queen Finally, and Mother at Last, 1509–1519

5. A “Humble and Loyal” Queen

Time Line: A “Humble and Loyal” Queen, 1520–1529

6. Resistance, Mortality, and the Power of Memory

Time Line: Resistance, Mortality, and the Power of Memory, 1530–1536

7. Who Was That Queen?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 10. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

9780271091938

0271091932

OCLC:

1291507252