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Author Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548.

Title Katherine Parr : Complete Works and Correspondence
Published Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (656 pages)
Contents Preface; General Introduction; Correspondence; Part 1:Prologue to Queenship; Part 2: Katherine as Regent of England; Part 3: Queen Katherine and Her Correspondents; Part 4: The Dowager Queen and Her Correspondents; Part 5: Epilogue; Complete Works; Psalms or Prayers (1544); Introduction to Psalms or Prayers (1544); English translation of Psalmi seu Precationes; Prayers or Meditations (1545); Introduction to Prayers or Meditations (1545); The Kendal Autograph Fragment of Prayers or Meditations; The Printed Text of Prayers or Meditations; The Lamentation of a Sinner (1547)
Introduction to The Lamentation of a SinnerThe Lamentation of a Sinner; Personal Prayerbook (ca. 1544 to 1548); Introduction to Katherine Parr's Personal Prayerbook; The Autograph Text of the Personal Prayerbook; Modernized Text of the Personal Prayerbook; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548 -- Correspondence
Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548 -- Religion
Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Religion
Genre/Form Personal correspondence
Form Electronic book
Author Mueller, Janel, 1938-2022.
ISBN 9780226647265
0226647269
1283362759
9781283362757
0226647242
9780226647241
Other Titles Works. 2011