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SIX TUDOR QUEENS A Historical Play

Six Tudor Queens

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This presentation begins the background of the Plantagenet dynasty in England, beginning with the larger than life Henry II, and through the War of the Roses, with the controversial figure of Richard the III, endes with another monumental monarch, Henry VIII. In the book by the same title, His six wives, in an imaginary meeting during our times, discuss pationately their own perspective about this giant of a man.His legacy becomes more evident, as we analyze further the fascinating period of the rest of the Tudor heirs.

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SIX TUDOR QUEENSA Historical Play

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ICEBREAKER: Henry VIII and his Six Wives

What do you know?

What would you like to learn?

What have you learned?

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BACKGROUNDPlantagenet Dynasty

Henry II (r. 1154-89)Richard I (r. 1189-99)John (r. 1199-1216)Henry III (r. 1216-72)(five more kings)

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Henry II

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BACKGROUND (cont.)War of the Roses (1455-1485)Lancastrians: Red Rose vs. Yorkists: White

RoseHenry IV of Bolingbroke (House of Lancaster)Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou vs. Richard,

Duke of York and Warwick, the KingmakerEdward IV (House of York)Richard III (House of York) =’the usurper’ vs.

Henry Tudor (House of Lancaster) =Henry VII

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Richard III and The Princes in the Tower

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White Rose vs. Red Rose York vs. Lancaster

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Tudor AncestryCatherine of France, widow of Henry V –

married Owen Tudor - Sons: Edmund, Jasper and Owen

Margaret Beaufort, Great granddaughter of John of Gaunt and Catherine Swynford, - married Edmund Tudor

Son: Henry VII (r. 1485-1509)

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Tudor Rose Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

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Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

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Red and White RoseTUDOR ROSE: Red and White Tudor RoseHenry VII (house of Lancaster) married

Elizabeth of York (daughter of Edward IV, sister of The Princes in the Tower)

They had four children:MargaretArthurHenryMary

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FAMILY TREE: THE TUDORS

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Henry VIII

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Henry VIII’s AdvisorsThomas Wolsey (1471-1530)

Sir or Saint Thomas More (1478-1535)

Thomas Crammer (1489-1556)

Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540)

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THE PLAY

Henry VIII (1491-1547)Katharine of Aragon (1485-1536) - Queen 1Anne Boleyn (1507-1536) - Queen 2Jane Seymour (1508/09-1537) – Queen 3Anne of Cleves (1515–1557) – Queen 4Catherine Howard (1520/25-1542) – Queen 5Katherine Parr (1512-1548) – Queen 6

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Food, Utensils and Table MannersMeat for the richCoarse bread and cheese for the poor

Knives, common bowls, fingers

Wash hands out in the open; do not put fingers in your ears, or on your heads; don’t blow nose, wipe off sweat, or scratch with hands, don’t poke around in the bowl.

Throw bones on the floor (not back in the bowl).The ‘release of wind’ is frowned upon.

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The PlayHenry VIII (1491-1547)Katharine of Aragon (1485-1536) - Queen

1Anne Boleyn (1507-1536) - Queen 2Jane Seymour (1508/09-1537) – Queen 3Anne of Cleves (1515–1557) – Queen 4Catherine Howard (1520/25-1542) –

Queen 5Katherine Parr (1512-1548) – Queen 6

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Katharine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn

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Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves

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Catherine Howard and Katherine Parr

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Henry VIII’s HeirsEdward VI (r. 1547-53)

Jane (r. July 10-19, 1553)

Mary I (r. 1553-58)

Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603)

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What have you Learned?”Sharing

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Favorite Historical NovelistsNora LoftsEdward RutherfurdPhillipa GregoryMargaret GeorgeJean PlaidyAllison WeirRobin Maxwell

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Favorite MoviesThe Lion in WinterMurder in the CathedralRichard IIIThe Tudors (TV series)The Other Boleyn GirlLady JaneElizabeth Elizabeth RAnne of a Thousand DaysMary Queen of Scots

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