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Hawksquill (I've migrated!)<p>I'm not usually one for poetry, but I had a sudden burst of inspiration and wrote a haiku about Catherine of Aragon, of all things.</p><p>You call me a sin<br>Barren, though our daughter lives<br>Still I sew your shirts</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiku</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/CatherineofAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatherineofAragon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a></p>
Deborah Makarios<p>There's a popular perception that Henry VIII divorced his first wife Catherine of Aragon because she "couldn't have sons".<br>In fact, three of Queen Catherine's six children were sons, including Henry, Duke of Cornwall.<br>Mary I is often viewed as Catherine's "only child" solely because she was the only one to survive infancy.<br><a href="https://theres.life/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/Tudor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tudor</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/HenryVIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HenryVIII</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/CatherineOfAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatherineOfAragon</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/MaryI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaryI</span></a></p>
Bob Jamieson<p>When Catherine of Aragon Led England’s Armies to Victory Over Scotland</p><p>In 1513, Henry VIII’s first queen—acting as regent in her husband’s absence—secured a major triumph at the Battle of Flodden.<br>Smithsonian Magazine<br>Meilan Solly<br>She was, in the words of historian John Edwards, Henry VIII’s “greatest queen.” </p><p><a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/when-catherine-of-aragon-led-england-s-armies-to-victory-over-scotland?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">getpocket.com/explore/item/whe</span><span class="invisible">n-catherine-of-aragon-led-england-s-armies-to-victory-over-scotland?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CatherineOfAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatherineOfAragon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Flodden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flodden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HenryVIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HenryVIII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Thomas Cromwell (l. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Thomas_Cromwell/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Thomas_Cromwe</span><span class="invisible">ll/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AnneBoleyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AnneBoleyn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CatherineofAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatherineofAragon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DissolutionoftheMonasteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DissolutionoftheMonasteries</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Mary I of England reigned as queen from 1553 to 1558 CE. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Mary_I_of_England/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Mary_I_of_Eng</span><span class="invisible">land/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AnneBoleyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AnneBoleyn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CatherineofAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatherineofAragon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EdwardVIofEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EdwardVIofEngland</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Henry VII of England ruled as king from 1485 to 1509 CE. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Henry_VII_of_England/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Henry_VII_of_</span><span class="invisible">England/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BattleofBosworth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BattleofBosworth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CatherineofAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatherineofAragon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HenryVIIofEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HenryVIIofEngland</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>In his search to secure the continuation of the Tudor line, Henry VIII of England (r. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1547/the-six-wives-of-henry-viii/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/1547/</span><span class="invisible">the-six-wives-of-henry-viii/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AnneBoleyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AnneBoleyn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CatherineofAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatherineofAragon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EdwardVIofEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EdwardVIofEngland</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Anne Boleyn (c. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Anne_Boleyn/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Anne_Boleyn/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AnneBoleyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AnneBoleyn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CatherineofAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatherineofAragon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElizabethIofEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElizabethIofEngland</span></a></p>
Johvelsson<p>😮 <a href="https://eliitin-some.fi/tags/OMG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMG</span></a> <a href="https://eliitin-some.fi/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://eliitin-some.fi/tags/renaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renaissance</span></a> <a href="https://eliitin-some.fi/tags/CatherineOfAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatherineOfAragon</span></a> <a href="https://eliitin-some.fi/tags/HenryVIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HenryVIII</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/31/metal-detectorist-tudor-gold-pendant-henry-viii-katherine-of-aragon-warwickshire" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/culture/2023/j</span><span class="invisible">an/31/metal-detectorist-tudor-gold-pendant-henry-viii-katherine-of-aragon-warwickshire</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Thomas Cromwell (l. c. 1485-1540 CE) served as chief minister to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) from 1532 to 1540 CE. With his king and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer (in office 1533-55 CE), Cromwell masterminded the English Reformation which saw the Church in England break away from the Pope in Rome and such momentous acts as the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Gaining fa...<a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Thomas_Cromwell/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Thomas_Cromwe</span><span class="invisible">ll/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AnneBoleyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AnneBoleyn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CatherineofAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatherineofAragon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DissolutionoftheMonasteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DissolutionoftheMonasteries</span></a></p>
Andrea Povey<p>On the floor of St Peter and Paul’s Church in the Lincolnshire village of Stallingborough is this brass marker, it features William Ayscough and his wife Margery Hilyard. This couple were the grandparents of Anne Ayscough (Askew) who was burnt at the stake for her Protestant belief.</p><p>William Ayscough died in 1509, just a few years before the teachings of new religion began to take hold.</p><p>William was knighted in 1501 at the marriage of Prince Arthur to Catherine of Aragon.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/16thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>16thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lincolnshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lincolnshire</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/churchesoflincolnshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>churchesoflincolnshire</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/localhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>localhistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tudorwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tudorwomen</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/henryvii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>henryvii</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/princearthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>princearthur</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/catherineofaragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catherineofaragon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/anneaskew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anneaskew</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tudorwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tudorwomen</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/stallingborough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stallingborough</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lincolnshirevillages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lincolnshirevillages</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/englishvillages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>englishvillages</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/churchbrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>churchbrass</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lincolnshirefamilyhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lincolnshirefamilyhistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ayscough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ayscough</span></a></p>
IAmPaws<p>I am a little obsessed with the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tudors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tudors</span></a>, mainly <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HenryVIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HenryVIII</span></a> and his <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SixWives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SixWives</span></a> and I&#39;ve often wondered if <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CatherineofAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CatherineofAragon</span></a> should&#39;ve given into Henry&#39;s request for an annulment for, if not her sake, for the sake of her daughter <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MaryTudor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MaryTudor</span></a>. Then part of me thinks no, she was right to fight until the end. I go back and forth.</p>
Tricksy Spirit<p>Still can’t believe this happened yesterday 😭🥹❤️<br>Huge thanks to the cosplay judges and everyone who complimented my Aragon cosplay, this means so much after months of pouring my blood, sweat and tears into this costume 💖</p><p>📸: @/whatserscosplay (IG)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CosplayMasquerade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CosplayMasquerade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LondonComicConWinter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LondonComicConWinter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SixTheMusical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SixTheMusical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatherineOfAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatherineOfAragon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cosplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cosplay</span></a></p>
Tricksy Spirit<p>🎶 Listen up, let me tell you a story 🎶<br>Figured I should post more cosplay stuff so here’s my Aragon cosplay I made this year ✨</p><p>👑: QuickChangeDesigns (IG)<br>📸: bakemono.cosplay (IG)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SixTheMusical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SixTheMusical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatherineOfAragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatherineOfAragon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aragon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cosplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cosplay</span></a></p>
HistoryIsMyJam<p>Thinking about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/catherineofaragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>catherineofaragon</span></a> today and the massive grief she experienced in her lifetime.. truly a remarkable woman. 👸🏼</p>
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