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“Inventions Invented against Me”: The Five Catherines of Aragon at the Blackfriars Trial
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2024
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Most scholars who comment on Catherine of Aragon's speech and movements at the annulment trial on 21 June 1529 have overlooked significant discrepancies between the five eyewitness accounts of this day—by an English gentleman, the English king, and the French, Venetian, and Vatican envoys. This essay, in contrast, gives particular focus to discrepancies in these accounts. These contradictions speak to a rhetorical war over Catherine's reputation, one that reflects tensions across Europe that were exacerbated by the trial. Catherine herself may be termed an agent in this rhetorical war, given that her own voice makes itself heard within each account.
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I am grateful to those who have commented on versions of this essay, especially Alexandra Verini, Sarah Moran, Charles Prendergast, and Tom Prendergast. Thanks also to the anonymous reviewers of the essay for their comments and to Rebecca Johnston for undertaking some of the initial groundwork on this project. Many thanks as well to members of the Research Boot Camp at the College of Wooster for their support as I developed this project.
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