Résumé : |
"Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived" - the rhytme tells the fat of Henry VIII's six wives. Henry was passionately in love with all but one of his wives, but it wasn't love the drove him to marry sa many times. It was his desperate desire to provide a male heir for the throne of England, for in Tudor times it was generally agreed that only a male could provide strong government. |