This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...it is at least rash. Histoire du Divorce, p. 39. he said, to have forgotten that she was a Spaniard, and was desirous only to cultivate the good-will of the people which had become hers through her marriage. We congratulate the queen and her confessor that they so well understood what was befitting her position." This ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...it is at least rash. Histoire du Divorce, p. 39. he said, to have forgotten that she was a Spaniard, and was desirous only to cultivate the good-will of the people which had become hers through her marriage. We congratulate the queen and her confessor that they so well understood what was befitting her position." This homage is pleasant to find. English authors in the time of Elizabeth would not have been so impartial. The above mentioned letter of Louis Carroz shows how great the anger of Henry VIII. had been against Spain. "I am treated by the English not as an ambassador, but like a bull at whom everyone throws darts."t Ferdinand appeased his son-in-law with presents, as children's tears are stopped with toys. Wolsey's intervention afterwards was more effectual than even that of the queen in the completion of the reconciliation that she so keenly desired, but to which she could only contribute with timid discretion. The English people were very grateful to her for this behaviour. It was a supreme injustice to nickname Marie Antoinette VAutrichienne, but no one ever thought of calling Catharine the Spaniard. The reconciliation with Ferdinand very speedily Bergenroth, Calendar. Intro., vol. ii, p. xcii. t Bergenroth, Calendar, vol. ii, p. 248. The same letter in which he complains of the anti-Spanish influence of the queen's confessor. brought forth fruit, for, during the course of the year, Henry VIII., together with the emperor, joined a fresh league against France; but these results were not of long duration. Just at the moment when everything seemed smiling upon the old King of Aragon, he died during the month of January, 1516. Catharine had only officially announced to Ferdinand the birth of her daughter Mary on February 18th, 1515, in ...
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