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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-11 10:48 PM Original message |
Did y'all know that King Henry the VIII died at 55 years of age. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. My dear texanwitch... |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-28-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I am watching BBC series on Netflix. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I just read a book |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Then you might really enjoy the book called "Sarum" - same author |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I'm reading New York by Ed. Rutherford...it's really good as well! nt |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I found this interesting website. |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Interesting, given the fact that he was responsible for |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. If the Church would have let him remarry history would have be different. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Most historians disregard the suggestion that he might have had syphilis |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Physically he was much older. The STD did a number on him. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. yep, but I spent a lot of time studying his whole reign |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. It wasn't the age. It was the mileage. nt |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. He didn't age much in The Tudors. |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. LOVE the Tudors |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Henry was hot looking in the Tudors. |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I watched it up until the death of Anne Boleyn and then lost interest. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I still have the final season to go. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. And for most of that, he was married to Catherine of Aragon |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. None of them took up that much of his time |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. actually sounds abt right to me, he exceeded his life expectancy of the day certainly |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, he was way beyond the normal life expectancy of those days |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yes, as a Brit I learned a lot about him |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. You know, "Bloody Mary" was no more nasty than both her father and sister. |
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solara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Except that she had hundreds of protestants burned at the sake, hence her name "Bloody Mary" nt |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yeah, but both her father and her sister killed more people.... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The winners write the histories and print the labels. n/t |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Well, in defense of Elizabeth... |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Queen Elizabeth also funded exploring America. |
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solara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Here are a few reasons why Mary has the nickname and her father and sister don't |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Spread out over the years? |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. He died 54 years too late imo |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Right on! |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. He became such a nasty character. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. That leg injury probably did him in. nt |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. I've outlived Henry! HA! Take that! |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. Rotting toes and leg ulcers made him stink, |
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brettdale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. I thought he lived a ripe old age |
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