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Ladies of the Reformation. Memoirs of Distinguished Female Characters belonging to the Period of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century
James Anderson [1804-1863]


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Book Description

Title:
Ladies of the Reformation. Memoirs of Distinguished Female Characters belonging to the Period of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century
Authors:
Publication Year:
Location:
London
Publisher:
Blackie and Son
Pages:
718
Subjects:
Reformation, People, Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey, England, Scotland, Nederlands
Copyright Holder:
Public domain

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • List of Illustrations
  • Ladies of the Reformation in England
    • Historical Introduction
    • Anne of Bohemia, Queen of Richard II
    • Anne Boleyn, Second Queen of Henry VIII
    • Anne Askew, Daughter of Sir William Askew, Knight of Kelsey
    • Katharine Parr, Sixth Queen of Henry VIII
    • Lady Jane Grey
    • Katharine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk
    • Anne De Tserclas, Wife of Bishop Hooper
    • Katharine Vermilia, Wife of Peter Martyr
    • Queen Elizabeth
    • Mildred Cooke, Lady Burghley
    • Anne Cooke, Lady Bacon
  • Ladies of the Reformation in Scotland
    • Historical Introduction
    • Katharine Hamilton; Sister of Patrick Hamilton, the martyr
    • Helen Stark, Wife of James Ranoldson
    • Isabel Scrimger, Wife of Richard Melville
    • Elizabeth Aske, Wife of Richard Bowes, and Marjory Bowes, wife of John Knox
    • Elizabeth Campbell, wife of Robert Campbell, of Kinyeancleugh
    • Elizabeth Knox, wife of John Welsh
  • Ladies of the Reformation in the Nederlands
    • Historical Introduction
    • Wendelmuta Klaas, a widow of Monickendam
    • Lysken Dirks, wife of Jeronimus Segerson
    • Mrs. Robert Oguier, of the Town of Lisle
    • Betken, Maid-Servant to Peter Van Kulen, goldsmith in Breda
    • Elizabeth Vander Krek, widow of Adam van Diemen
    • Charlotte De Bourdon, Princess of Orange
    • Louise De Colligny, Lady Teligny, afterwards Princess of Orange
  • Appendix
    • Anne Boleyn's letter to Henry VIII, from the Tower
    • Popish plots against Anne Boleyn
    • Lady Jane Grey's letter to her father, written three days before her execution
    • Lady Jane Grey's letter to her sister, Lady Katharine, written on the evening before her execution, in the end of the Greek New Testament which she sent to Lady Katharine
    • Notice of Lady Katharine Grey, sister of Lady Jane Grey
    • Notice of Ladies Anne, Margaret, and Jane Seymour, daughters of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset
    • Maria van Reigersberg, wife of Hugo Grotius. Manner in which she liberated Grotius from prison
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