![]() Consequently, biographers who are not comfortable with the promiscuity narrative, have reinterpreted her life as a narrative of abuse. Her later testimony is more problematic – suggesting that Dereham forced himself on her – if not by outright violent rape, by persistence and bullying. She had no difficulty in telling either of them that the relationship was over. ![]() Her initial responses to questioning suggest that her relationships with both Manox and Dereham had been voluntary, and, if she tired of them sooner than they did of her, that was their problem. Whilst these give huge amounts of detail about Katheryn as a young woman, we need to bear in mind that they are sometimes contradictory, and that they are entirely focused on her sexual activity, putting an emphasis on that element of her life that may not be justified if we consider her in the round. There are copious notes from the interrogations that took place in 1541 of Katheryn and her household. Contemporary AccountsĬontemporary information is contained in the Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, available through British History Online. Nevertheless, Katheryn has not been entirely neglected in either fact or fiction. Katharine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, in particular, have been frequently written about, and in the last ten years, Katherine Parr has also been subject to a range of new biographies and articles. Katheryn has not received the scholarly attention that the other wives of Henry VIII have attracted over the years. ![]()
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