Why the Tudors fell for courtly love
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Henry the Seventh's Daughter, Mary Tudor
We don't normally think of henry the seventh as the most romantic of kings. But Henry took care to evoke those arthurian legends, name his eldest son arthur and ensure that he was born at winchester. And before we come on to henry the eighth, who really took the idea of courtly love to new levels, i wanted to talk about mary tudor. This is henry the seven's daughter, and she is as courtly love in a very interesting way. Well she does.
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