Married women Quote by Sylvia Barbara Soberton

“Four months later, in May 1533, a court led by Thomas Cranmer declared the Henry-Catherine marriage null and void just five days before declaring…

— Charles River Editors

“So often in council he has taken Katherine’s part, as if he were one of her appointed lawyers. ‘You make this argument, my lords,’…

— Hilary Mantel

“Nothing would be the same for any woman in this country again. From this time onward no wife, however obedient, however loving, would be…

— Philippa Gregory

“When feminist impulses are recorded, they are, almost always, the writings of privileged women who had some status from which to speak freely, more…

— Howard Zinn

“From Tudor to eighteenth-century England, there are many instances of women writers with no place or room of their own. The life-story of the…

— Hermione Lee

“She cherished her spiritual books and doesn't deny the debt contracted from some of them. -- Kieran Kavanaugh regarding Teresa of Avila”

— Kieran Kavanaugh

“Tidied all my papers. Tore up and ruthlessly destroyed much. This is always a great satisfaction. —KATHERINE MANSFIELD This”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.

— Elizabeth I

Contrary to popular belief, Henry VIII did not divorce any of his wives. He had sought an annulment from Catherine of Aragon - which…

— Amanda Foreman

Even divorce, she thought, cannot erase all the bonds forged by years of marriage. Long after the papers are signed, decrees notarized, the ties…

— Tess Gerritsen

Katherine of Aragon was speaking out for the women of the country, for the good wives who should not be put aside just because…

— Philippa Gregory

“To ensure that Catherine would settle into her new role as queen, letters were dispatched, with Charles addressing her as ‘my wife and lady’…

— Sophie Shorland