Men of Power

Description:

After ten years' meticulous research, Elisabeth Wheeler makes a strong case for the re-evaluation of the events surrounding the death by execution of Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife; and a re-examination of the motives behind the power struggles seething amongst the members of the royal court and noble families of the time.

subjects: History,  Tudor,  Howard,  Culpeper,  court intrigue

People: Catherine Howard; Henry VIII; Thomas Culpeper; Seymour; Cranmer; Audley; Suffolk

Places: Henry VIII's Northern Progress from London to York,  1541; Goudhurst Church,  possible burial place of Catherine Howard

Times: 1500 -1547 -- emphasis on period 1540 - 1542