They Save Something In Common
It turns out that Henry and Anne’s father had one important characteristic: they both despised the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. During the Protestant Reformation, John III and Charles V had fought over land, whilst the monarch and Henry were on opposite sides of the political spectrum, to put it mildly. Henry’s senior minister reasoned that marrying the king to the duke’s daughter would be tactically advantageous given their common animosity to the Spanish sovereign.
They Save Something In Common
The Importance Of Portrait
These days, we take photographs for granted; after all, even youngsters can take a selfie or a dozen selfies. During the Tudor time, however, there would be no such thing as a mobile phone, and photography as a medium would be decades away from being invented. It was only via the use of art, particularly portraiture, that people could get a sense of how someone seemed before meeting them in person.
The Importance Of Portrait
