tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974614945447984069.post5718879462205856019..comments2023-07-13T16:21:08.229+01:00Comments on Step Into The Story: Are there too many women in history - or too few?Nicola Cornickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12916076219284821820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974614945447984069.post-87101458834315527352009-04-25T20:01:00.000+01:002009-04-25T20:01:00.000+01:00Henry VIII imortalized Anne Boelyn by cutting her ...Henry VIII imortalized Anne Boelyn by cutting her head off! And then he did the same thing to another wife! Oh, there's a reason we are fascinated by the wives and marriages because we'll always wonder...WHY? It has nothing to do with feminizing history. I suspect he is trying to generate some publicity for his new show...Susan Flanders, Writer of Queenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253675855486514854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974614945447984069.post-55074315691142244672009-04-06T21:26:00.000+01:002009-04-06T21:26:00.000+01:00Would this be as in "I have a new TV programme and...Would this be as in "I have a new TV programme and I want more people to watch it. If I make outrageous comments, people will talk about my programme and my ratings will go up, and I'll get another series...?"<BR/><BR/>I'd love to hear what he thinks of the comperta of Legh and Ap Rice. :)Kate Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367918727779245526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974614945447984069.post-83461933351398877762009-04-06T09:49:00.000+01:002009-04-06T09:49:00.000+01:00Very true, Michelle. I remember David Starkey sayi...Very true, Michelle. I remember David Starkey saying that when he was on The Moral Maze he deliberately made comments that were as provocative as possible. People like that can be very wearing. <BR/><BR/>It can also be counter-productive as I was planning on watching the Henry VIII programme but now I won't because I have been provoked *too* far. I can find Dr Starkey's presentational style too simplistic anyway, ie sometimes presenting as "fact" things that are actually conjecture or interpretation. I remember my grandmother ringing me up after one of his programmes (which I think was on the Wives of Henry VIII(!)) and saying "I'm sure some of the things he was saying aren't true!" <BR/><BR/>Your comment about the influence Henry's wives had in achieving the break with Rome serves to emphasise the point that women *are* influential in history. And often when they are - like Elizabeth of Bohemia, for example - they are useful to *blame* for things!!Nicola Cornickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12916076219284821820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974614945447984069.post-41283510404410988272009-04-06T09:18:00.000+01:002009-04-06T09:18:00.000+01:00The key words are David Starkey, new television pr...The key words are David Starkey, new television programme and trying to be outrageously provocative.<BR/><BR/>The truth of the matter is that there are far fewer women historians on television and in the popular media than there are men. I believe Bethany Hughes is the only woman historian who regualrly fronts her own history programmes.<BR/>Henry VIII's wives have always fascinated. This is mainly because they are instrumental in helping achieve the break with Rome. <BR/>Starkey's remarks also do not gel with the many books on St Thomas Moore, Cardinal Woolsey and other men of the period.Michelle Styleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400990189443593076noreply@blogger.com