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fideidefenswhore · 1 year ago

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Thomas Seymour said something like "No words of Boleyn"? What is the context for this quote? I think I read it in your tags, your tags are quite interesting tbh

"Discussing the fate of Anne Boleyn was taboo around Elizabeth, creating a barrier. Thomas Seymour was the only one bold enough to break the taboo. Indeed, he mocked the embargo to others in the household. 'No Words of Boleyn,' he sniggered--a punning reaction on being asked about 'Boulogne' from Elizabeth's treasurer, Thomas Parry." The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor, Elizabeth Norton

Edit: Here's the original, it does seem like he said that by way of repetition, and did mention his own brother as being of the opinion as well (score 1 for my memory, lol, thanks @annabolinas for sending me the quote).

#anon #the title of this book...gag #tbh it's fairly poor in analysis and nuance overall but it's decent for source material #i did track down the whole original quote once in archive.org it's like remembrances of thomas parry or smth #so it is a primary source quote #but i don't really have the spoons rn to do so again as i did for the george constantine one. might get to it later tho #also this is suppositional. i don't know it for a fact but im fairly certain kat ashley would have brought up her mother to a curious #younger elizabeth...she had many boleyn ties #my impression was that either coincidentally or not BE resembled a lot of this book. unfortunately .#again. i wish their reference library in script creation had been...broader

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