#cue mackay’s defense of the terms in which Chapuys *did* refer to her which uh… lol
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so, this part:
‘has it reached your ears that La Ana is enceinte?’ She gives her the name Chapuys gives her.’
true or false?
I believe it was Dr Ortiz, the Imperial ambassador to Rome, that referred to Anne Boleyn as ‘La Ana’, not Chapuys.
#anon#cue mackay’s defense of the terms in which Chapuys *did* refer to her which uh… lol#‘he wasn’t misogynistic he just used ‘the concubine’ during times of acute stress !!!’#erm. ok. let’s go with that…#I do wonder when mantel was making intentional versus unintentional errors when it came to historic details like this sometimes …#but yeah anyway her argument that like it’s unfair he’s judged for that bcus most of the time he instead#Called her ‘the lady’ or ‘the lady anne’#like… yeah… ‘this accursed lady’? you mean that ? 😂#bcus the phrase does not actually denote much respect#just bcus there’s an acknowledgement there she’s… what… high born ? it’s a reach to say the least#not to mention ‘she devil’. only once yet a pretty powerful impression#for reasons which should be … understandable ….#it might have been other papal envoys as well#iirc. but not Chapuys unless my memory’s failed me#which is always entirely possible (brain fog low spoons etc )
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