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fideidefenswhore · 4 months ago

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another instance of dissonance that became really apparent in tmatl...when thomas boleyn has the office of lord privy seal, it's a sinecure, hardly mentioned (Monseigneur, more often, i don't actually know where that comes from, tbh...he did have an overbearingly ostentatious title in his early days of parliament-- Thomas Ormond de Rochford Cheval[i]er*, try saying that ten times fast-- but that was before anne's rise, so), when cromwell has the office, it's a signal favour of high esteem and also an anchor of long hours and ceaseless, difficult work.

#wolf hall crit #it's not a perfect parallel...thomas boleyn had the title longer (six years to cromwell's four)#insert calendar page rip off effect .gif here #but more could be done with it; i think. maybe someday #* i think those were my notes from simon thurley's lecture?#but other sources say that was thomas butler's not his #although maybe he just requested it on precedent #idk. thurley has gotten stuff wrong before so i'll have to look into that more. if i ever find a moment...#it might've been mackay's thesis on thomas boleyn; actually. i need to keep more organized notes is my lesson here...lol #also i cannot remember the spelling

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