As a bit of research and for fun I'd suggest watching The Tudors mini series. It's fairly accurate most of the time, although Jonathan Rhys Meyers never put on the 'fat suit' as Henry and they're pretty casual about the ages of the children. Mary was far older than she's portrayed at the time of Henry's death. If anyone needed a spanking it was Katherine Howard, whose life may have been saved by a few good old fashioned spankings. |