HISTORY MEETING HENRY VIII AND HIS WIVES WARM UP Descrivete l'aspetto di Henry VIII guardando la foto qui sotto. WRITING PAIR WORK I am his Majesty Henry VIII, the most famous Tudor king. My reign was from 1509 to 1547. I was famous for my bad temper and for the birth of the Church of England. I lived in Hampton Court, a very luxurious palace. I liked dancing, hunting , playing cards, and singing. My love life was chaotic: I had six wives! Catherine of Aragon She is my first wife, the Spanish king's daughter. She was my brother's widow and Queen 'bloody' Mary was our daughter. After some time, I fell in love with* another lady, so I was a divorced man quite soon. Anne Boleyn She is the lady I was in love with. She was young and very pretty. Elizabeth I, a very clever girl, was a great queen for Great Britain and she was our daughter. Unfortunately, Anne wasn’t trustworthy , so she was beheaded ! Jane Seymour Jane was a nice, simple girl, different from Anne. Edward, who was a king soon after me, was our son, but he was very sick and wasn’t on the throne for long. His mum was soon dead, too. Anne of Clèves Anne was from Germany, and it was ok because it was a good thing to be friendly with Germans. She wasn’t beautiful or particularly interesting, so, after seven months of marriage, we just were good friends and I was a divorced man again. Catherine Howard She was 19 and I was 49. I was attracted to her because she was young and beautiful, but she wasn’t respectful, so she was beheaded like her cousin, Anne Boleyn. Catherine Parr She is my sixth, dear wife. I was old and sick and she was kind to take care of me and all my children. She was famous because she was the first English queen to publish a book. I was very proud of her. GLOSSARY : : : : : : : : : : : : to be in love with essere innamorato di to behead decapitare bloody sanguinario disease malattia ghost fantasma hunting caccia luxurious sfarzoso proud orgoglioso to take care of prendersi cura di temper carattere trustworthy affidabile widow vedova