Katharine of Aragon Festival Lecture: Dr Jonathan Foyle
Peterborough Cathedral
Friday 29
January
2016
19:30
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21:30
Dr Jonathan Foyle will give an illustrated talk about "The Forgotten
Origins of the Tudor Rose", giving examples of the symbolic messages on
show at Katharine and Henry's court.
Historian and writer Jonathan Foyle
was the presenter of BBC2's “Climbing Great Buildings” series, as well
as “Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?” for BBC2 and BBC Scotland. He was a
Curator at Hampton Court for eight years and has a reputation as a
lively and engaging speaker. His illustrated talk will focus on the
origins of the Tudor rose as a symbol.
“As the bride of the first-born Tudor prince (Arthur) and the first queen of Henry VIII, Katharine of Aragon was central to the promotion of royal imagery in the early sixteenth century. The talk will show several examples of symbolic messages in her arts,” says Jonathan.
The talk is based on original research about a much-overlooked aspect of royal iconography: the use of flowers as symbols in the late middle ages. The 'Tudor rose' has been one of Britain’s foremost emblems for half a millennium. But does the later name 'Wars of the Roses' truly reflect York and Lancaster's heraldry as white and red roses? And was the ‘Tudor rose' really a combination of these two heraldic devices to symbolize the united bloodlines of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York from 1486?
This talk answers those questions to completely revise the origin and primary meaning of the ‘Tudor rose'. An understanding of how daisies, marigolds, red and white roses were used to convey the qualities of Christ and the Virgin Mary in the fifteenth century challenges our centuries-old assumptions and throws unexpected new light on the self-identity of the first 'Tudors'.
Jonathan will take questions after his illustrated talk, which will last around 45-50 minutes.
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“As the bride of the first-born Tudor prince (Arthur) and the first queen of Henry VIII, Katharine of Aragon was central to the promotion of royal imagery in the early sixteenth century. The talk will show several examples of symbolic messages in her arts,” says Jonathan.
The talk is based on original research about a much-overlooked aspect of royal iconography: the use of flowers as symbols in the late middle ages. The 'Tudor rose' has been one of Britain’s foremost emblems for half a millennium. But does the later name 'Wars of the Roses' truly reflect York and Lancaster's heraldry as white and red roses? And was the ‘Tudor rose' really a combination of these two heraldic devices to symbolize the united bloodlines of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York from 1486?
This talk answers those questions to completely revise the origin and primary meaning of the ‘Tudor rose'. An understanding of how daisies, marigolds, red and white roses were used to convey the qualities of Christ and the Virgin Mary in the fifteenth century challenges our centuries-old assumptions and throws unexpected new light on the self-identity of the first 'Tudors'.
Jonathan will take questions after his illustrated talk, which will last around 45-50 minutes.
Download a leaflet about this event.
To this day visitors leave pomegranates here on her tomb at Peterborough Cathedral https://t.co/NbMe7NAkQf pic.twitter.com/UJfTUuBx7d
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