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Here are some one liners...
There Are Giants! A Man in a Tavern Told Me So -- Required reading from the Great Books section, this is a bawdy and rude series of books about mythical giants. It is rejected by every sensible organization except the King of France who loves it so naturally it will become a 5 volume set.
King Henry is "Overly Fond" of Women -- This guy has a lot of energy. He has his marriage to Catherine annulled and marries Anne Boleyn. He was previously having sex with her sister and was rumored to be carrying on an affair with their mother. (That probably wasn't true.)
There Are Giants! A Man in a Tavern Told Me So
Last year the secular priest and son of a French tavern owner, François Rabelais (fran-SWAH row-BLAY), edited a story about the mythical giant, Gargantua (gar-GAN-tew-wah ). It was a rough piece and not his best work so this year he sets out to write something better: "The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel (PAN-tah-grool), King of the Dipsodes (DIP-sodes), Son of the Great Giant Gargantua"... or more simply, "Pantagruel." It is a wild and wicked tale filled with bawdy humor, word play, puns and insults galore. He coins new words and wanders through his story while the giant at times seems to change in size. His fellow priests are stunned into silence. The book is immediately condemned by the College of Sorbonne (sore-BONE) which is under Protestant control this year but next year, it will be under Catholic control and they will condemn the book too... and its prequel: the expanded and much revised "Gargantua". The King of France will love it. Three more books will follow. [1] [2] [3] [4]
My Take by Alex Shrugged
You probably want to know what a secular priest is. It is a priest who has not taken vows for a particular order but is under the supervision of the bishop. Apparently, François needed a lot of supervision. As funny as this all is, these series of books are considered required reading if one is to be considered well-read. I have recognized themes in these books that will be repeated into the modern day. They also give you insight into the times. This is an extremely rude book, fit for tavern talk yet the King of France is fascinated by it. There is a unifying understanding that we are all the same people at the carnival. We delight in the circus regardless of caste or fortune or race though they didn't think in terms of race. That is a fully modern invention. [5]
You probably want to know what a secular priest is. It is a priest who has not taken vows for a particular order but is under the supervision of the bishop. Apparently, François needed a lot of supervision. As funny as this all is, these series of books are considered required reading if one is to be considered well-read. I have recognized themes in these books that will be repeated into the modern day. They also give you insight into the times. This is an extremely rude book, fit for tavern talk yet the King of France is fascinated by it. There is a unifying understanding that we are all the same people at the carnival. We delight in the circus regardless of caste or fortune or race though they didn't think in terms of race. That is a fully modern invention. [5]
King Henry is "Overly Fond" of Women
King Henry the 8th of England is "overly fond of women" and because of it, he will cause the Church of England to break from the Church of Rome in the worst way possible. The King's former wife, Catherine, has not produced any viable children as heirs, probably because she is too old. As a result the King has moved to annul the marriage. When the Pope refuses, the king turns to the English clergy who do so without benefit of Rome's approval. The King has been infatuated with Anne Boleyn for years, but she has refused to bed him. This year he secretly marries Anne and later, when her pregnancy becomes obvious, the King has a public ceremony and a parade. Enthusiasm for the new Queen is notably subdued. Anne will give birth to a girl later this year: Elizabeth the 1st. When we speak of Elizabethan England, we will be talking about this child. [6] [7] [8] [9]
My Take by Alex Shrugged
Anne Boleyn is the sister of Mary Boleyn, the King's former lover. It is easy to laugh at a king who thinks more with his passions ( and other words beginning with 'p' ) than with his head, but this marriage will create a big rift in the government. Sir Thomas More is going to lose his head over his objections to the King's technical bigamy. If the Pope didn't annul his previous marriage then his new marriage becomes problematic for loyal Catholics. There is also a rumor that the king bedded Anne's mother, Elizabeth Boleyn, and that Anne is really the King's daughter but there is no evidence of this. It is probably a confusion in names with Elizabeth Blount... yet another mistress of the King. He really is fond of women. [10] [11]
Anne Boleyn is the sister of Mary Boleyn, the King's former lover. It is easy to laugh at a king who thinks more with his passions ( and other words beginning with 'p' ) than with his head, but this marriage will create a big rift in the government. Sir Thomas More is going to lose his head over his objections to the King's technical bigamy. If the Pope didn't annul his previous marriage then his new marriage becomes problematic for loyal Catholics. There is also a rumor that the king bedded Anne's mother, Elizabeth Boleyn, and that Anne is really the King's daughter but there is no evidence of this. It is probably a confusion in names with Elizabeth Blount... yet another mistress of the King. He really is fond of women. [10] [11]
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