Did you get the audio guide? I found that filled in most of those sorts of gaps, but then I wasn't listening terribly closely to it (because I seriously dislike David Starkey and I kind of know most of that stuff) so maybe I'm misremembering.
Oh and also, every schoolchild in England studies Henry VIII and his wives, in a fair bit of detail, so maybe that's why it wasn't on the boards. It seems a bit daft to do that in an exhibition which is going to appeal to people not from England though!
You're exactly right and that's the part I was forgetting - that most people are far more familiar with the material than I was. I mean, I did already know some of it, but I think I wanted some things there to look at to 'prove' my knowledge. Well, perhaps there will be some at Hampton Court.
And I did get the audio guide because I'm very fond of David Starkey (although I know some people can't stand him). That certainly filled in a lot of the religious/political stuff I didn't know, but not the personal stuff and that's the part that really fascinates me.
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Oh and also, every schoolchild in England studies Henry VIII and his wives, in a fair bit of detail, so maybe that's why it wasn't on the boards. It seems a bit daft to do that in an exhibition which is going to appeal to people not from England though!
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And I did get the audio guide because I'm very fond of David Starkey (although I know some people can't stand him). That certainly filled in a lot of the religious/political stuff I didn't know, but not the personal stuff and that's the part that really fascinates me.
Thanks for cheering me up! *g*