The Six Wives of Henry VIII - A Feminist View - Newark Buttermarket - Adult Learning

About this course

We are all familiar with these women, or are we? This course will look at their lives and experiences from their perspective. Were they helpless tools in the hands of ambitious men; or did they play a role in their own destinies? Come and examine the lives of these very different women; and make your own mind up. 

Through attending this course, you will gain an understanding of 16th century England and the role of women, learn about the lives of these six women, the families they came from, their education and their beliefs. Evaluate the impact the women had on the wider political, social and religious spheres and discover what impact, if any, the new ideas of the 16th century have on them. We will also look at several sources, primary and secondary,  and examine how they have been portrayed through different mediums through the ages. 

Resources required:

• Pen and paper

Suggested Reading for the course: 

• The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Dominic Sandbrook (2021) Penguin Random House 

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING, AND
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).  As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

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