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#when you consider this sort of ‘rift’ and reintroduction of a more formal and distant relationship
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chapuys/mary truthers when you mention their relationship 1536-47:
#she doesn’t seem to consider him a friend in the same way from mid 1536-onwards
#and they don’t really seem to be in communication much anymore
#I think the answer here is really… disillusionment
#when you consider this sort of ‘rift’ and reintroduction of a more formal and distant relationship
#in the context of what came before
#I believe Mary would’ve believed this even absent of Chapuys’ influence — but
#I think it’s fairly clear she did not believe it was God’s will that she follow her father’s will
#(otherwise she would have done so circa 1534)
#and I think it’s also fairly clear Chapuys was actively encouraging this belief and her defiance
#(as much as he might’ve ; at certain points; like her being manhandled into a litter —
#wanted her to tone it down a bit so as not to ‘detract’ from her dignity
#which is interesting when we discuss how Chapuys viewed Mary.
#that that was his primary concern there. not that this was due to Anne’s ‘wickedness’ and ‘malice’ as usual
#So when we arrive at the events of mid 1536… well
#we have this man that has been promising her a better and brighter future ; her father’s love ; her restoration
#and it’s a future that doesn’t eventuate in the way he promised
#despite the violent end of her enemy and her enemy’s party
#so we have the hypocrisy and dissonance of the man that encouraged her defiance
#telling her to repudiate her beliefs and self abnegate
#and then not really… substantially… or even at all
#helping her navigate the consequences of that
#the consequences of the actions. he encouraged
#that he doesn’t really have to pay the price for. but she does
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