#very weird to place that quote in a paragraph about 1527.

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Upon her return to court in 1527, Mary learned that her father had become enamored of Anne Boleyn, but it did not cause her any immediate concern-- there had been mistresses before, and no doubt there would be more to follow. Mary's ally Chapuys warned that Anne 'is the person who governs everything, and whom the King is unable to control.' Still Mary clung doggedly to the belief that her mother's position was unassailable. - Elizabeth's Women, Tracy Borman

The concubine, who long ago conspired the death of the said ladies and thinks of nothing but getting rid of them, is the person who governs everything, and whom the King is unable to contradict,—the matter is very dangerous.  Chapuys to Charles V. 1535 21 Nov. Vienna Archives.

#this book is...weird. #although it is going a long way in explaining how the views of the hashtag chapuyscult have been shaped #yeah. i think by 1535 . #mary probably knew her mother's position was not 'unassailable'. considering she had atp been banished from court/forbidden #from henry's presence for like four and half years...... #very weird to place that quote in a paragraph about 1527. #also chapuys did not advise her to repudiate her mother until whatever that was. late june/early july 1536. #so to frame this as mary ignoring sound advice because of her own stubborness seems disingenous to say the least #it does seem some of her own supporters advised this in 1534-35 absent chapuys but like grain of salt? #bcus this is what they were claiming while they were being interrogated during that period #her supporters were mid-1536 (so like elizabeth carew etc...) #plausible that was their claim for the sake of self-preservation. not what they had actually advised .