Anne was curvy--too curvy, apparently that Henry at least stated that he thought she was no virgin. He found her breasts too slack and she certainly was far from possessing six-pack abs.
Good Clevian girls were supposed to sit at home and sew and Henry's previous wives were apparently more active. Anne Boleyn was an adept horsewoman who loved to hunt. Jane Seymour grew up on a country estate, and Katherine of Aragon, at least before child-bearing and age(menopause was no fun in those times)was also active. The ideal vision of a virgin in Henry's era had small high breasts, a not too narrow waist and hips wider than the breast measurement. Henry did not blame the artist, Holbein. Instead he sacked Thomas Cromwell and had him beheaded when Cromwell couldn't free him from having to wed Anne. Then Henry promptly wed the tiny, slightly plump Catherine Howard, who might have met the virginal body type, but certainly wasn't in truth. Apparently, she had no problem fooling Henry she was a nice, pure girl, until he was otherwise informed. Cindy Abel _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
