In our six-part series, leading Tudor historians reveal six iconic heritage spaces in the UK connected to each of Henry VIII\u2019s queens. In this video, Dr Nicola Clark explains why Peterborough Castle is a place of pilgrimage for Catherine of Aragon fans\u2026 <\/p>
The heritage space connected to Catherine of Aragon<\/a> that I would recommend people to visit is Peterborough Cathedral, as this is where she\u2019s buried. Peterborough Cathedral, originally an abbey, is a Norman cathedral that\u2019s very old \u2013 it was originally founded in AD 654. It has stood since then, or parts of it have anyway.<\/p>\n Catherine of Aragon was buried there in January 1536. Catherine died at Kimbolton Castle, and Henry VIII<\/a> was then left in a quandary. Normally a queen consort would be given a very high-status burial somewhere in London, such as at St Paul\u2019s Cathedral or Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n But Catherine was no longer a queen consort \u2013 she was a dowager princess. Henry didn\u2019t want to bury her with all of the honour that he would give a reigning queen consort, but he also couldn\u2019t do nothing, as he didn\u2019t want to annoy the Spanish monarchs.<\/p>\n Peterborough Abbey, as it was known at the time, was the nearest and biggest religious institution to Kimbolton Castle, where Catherine died. And so Henry ordered that she should be buried there. This happened at the very end of January 1536. There was a very big funeral cortege: there were lots of noble women acting as chief mourners, a lot of black cloth, a lot of candles. And Catherine was buried under a big tomb in the nave.<\/p>\n The abbey was dissolved in 1539, and it later became a cathedral. Catherine\u2019s tomb was then vandalised by Oliver Cromwell\u2019s soldiers in the English Civil War. So the tomb slab that\u2019s there now is not the original \u2013 it was installed in 1895. But it\u2019s still a big site of pilgrimage for people who admire Catherine of Aragon. You can still go and lay flowers at her tomb today.<\/p>\n Related content:<\/strong><\/p>\n In our six-part series Henry VIII\u2019s six wives: Secrets of the Tudor queens<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, leading Tudor historians explore each queen\u2019s heady rise to power, peeling back the myths surrounding these six women to reveal their true natures. Watch all episodes now<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr Nicola Clark is a senior lecturer in early modern history at the University of Chichester whose books include Gender, Family and Politics (Oxford University Press, 2018)<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n In our six-part series, leading Tudor historians reveal six iconic heritage spaces in the UK connected to each of Henry VIII\u2019s queens. 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