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Book I: Jane, pages 1-41

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Gregory, Philippa. The Last Tudor. Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017. Hardcover.

· Book 1, “Jane,” pages 1-41, begins at Bradgate House, Groby, Leicestershire, in the spring of 1550.

· Jane relates how she and her father are Protestants, but her mother and sisters follow Catholicism.

· She views the rituals of Catholicism as nothing more than superstition.

· She believes that Protestantism is the enlightened religion of intelligent people.

· Although Jane’s father is a Protestant, he is very worldly.

· He puts too much emphasis on social status.

· Jane, who is 12, struggles with the fact that the Bible instructs her to be obedient to her parents, who are not living righteous lives.

· She believes her role in the family is to enlighten them and save their souls.

· Jane has two younger sisters—Katherine, age 9, and Mary, age 5.

· Katherine...

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