Editing Catherine Parr (section)

==Historiography==
The popular myth that Catherine Parr acted more as her husband's nurse than his wife was born in the 19th century from the work of Victorian moralist and proto-feminist [[Agnes Strickland]].{{sfn|Strickland|1853|p=434}} [[David Starkey]] challenged this assumption in his book ''Six Wives'', in which he points out that such a situation would have been vaguely obscene to the Tudors—given that Henry had a huge staff of physicians waiting on him hand and foot, and Catherine was expected to live up to the heavy expectations of queenly dignity.{{sfn|Starkey|2004|p=xvii}}

Catherine's good sense, moral rectitude, compassion, firm religious commitment, and strong sense of loyalty and devotion have earned her many admirers among historians. These include Starkey, feminist activist Karen Lindsey, Lady [[Antonia Fraser]], [[Alison Weir (historian)|Alison Weir]], [[Carolly Erickson]], [[Alison Plowden]], Susan James and Linda Porter. Biographers have described her as strong-willed and outspoken, physically desirable, susceptible (like Queen Elizabeth) to roguish charm, and even willing to resort to obscene language if the occasion suited.<ref>See generally {{harvnb|James|2012}}; {{harvnb|Porter|2011}}; Porter, ''History Today'' 60 (4): 17–22. [http://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-today/2010/volume-60-issue-4 April 2010]{{subscription required}}</ref>