Chapter 26. The River of Jordan
Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch26
Copyright © 2009 Eric Ives
Book Title
Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
Additional Information
How to Cite
Ives, E. (2009) The River of Jordan, in Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch26
Publication History
- Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
- Published Print: 18 SEP 2009
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405194136
Online ISBN: 9781444307832
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- river of Jordan;
- Feckenham's visits behind her, Jane facing last hours of her life;
- time in prayer, meditation and reading her Bible, and with thoughts of her family;
- letters to her sister, Katherine - Jane writing in her copy of the Greek New Testament;
- real feeling for Katherine does break through, and desperate concern for her eternal future;
- no external evidence - to indicate that Katherine had had any direct contact with Jane;
- her greatest joy, to study Latin, Greek and Hebrew and to engage with good letters and holy scripture;
- Jane's husband to die first on Tower Hill and then Jane, inside fortress on Tower Green;
- Jane saying her psalm ‘in English in a most devout manner to the end’