Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
Den Store Sag
English translation:
The King's 'Great Matter'
Added to glossary by
Christian Schoenberg
Jan 11, 2006 17:30
18 yrs ago
Danish term
United States
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Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
Den Store Sag
Danish to English
Art/Literary
History
historical novel set in England in 1537
The King being discussed is King Henry VIII. What do we call "Den Store Sag" in English?
"Hans Holbein havde ikke talt med ham, siden han, på Thomas Cromwells ordre og med Richard Rich som ledsager, blev sendt til The Tower for at tegne dødsdømte Biskop John Fisher.
Martyrer kunne blive til besvær, og det var velsagtens et allersidste forsøg på at få Biskoppen til at ændre mening med hjælp af den smiger, der lå i at blive foreviget. At få ham til at godkende Den Store Sag, Kongens ret til en ny hustru, der kunne føde en levende søn, mens den første hustru stadig var i live, og om så det skulle betyde Englands brud med Pavestolen i Rom. Hvis det var tilfældet, viste det sig forgæves. Fishers hoved faldt på skafottet."
"Hans Holbein havde ikke talt med ham, siden han, på Thomas Cromwells ordre og med Richard Rich som ledsager, blev sendt til The Tower for at tegne dødsdømte Biskop John Fisher.
Martyrer kunne blive til besvær, og det var velsagtens et allersidste forsøg på at få Biskoppen til at ændre mening med hjælp af den smiger, der lå i at blive foreviget. At få ham til at godkende Den Store Sag, Kongens ret til en ny hustru, der kunne føde en levende søn, mens den første hustru stadig var i live, og om så det skulle betyde Englands brud med Pavestolen i Rom. Hvis det var tilfældet, viste det sig forgæves. Fishers hoved faldt på skafottet."
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | The 'King's Great Matter' |
Christian Schoenberg
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| 3 | the Cause |
Christine Andersen
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Christian Schoenberg
United States
United States
Native in Danish
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English
United States
Nordic Legal Language Solutions
Native in: Danish 
, English
Works in: Danish to English, Swedish to English, Norwegian to English, and 1 more.
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The 'King's Great Matter'
I believe this is what it is called. There may be variants.
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Note added at 2 hrs 1 min (2006-01-11 19:32:00 GMT)
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http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/article-44839
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Note added at 2 hrs 1 min (2006-01-11 19:32:00 GMT)
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http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/article-44839
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in English
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
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the Cause
I'm not sure we discuss it a lot in those terms...
But this is a quotation from the Catholic encyclopedia site (you have to scroll down quite some way after clicking on the link).
... and Wolsey, although the whole divorce policy ran counter to his better judgment, strained every nerve to secure a decision in his master's favour. An account of the mission of Gardiner and Foxe and of the failure of the divorce proceedings before the papal commissioners, Wolsey and Campeggio, mainly on account of the production of the Brief, has been given in some detail in the article CLEMENT VII, to which the reader is referred. The revocation of the cause to Rome in July, 1529, owing, no doubt, in part to Queen Catherine's most reasonable protests against her helplessness in England and the compulsion to which she was subjected, had many important results....
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Not a very objective account of the case - but then the Protestant side would not be objective either.
You may be able to find other hits if you search.
But this is a quotation from the Catholic encyclopedia site (you have to scroll down quite some way after clicking on the link).
... and Wolsey, although the whole divorce policy ran counter to his better judgment, strained every nerve to secure a decision in his master's favour. An account of the mission of Gardiner and Foxe and of the failure of the divorce proceedings before the papal commissioners, Wolsey and Campeggio, mainly on account of the production of the Brief, has been given in some detail in the article CLEMENT VII, to which the reader is referred. The revocation of the cause to Rome in July, 1529, owing, no doubt, in part to Queen Catherine's most reasonable protests against her helplessness in England and the compulsion to which she was subjected, had many important results....
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Not a very objective account of the case - but then the Protestant side would not be objective either.
You may be able to find other hits if you search.
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