Margaret Pole was born into a world that turned on its head several times during her lifetime. When she was born, she was the niece…
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After the controversy he stirred up with his last post, I am happy to welcome back David Field to talk about Elizabeth on this anniversary…
This was a huge moment – Edward had died close to a month before and this was the first time Mary was coming to London…
Woof. This was the end to a tale of great hubris….hubris that almost succeeded. Back in February, Edward’s health was such that he started…
This was Henry’s sixth and final wedding, and it was celebrated privately like those of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, and Catherine Howard (only the two…
As many of you know, I am participating in the “Interview my Character” blog hop put together by the Historical Writers Forum – the wonderful…
Part of me wants to say “goodbye and good riddance” and leave it at that: Philip of Spain was not a good husband to Mary…
William Carey was a favored courtier of Henry VIII’s, and actually his third cousin (William’s grandmother Eleanor Beaufort was cousin to Henry’s grandmother Margaret Beaufort).…
I posted last month about the exciting search for a Tudor banqueting house that would be going on at Sudeley Castle during the last two…
This was about the most brilliantly timed visit ever. England and France were getting ready for the Field of the Cloth of Gold, which would…