The Records of the Lord Chamberlain show that Edward’s public funeral resembled Henry’s own (though Henry’s bier traveled from Whitehall to Windsor while Edward’s went…
All Tudor, all the time...
Janet Wertman Posts
Yes, yes, this is Tudor-adjacent – but it had a big effect on England as well. And it’s a great story… A quick recap on…
While I think this marriage was overall a bad idea (indeed, in retrospect it would appear she could have chosen better…), I do love weddings.…
Mary Stuart is an incredibly controversial character with a history of making bad decisions. She signed away carefully-negotiated Scottish rights in a secret addendum to…
While this may seem Tudor-adjacent, it really was an event with huge repercussions, occurring as it did less than a year into Elizabeth’s reign. Henri…
I’ve already written about Mary’s secret marriage to Brandon and touched upon their life together…but now I want to focus on the end of that…
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post for Anne’s execution but focused on what the event meant for Katherine Parr and the reformists…
The Field of the Cloth of Gold was the brainchild of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey: an eighteen-day-long event intended to solidify the alliance between England and…
Yes, yes, I have already written about the wonderful pomp surrounding Anne Boleyn’s actual coronation – but the formalities began several days earlier – specifically,…
Somerset is a BookBub Featured Deal in Australia, Canada, India and the UK – and I have extended the discount to the rest of the…
