To really understand Clement’s threat to excommunicate Henry, we need to place it in its proper place some four years into the whole “King’s Great…
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On the one hand, Henri IV’s coronation is somewhat Tudor-adjacent, but I’m going to focus on England’s perspective. It’s a great story for a lot…
Thomas Wyatt the Younger (son of the poet who grew up with, and adored, Anne Boleyn), was one of the leaders of an uprising in…
(Full disclosure: it happened a little before this, but this is the date of the letter that Eustace Chapuys wrote to Charles relating the incident.)…
Philip became King of Spain about a year and a half after he married Mary I, so he was already King of England and Ireland…
Henry Courtenay was cousin to Henry VIII – and a possible Yorkist claimant to the English throne. Courtenay was a grandson of King Edward IV…
Quick context: Agnes Tilney was the dowager Duchess of Norfolk who was supposed to be supervising the upbringing of the young Catherine Howard. On November…
“Jolabokaflod” is an Icelandic tradition of giving books as gifts on Christmas Eve. The Historical Writers Forum is celebrating this tradition throughout December, with members…
I am thrilled to be welcoming Olivia Longueville back to the blog – with a wonderful article exploring the impact of Anne Boleyn’s early years…
In December 1546, Henry VIII had a little more than a month left to live. Although he likely didn’t see the time frame as being…
