This day marked the culmination of all Edward Seymour’s ambitions: he was appointed Lord Protector of England to rule on behalf of his nephew, the…
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Category: On This Day
Today marked the end of one era and the beginning of a new one: the passing of power from Henry VIII to Edward VI. That…
Today let’s pause a moment to mourn the death of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. I’m not going to repeat the crimes that got him…
As Henry drew closer to death, the plots around him grew in intensity. After all, he was leaving behind him a nine-year old boy who…
So Somerset had already escaped charges of treason once – that time when he took Edward and fled to Windsor hoping to avoid Northumberland’s (then…
First, a caution – this is the day most people BELIEVE Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five Theses to the door of the All Saints’ Church…
Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio was the legate appointed by Pope Clement V to hear Henry VIII’s annulment request case in England. The case, better known as…
Ah, the lucky one. As the daughter of Johann III, Duke of Juliers-Cleves, Anne was a pawn in the international marriage market from her early…
Um, actually no – and I corrected this in a later post (which you can read here). But I left this up because Charles Brandon…
Anne Askew was an unfortunate pawn in Tudor politics. She was tortured (the only woman on record to have experienced this) and burned for heresy…
