Close your eyes (metaphorically, you still have to read this…). I’m going to give you a fact pattern, you tell me who’s involved. Picture someone…
Writer of Grants and Historical Fiction
Close your eyes (metaphorically, you still have to read this…). I’m going to give you a fact pattern, you tell me who’s involved. Picture someone…
Phenomenal letter – There’s no record of how Henry reacted to reading this about himself – I wonder if his ministers were brave enough to show it to him!
The Holy Roman Empire was a “complex of territories in central Europe.” The Kingdom of Germany was the largest of them; others included the Kingdoms of…
This day was the ultimate triumph for Anne Boleyn: after seven years of struggle and uncertainty, she became the anointed Queen of England, six months…
So just about everything we know about the fall of Anne Boleyn comes from people who didn’t actually KNOW but were just repeating stories. But…
The First Act of Succession (at the time referred to only as the “Act of Succession”) was a key step in Henry’s repudiation of Catherine…
Mary Tudor, youngest sister of Henry VIII, was known as one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe – which made her a valuable commodity…
Stephen Gardiner was an important English cleric and politician during the reigns of Henry VIII and Mary I (his strongly Catholic leanings sent him to…
The reign of Charles V was a momentous era for Spain, indeed, all of Europe. It was also especially momentous for England: it was entirely…
Elizabeth of York was an amazing woman. Eldest child of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, she married Henry VII after he defeated Richard III at…