For a site that attracts so much international attention and tourism in the 21st century, in the medieval and Tudor periods there are surprisingly few …
HENRY III’S ANNULMENT
Medieval
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
A MEDIEVAL GRAFFITI PUZZLE
Some things never change, and graffiti is one of them. Examples of graffiti can be found going back thousands of years. During the Middle Ages, …
THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL’S BRIDGE
This post is for my Mum, who is one of my biggest supporters, and loves the Lake District in the north of England, where she …
RECONSIDERING EARLY ENGLISH FEMALE AUTHORS
Catherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, is reputed as the first authoress to publish under her own name. However, this is a considerable …
THE HISTORY OF WILLIAM MARSHALL: KNIGHTING THE YOUNG KING
‘L’histoire de Guillaume de Maréschal,’ known in translation as ‘The History of William (the) Marshall,’ is a rich source of information for historians of 12th …
REGNAL NUMBERS: “KING EDWARD, SON OF KING EDWARD…”
Following the Norman Conquest, the kings of England were identified in contemporary documents not by the regnal numbers we know them by today, but by …
THE WEDDING AND CORONATION OF BERENGARIA OF NAVARRE
In 1191, King Richard I of England married Berengaria, the daughter of King Sancho VI of Navarre. Theirs was one of the more unusual royal …
RICHARD III VISITS YORK
Following their coronation on 6th July, 1483, King Richard III and Queen Anne, along with their young son, Edward of Middleham, set off on a …
HENRY V’S VALENTINE?
One of the earliest mentions of Valentine’s Day in English literature comes in the form of a poem by John Lydgate. Lydgate was a 15th …
