In 1559, John Aylmer, humanist scholar and Protestant cleric, who would later go on to become the bishop of London, wrote an impassioned defence of …
ELIZABETH AND LADY JANE GREY’S RELATIONSHIP: AN ACCOUNT
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HENRY VII AND ELIZABETH OF YORK: NAMING THEIR CHILDREN
In the past, I’ve discussed the children of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Today, I wanted to talk a little about their names. Henry …
A MYSTERIOUS SPANIARD AT THE TUDOR COURT
François Van der Delft served as the Spanish ambassador to the courts of Henry VIII and Edward VI. In this capacity, he had a certain …
THE DESCRIPTION OF JANE SEYMOUR
Even before Anne Boleyn had been executed, eyes were starting to turn towards the future; predictions were being made about the next queen, and foreign …
LA ROYNE ANNE SANS TETE – ANNE BOLEYN’S LAST NIGHT
One of the most frequently quoted accounts of Anne’s last night on Earth was a letter Chapuys wrote to Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, a leading …
ANNE’S DOWNFALL: CHARLES V’S REACTION
On the 15th May, 1536, Emperor Charles V had just received news of Anne Boleyn’s arrest. Despite the treatment his aunt had received in the …
ANNE PROTECTING ELIZABETH
Today is Mother’s Day in Australia, and as such, I wanted to write about Anne Boleyn as a mother who fought to protect her daughter …
HENRY PERCY DENIES ANNE BOLEYN
On this day, the 13th of May, in 1536, Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, denied having married Anne Boleyn: Northumberland to Cromwell ‘I perceive …
BOOK REVIEW: ‘ANNE BOLEYN & ELIZABETH I: THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHO CHANGED HISTORY’
Anne and Elizabeth. The title of Tracy Borman’s new book really does sum up these two incredible women; they were the ‘mother and daughter who …
HENRY VII’S REIGN FORETOLD: PROPHECY IN POLYDORE VERGIL’S ANGLICA HISTORIA
Henry VII’s claim to the throne of England was tenuous at best; he was descended from illicit unions on both sides of his family tree. …
