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Expert answers

Historians and authors answer Tudor Society members’ questions about Tudor history.

Total number of articles in this category: 31
Expert answer – Are there documentaries or movies depicting real people doing real things?
Expert answer – What does “round machine” refer to in this quote?
Expert answer – How were battlefields cleared?
Expert answer – Would grooms and ushers be able to visit home?
Expert answer – Are the letters of Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn authentic?
Remember me when you do pray – what’s Anne Boleyn’s message?
Who was Catherine Cromwell?
Expert Answer – Ambrosius Benson’s ‘Elegant Couples’: A Painting of Henry VIII and His Court?
Catherine of Aragon’s halo?
3 Expert Answers from our Archives
What was the legal and social status of male homosexual relationships in Tudor and Elizabethan England?
The tomb of Elizabeth I and Mary I
Was Anne Boleyn a mistress of Francis I?
Did Anne Seymour and Katherine Parr hate each other?
Was there really no chaplain available for Richard III before the Battle of Bosworth?
Do you need to wear gloves when handling old manuscripts and books?
Was Elizabeth I really an awful person?
How did the Tudors go to the toilet?
Thomas Seymour’s death warrant
Did Edward VI really pluck and kill a falcon?
What did Elizabeth I really look like?
The queen and the royal potty
Why were children set up in separate households?
Where is Anne Boleyn buried?
Should Ferdinand of Aragon have insisted on Katherine’s return?
Are there any online primary sources for Wyatt’s Rebellion?
How were ruffs stiffened?
Could Anne Boleyn have gone to Margaret of Austria’s court at the age of 6?
What is Mary Tudor holding in the portrait of her and Charles Brandon? Is it an artichoke?
Why did Henry VIII get so fat?