On this day in history events for 1-7 December.
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This week in history 1 – 7 December
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Tudor Life December 2014
This is our BUMPER CHRISTMAS magazine, with an amazing 108 pages packed with facts, stories and fun related to the Tudor period, and of course to Christmas too!
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This week in history 24 – 30 November
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This week in history 17 – 23 November
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This week in history 10 – 16 November
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Historical Fiction Reviewers Needed
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5th November 1605 – The Gunpowder Plot
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This Week in History 3 – 9 November
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This Week in History 27 October – 2 November
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This Week in History 20 – 26 October
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The Pilgrimage of Grace – A Timeline
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This Week in History 13 – 19 October
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This Week in History 6 – 12 October
This week in history events for 6th to 12th October.
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This Week in History 29 September – 5 October
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October 2014 Magazine
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This Week in History 22-28 September
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Tudor Pets Video
In this week’s Claire Chats video I talk about some of the pets the Tudors were known to have.
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September 2014 Magazine
The very first issue of Tudor Life, the Tudor Society’s monthly magazine, is a special on Elizabeth I to commemorate her birthday on 7 September 1533.
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Talk on Anne Boleyn and Charity by Claire Ridgway
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Talk on Anne Boleyn and the Tower of London by Claire Ridgway
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Claire Ridgway Talk – Researching Tudor History
Claire Ridgway talks about how to research Tudor history and shares hints, tips and resources.
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Tudor Personality Books
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Mary I Primary Sources
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Lady Jane Grey Primary Sources
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Elizabeth I Primary Sources
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Edward VI Primary Sources
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#OTD in Tudor history – 7 April
On this day in Tudor history, 7th April, Charles VIII of France died after hitting his head on a lintel; Robert Aske and Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy, were sent to the Tower of London for their parts in the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion; and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, was buried…
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A new king’s journey, an earl who kept his head, injury kills a king, and a viscountess’s “Little Rome”
In part 1 of This Week in Tudor History for the week beginning 5th April, I will be talking about King James VI of Scotland’s journey from Edinburgh to London, following his accession to the throne of England as James I; the life and career of Henry Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire, who managed to avoid the awful fates of his father and brother despite his Plantagenet blood; the death of King Charles VIII of France after hitting his head on a lintel, and the accession of King Louis XII, and finally Magdalen Browne, Viscountess Montagu, patron of Catholics and a woman whose properties were Catholic safe houses in Elizabeth I’s reign.
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15 September – Elizabeth I saves the day!
On this day in Tudor history, 15th September 1589, the Battle of Arques began.
This battle was part of the final war of the French Wars of Religion, a series of conflicts in France from 1562-1598 between Catholics and Huguenots. It was fought between the new French king, Henry IV, and the Catholic League led by Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, and looked bad for Henry until troops sent by Elizabeth I arrived – phew!
You can find out more about what led to this battle, what happened at the battle, and what happened next, in this talk.
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