Recent and forthcoming books for Spring 2015.
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Recent and forthcoming books Spring 2015
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In the news this week 23 – 29 March 2015
Links to history stories in the news in week beginning 23rd March 2015.
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In the news this week 16-22 March
History stories in the news in the week 16-22 March 2015.
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This week in history 16 – 22 March
On this day in history events for 16-22 March.
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In the news this week 9-15 March
Links to history news articles for week 9-15 March.
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In the news this week
History news from week beginning 23 February 2015.
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Henry VII
Henry VII was born at Pembroke Castle on the 28th January 1457. His parents were the thirteen year-old Lady Margaret Beaufort and her husband Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, who, unfortunately, had died of the plague three months before Henry’s birth.
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This week in history 26 January – 1st February
On this day in history events for 26th January to 1st February.
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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 17 – 23 November
Tudor history events for dates 17-23 November.
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This Week in History 3 – 9 November
Tudor history events for the week beginning 3rd November.
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This Week in History 27 October – 2 November
On this day in history events for 27th October to 2nd November.
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This Week in History 29 September – 5 October
This week in history events for 29th September to 5th October.
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Henry VII Primary Sources
Links to primary sources for Henry VII and his reign.
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#OTD in Tudor history – 24 October
On this day in Tudor history, 24th October, Queen Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s third wife, died at Hampton Court Palace; and John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, returned to England after failing to find the lost colonists…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 23 October
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd October, a prior wrote a rather grovelling letter to Thomas Cromwell regarding the forthcoming dissolution of his monastery; and renowned poet, psalmodist and clergyman John Hopkins was buried at Great Waldingfield…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 21 October
On this day in Tudor history, 21st October, Henry VIII left Anne Boleyn behind in Calais to spend a few days in Boulogne with Francis I (1532); and during the Pilgrimage of Grace, Lancaster Herald encountered a group of armed peasants near Pontefract Castle…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 15 October
On this day in Tudor history, 15th October, the infant Prince Edward (Edward VI) was christened in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace (1537); and teacher and Welsh language poet Richard Gwyn (White) was hanged, drawn and quartered for his Catholic faith (1584)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 12 October
On this day in Tudor history, 12th October, Edward VI, son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was born (1537); and MP and administrator Lewis Owen was murdered on a Welsh mountain pass as a result of his campaign against outlaws (1555)…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 5 October
On this day in Tudor history, 5th October, Henry VIII’s daughter, two-year-old Princess Mary, became betrothed to the French dauphin; and Lord Protector Somerset ordered a gathering of men at Hampton Court Palace to protect him and the young King Edward VI…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 2 October
On this day in Tudor history, Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, set sail from Dover to travel to France to marry Louis XII of France; and reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale’s book “The Obedience of a Christian Man” was published, a book which Anne Boleyn shared with Henry VIII…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 30 September
On this day in Tudor history, 30th September, a victorious Henry VIII returned to England after the French surrender of Boulogne; and Mary I’s coronation procession took place in London…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 27 September
On this day in Tudor history, 27th September, John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and first husband of Margaret Beaufort, was born; and fifteen-year-old Catherine of Aragon set sail for England from Laredo, Spain, for her marriage to Arthur Tudor…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 18 September
On this day in Tudor history, Henry VIII rode triumphantly through the streets of Boulogne after the French surrendered it to him; and Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon, a prospective bridegroom for both of Henry VIII’s daughters, died…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 16 September
On this day in Tudor history, 16th September, scholar, humanist and theologian John Colet died after catching sweating sickness three times; and Henry VIII and Catherine Howard were given lots of gold on their royal progress…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 7 September
On this day in Tudor history, 7th September, Queen Anne Boleyn gave birth at Greenwich Palace to a daughter who would become Queen Elizabeth I; and forty-nine-year-old Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, married his fourteen-year-old ward, Catherine Willoughby…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 6 September
On this day in Tudor history, 6th September, famous reformer Martin Luther sent his treatise to Pope Leo X; Sir Francis Drake entered the Pacific Ocean; and physician, clergyman and inventor of modern shorthand, Timothy Bright, was buried…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 1 September
On this day in Tudor history, 1st September, Henry VIII elevated Anne Boleyn to the peerage, making her Marquess of Pembroke; and Elizabethan actor and theatre entrepreneur Edward Alleyn was born…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 30 August
On this day in Tudor history, Henry VIII and Louise of Savoy agreed the Treaty of the More, and Catherine Parr, Queen Dowager and wife of Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, gave birth to a daughter, Mary…
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#OTD in Tudor history – 28 August
On this day in Tudor history, 28th August, Edward VI’s half-sister, Mary, was ordered to stop celebrating the Catholic mass, and an ailing Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote his final letter to his queen and childhood friend, Elizabeth I…
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