Posted by admin in Entertainment on 04 21st, 2009 | 2 Comments
Season Four of “The Tudors” will be its last
ALAS!!! “The Tudors” series will end in 2010. I’m incredibly bummed. My guess is that since this current season will feature wives Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves, season four in its last season will feature the 5th and 6th wives, Kathryn Howard and Catherine Parr? I guess it was...
Read More
Posted by admin in Featured Articles, History News on 04 21st, 2009 | Comments Off
An account of Anne’s trial is now avaliable online
The National Archives is currently exhibiting an impressive online display of primary sources from Henry VIII’s life. Documents pertaining to his political and personal life is right here for you to study for yourself. It’s absolutely fabulous for those who cannot be there to see it for...
Read More
Posted by admin in History News on 04 21st, 2009 | Comments Off
House of Tudor stamps/coins
With all this Henry VIII 500th anniversary hoopla going on, so many stamps and collectibles are popping up everywhere! I’ll try and post as many as I can find: You can get these two covers at Buckingham Covers. This one below you can purchase for 15 pounds at Bletchley Park Post Office. New...
Read More
Posted by admin in Events on 04 21st, 2009 | Comments Off
Anne Boleyn exhibition opens
Blickling Hall, a former home of the Boleyn family, is having an exhibition that celebrates 100 years since “The Masque of Anne Boleyn” was performed. “The Masque of Anne Boleyn” was a play that reenacts the events of Anne’s life that lead up to her marriage with Henry....
Read More
Posted by admin in Things to Ponder on 04 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment
Mamma’s Boy
Starkey argues that Henry VIII was “emotionally dependent on woman” and that’s why he was always falling in and out of love with women. “Unlike most early modern princes the Tudor monarch was brought up in a feminine household and was almost certainly taught to write by his...
Read More
Posted by admin in History News, Things to Ponder on 04 21st, 2009 | Comments Off
So he’s not just a cold-hearteded bastard who killed his wife
Well, not that I think Henry was always a cold-hearted bastard, but I do think he was a rather moody spoiled man who got everything his way. But I am always fascinated by his infatuation towards Anne because it went on for so many years, and I love reading his love letters to her. He writes, “Henceforth...
Read More
Posted by admin in History News on 04 21st, 2009 | Comments Off
Henry VIII’s armour reveals he was no small man
Research shows that Henry VIII started to swell in size as he got older. His body, I mean. A 52 inch waist!! “It found that by the end of his reign the 6ft 1in Tudor king had a whopping 52in waist and 53in chest – enough to make him severely obese by modern standards.” Article below: King...
Read More
Posted by admin in Featured Articles, History News on 04 21st, 2009 | Comments Off
Henry VIII’s love letters to Anne Boleyn avaliable online
Henry VIII’s love letters are avaliable to be viewed online! It is avaliable at State Papers Online
Read More

Next Entries »