Posted by happyhelen in History News on 02 14th, 2011 | Comments Off
Researchers want to exhume Henry VIII’s body
From Metro.co.uk: “The Tudor king married six times and ordered the beheading of two of his spouses – Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. He has long been regarded as a tyrant, but bio-archaeologist Catrina Whitley and anthropologist Kyra Kramer believe his behaviour may have been a symptom...
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Posted by happyhelen in History News on 02 12th, 2011 | Comments Off
The truth behind Tudor tombs is out there
From Physorg.com: “Dr Steven Gunn of the Faculty of History and academics from the University of Leicester will analyse the great Renaissance monuments of Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk (d. 1554) and Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond (d.1536), who was Henry VIII’s illegitimate son. The interdisciplinary...
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, Misc on 02 9th, 2011 | Comments Off
Henry’s 88 faces
This might be the greatest thing I’ve ever heard!!! And it’s near where I live (sorta) so I might actually be able to go see it!! From Boston.com, “Imagine King Henry VIII is standing on a sandy beach, posing with a surfboard. He’s wearing green shorts and a Tudor-style hat, and his...
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Posted by happyhelen in History News, Misc on 02 9th, 2011 | Comments Off
Save the Anne Boleyn portrait!
These folks have done a nice job creating a Facebook page to help promote the National Portrait Gallery’s efforts to raise money to conserve the famous Anne Boleyn painting. Go visit the website!!
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