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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, History News on 02 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off
Battle of Bosworth place finally revealed
Battle of Bosworth place finally revealed
Finally! They found it! Real location of Battle of Bosworth Silver badge and lead shot pinpoint site BBC Video
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, History News on 02 17th, 2010 | Comments Off
Paul Delaroche
Paul Delaroche
I found this fabulous article about Paul Delaroche and The Execution of Jane Grey at the Times online. An excerpt: Lady Jane Grey passed from a private collection into British hands and was left to the nation at the turn of the 20th century. Its fame, however, had evaporated, and by 1928 it was kept...
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles on 01 13th, 2010 | Comments Off
A bunch of Tudor related links
A bunch of Tudor related links
Okay, I found some super awesome articles/links and I’ll post them all here instead of doing a bunch of posts. Katherine of Aragon commemoration on January 29th at Peterborough Cathedral:  around 300 children will partake in the service, including the mayor of Peterborough.  There will be performances...
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, History News on 01 11th, 2010 | Comments Off
Lady Jane Grey galoreee!!
Lady Jane Grey galoreee!!
There are two exhibitions about Lady Jane Grey in London: 1) National Portrait Gallery: “Although there are no certain lifetime portraits of her, this display will explore how artists constructed an idealised image of Lady Jane as a Protestant heroine and martyr. The prints chart her growing popularity,...
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Posted by happyhelen in Entertainment, Featured Articles on 12 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Lady Gaga Dons Elizabethan Leather for the Queen of England
Lady Gaga Dons Elizabethan Leather for the Queen of England
Okay, I’m a HUGE fan of Lady Gaga (I saw her in concert a few weeks ago) and this is a few day old, but here are some pictures of her performing/meeting the Queen of England last Monday, December 7th.  Look at her Elizabethan style!
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, Misc on 12 10th, 2009 | Comments Off
Elizabeth Norton Interview
Elizabeth Norton Interview
I am on The Anne Boleyn Files email list, and I got an email today that has an interivew with Elizabeth Norton, a Tudor historian who has written several books about the wives of Henry. Here is an excerpt of the interview: The Tudor series portrays Thomas Boleyn as a manipulator who used his daughters...
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, History News on 10 29th, 2009 | Comments Off
Battle of Bosworth location moves 2 miles
Battle of Bosworth location moves 2 miles
I posted not too long ago an article regarding the debate of where the Battle of Bosworth actually took place.  Well, folks, researchers think they found it! From the times: “Just after midday yesterday, Glenn Foard stood on Ambion Hill in Leicestershire, next to the award-winning Bosworth Battlefield...
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Posted by happyhelen in Book News, Entertainment, Events, Featured Articles on 09 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Meeting Phillipa Gregory
Meeting Phillipa Gregory
Last night was Phillipa Gregory’s first stop on her US book tour for “The White Queen”. She was at Boston University at the Tsai performance center and gave a presentation about her new book. She was wonderful! She was engaging, charming and had wonderful insight into Tudor history....
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Posted by admin in Featured Articles, History News on 09 7th, 2009 | Comments Off
Mary of Scot’s last letter on display!
Mary of Scot’s last letter on display!
Mary of Scot’s last letter, the one she wrote 6 hours before her execution, is to be displayed for the first time in 30 years. It will be shown at the National Library of Scotland later this month. “The priceless letter was written on 8 February, 1587, to Henri III, King of France, the brother...
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Posted by admin in Featured Articles, History News on 09 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment
510 Year Old letter written by Henry VII
510 Year Old letter written by Henry VII
From the National Post: British historians have unearthed a letter written 510 years ago by King Henry VII that sheds startling new light on Canadian history. The letter reveals a previously unknown English expedition to this country in 1499 and may add the name of William Weston — an obscure shipping...
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