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Posted by happyhelen in History News on 11 21st, 2011 | Comments Off
Westminster Abbey’s junk room has the best view in Europe
Westminster Abbey’s junk room has the best view in Europe
From the Telegraph: You may remember the wedding we had here in April,” says the Very Rev Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, standing on a gallery 70ft above the Abbey floor. “Well, this is where the cameras were.” Two bland bars of scaffolding mark the spot from where images of the Duke and...
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Posted by happyhelen in History News on 08 2nd, 2011 | Comments Off
BBC History magazine August issue
BBC History magazine August issue
BBC History Magazine’s August issue is all about TUDORS!! “In our Tudor special, Professor Eric Ives considers the lasting appeal of England’s most celebrated Royal household, while Tudor historians Anna Whitelock, GW Bernard,Susan Doran, Steven Gunn and Ralph Houlbrooke explain...
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Posted by happyhelen in History News on 06 13th, 2011 | Comments Off
Tudor coroners’ records give clue to ‘real Ophelia’ for Shakespeare
Tudor coroners’ records give clue to ‘real Ophelia’ for Shakespeare
How coool… From BBC: “Dr Steven Gunn has found a coroner’s report into the drowning of a Jane Shaxspere in 1569. The girl, possibly a young cousin of William Shakespeare, had been picking flowers when she fell into a millpond near Stratford upon Avon. Dr Gunn says there are “tantalising”...
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Posted by happyhelen in History News on 05 26th, 2011 | Comments Off
Mary Rose artefact on space shuttle Endeavour
Mary Rose artefact on space shuttle Endeavour
From BBC news: “Part of the Mary Rose sail mechanism is being taken into space on the final flight of US space shuttle Endeavour. The 3in (7.5cm) wooden ball from Henry VIII’s flagship, raised from the Solent in 1981, is on board during the 14-day mission. The artefact was given to a Nasa...
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Posted by happyhelen in History News on 04 22nd, 2011 | Comments Off
Bess of Hardwick’s life of letters to go on display
Bess of Hardwick’s life of letters to go on display
  From BBC: “More than 200 letters sent and received by a prominent Derbyshire noblewoman are to be revealed to the public. Bess of Hardwick, who became the Countess of Shrewsbury in 1568, was regarded as one of the most capable and ambitious women of the Elizabethan age. The 230 letters...
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, History News on 03 4th, 2011 | Comments Off
Did Blood Cause Henry VIII’s Madness and Reproductive Woes?
Did Blood Cause Henry VIII’s Madness and Reproductive Woes?
Henry VIII From the History Channel: “Why did Henry VIII have so many wives and mistresses yet so few children? What caused the Tudor monarch’s descent into mental instability and physical agony in the second half of his life? A rare blood group and a genetic disorder associated with it may...
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Posted by happyhelen in History News on 02 14th, 2011 | Comments Off
Researchers want to exhume Henry VIII’s body
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
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 History News, Misc on 02 9th, 2011 | Comments Off
Save the Anne Boleyn portrait!
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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Posted by happyhelen in History News on 01 31st, 2011 | Comments Off
Mural uncovered of Henry VIII
Mural uncovered of Henry VIII
This is pretty awesome: From BBC News: “A couple doing DIY have uncovered a 20ft (6m) high medieval mural of King Henry VIII on the wall of their home. The house in Milverton, Somerset, was once home to Thomas Cranmer, Arch Deacon of Taunton in the 16th Century. Angie Powell said: “When we...
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