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Posted by admin in Featured Articles, Things to Ponder on 08 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment

This is the most interesting article from Times online: (I am copying and pasting because it’s so fascinating!) Is this Mary Tudor, England’s Catholic queen who has gone down in schoolroom history as Bloody Mary? If it is, as some scholars believe, the painting could make a virtuous circle...

Posted by admin in Things to Ponder on 07 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Afghanistan needs a Henry VII

This is all very interesting. Blogger Michael White writes, “I’d wager that what the suffering Afghans need most is the Henry VII who won the Battle of Bosworth Field, a tough, tightfisted central ruler who could manage the warlords and promote such basics as trade, clean water, and (we’ve...

Posted by admin in Things to Ponder on 07 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Henry VIII was just like me, says Prince Charles

This is kinda a hilarious article about how Prince Charles talks about how he and Henry VIII was similar – in the sense that they both cared about GOING GREEN! Saving trees! Whee! “Towards the end of his reign, he also showed an interest in sustainability,’ the Prince said. ‘Perhaps...

Posted by admin in Featured Articles, Things to Ponder on 07 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

The Big Question

….What would have happened if Henry VIII had obtained his divorce? Great Article! Excerpt: Wouldn’t the reformation have happened anyway? That was the myth peddled by the English establishment for centuries. The propaganda was that a corrupt and decaying Catholicism was replaced by a...

Posted by admin in Featured Articles, Things to Ponder on 07 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments

New Anne Boleyn Portrait?

I love The Anne Boleyn Files website- I get constant updates from it- and recently the site was discussing a portrait of Anne that I’ve never seen before!! Has anybody else seen this before?! It is apparently on display at Ludlow castle. I think? Go to this forum to read about the discussion...

Posted by admin in Things to Ponder on 05 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Bully or hero?

Henry VIII: Bully or Hero? I defintely don’t think Henry was a hero. Yes, he started the English Reformation and he represents this majestic monarch, but I think he was a spoiled selfish man who got everything he wanted and would do anything to get it. He was a fascinating figure in history and...

Posted by admin in Things to Ponder on 05 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Henry VIII: A Sports Fanatic

This is a very informative article about Henry’s love for sports- it claims Henry loved sports more than women, but I disagree. But I’m also a woman. “A decathlete before his time, Henry was adept at the javelin, dressage and double‑axe fighting, and was also a dab hand at archery....

Posted by admin in Things to Ponder on 04 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Is this what Henry VIII really looked like?

Tudor author and historian Derek Wilson claims that the paintings we see and associate with Henry VIII – the strong magnificent King, with his feet apart and displaying a multitude of power- was all really just propaganda. The painting was commissioned during a time when Henry needed the most ego...

Posted by admin in Featured Articles, Things to Ponder on 04 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Jousting Accident of Henry VIII turned him into a different man?

There’s a great article in the Independent claiming that the jousting accident that caused Henry so much pain in his leg for the rest of his life, was also an incident that turned his entire personality around. According to the History Channel documentary, “Inside the body of Henry VIII”,...

Posted by admin in Things to Ponder on 04 21st, 2009 | No Comments

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...

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