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Click the flag for our UK/Europe Resource PageClaire | February 25, 2010
I love receiving photos from Anne Boleyn Files visitors and seeing the wonderful costumes you guys have put together. I just had to share this photo from Beth who has put together our Custom Double Strand B Necklace and Anne Boleyn French Hood together with a dress to get the Anne Boleyn look – doesn’t
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Claire | February 24, 2010
Happy 510th Birthday, Charlie! Yes, on this day in history, 24th February 1500, Charles V Holy Roman Emperor was born in the Flemish city of Ghent. To commemorate the birth of this famous Tudor character, I’ve compiled the following factfile:-
Birth: 24th February 1500 in Ghent
Parents: Philip I of Castile (Philip the Handsome) and Queen Joanna
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Claire | February 23, 2010
If you’re like me, you are eagerly awaiting the publication of G W Bernard’s “Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions” which comes out in April (May in the USA).
Why?
Because this is one historian who believes that Anne could actually have been guilty of adultery and worse, incest.
Most historians these days are sympathetic to Anne’s cause and believe
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Claire | February 22, 2010
This day in history, the 22nd February 1511, was a sad day for Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon as it was the day that their 52 day old son, Henry, Duke of Cornwall, died suddenly. He was the second child of Henry and Catherine – his sister was born dead on
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Claire | February 20, 2010
I can’t quite believe how many anniversaries of Tudor events there have been in the past couple of weeks and here’s another!
Yes, on this day in history, the 20th February 1547, Edward VI was crowned King of England at the tender age of nine.
You can find out more about the boy king, who never ruled
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Claire | February 18, 2010
On this day in history, 18th February 1516, Mary Tudor (Mary I) was born – happy 494th birthday Mary!
To commemorate the birthday of this Tudor monarch, I’ve written a bio or factfile over at The Elizabeth Files – see Mary I Facts – but I thought it would be fun to list some Mary Tudor
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Claire | February 17, 2010
What better way to celebrate our first birthday than by launching the very first of our custom, handmade Anne Boleyn dresses?!
The Marquis of Pembroke red velvet dress was the Anne Boleyn dress which won the most votes in our site poll a few weeks ago, so Kris got busy designing it, drawing out the pattern
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Claire | February 17, 2010
Happy Birthday to The Anne Boleyn Files, even though I say so myself! Yes, we are one year old today! And to celebrate we have two very special events:-
The result of the Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII article competition
The launch of our very first handmade Anne Boleyn dress
I will post another article launching the Anne
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Claire | February 15, 2010
Today I’m being true to my promise and blogging about last night’s episode of “The Seven Ages of Britain”, entitled “The Age of Power”, which was about the impact that Henry VIII and Elizabeth I had on England. Here goes…
The Age of Power: Introduction
In David Dimbleby’s introduction, he stated that few periods of history capture
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Claire | February 14, 2010
Just a quick post of Tudor news to let you know about upcoming history TV programmes and events:-
The Seven Ages of Britain
BBC1 9pm tonight (Sunday 14th February)
If you are in the UK or have access to UK TV the please don’t miss this wonderful programme researched and presented by David Dimbleby. The aim of the
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