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Claire | August 30, 2010
I decided to write this article because there is so much false information out there about the restoration work at St Peter ad Vincula Chapel in the 19th century, the exhumation of Anne Boleyn and various other Tudor remains, and Anne Boleyn’s resting place. I recently purchased a copy of the 1877 “Notices of the
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Claire | August 26, 2010
Enjoy the company of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn this Bank Holiday Weekend (28th-30th August) at Hampton Court Palace at their special “Sport for the King with Anne Boleyn” weekend of activities. The Hampton Court Palace website has this to say about the weekend:- “Love is in the air as Queen Anne prepares for a
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Claire | August 25, 2010
sexualize, sexualise vb 1. to make or become sexual or sexually aware 2. to give or acquire sexual associations sexualization , sexualisation n1 This post has been inspired by my good friends at the History Police Facebook Group2 (thanks, Lauren!) and a discussion thread on that page regarding the sexualization of historical characters, characters such
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Claire | August 22, 2010
There has been controversy for 25 years over the exact location of the Battle of Bosworth, the battle which saw the death of Richard III, the crowning of a new king, Henry VII, and the founding of a new dynasty, the House of Tudor. The controversy over the battle’s location was due to the conflicting
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Claire | August 22, 2010
On the 22nd August 1485 Henry Tudors 5,000 Lancastrian soldiers met Richard III’s army of 8,000 at Bosworth in rural Leicestershire. Henry Tudor had been in exile in France during the reign of Edward IV but was now determined to depose Richard III and claim the throne for himself. On 1st August 1485 Henry Tudor
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Claire | August 22, 2010
On this day in history, the 22nd August 1485, the Battle of Bosworth (or Battle of Bosworth Field) took place in Leicestershire, England. The battle took place during the Wars of the Roses, a civil war between the Houses of York and Lancaster, and is famous for being the battle which gave birth to the
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Claire | August 19, 2010
Part of what fascinates me about Anne Boleyn is the mystery that surrounds her. We do not even know, definitively, what she looked like and can only go on contemporary descriptions and portraiture. The problem with portraits of Anne Boleyn is that they are all so different and none are thought to be contemporary, but,
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Claire | August 19, 2010
Sussex Life magazine has just reported that the Prince of Wales has agreed to become the Patron of the Chichester Tudor Paintings Appeal, which aims to raise £250,000 to stabilise and restore Chichester Cathedral’s Tudor panel paintings. The four panel paintings were painted by artist Lambert Barnard (1485-1567) in the twenty year period when the
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