The Anne Boleyn Files Tudor Calendar 2021 now available

Posted By on November 18, 2020

Yay! I didn’t think we were going to be able to do a calendar so I’m very happy to share this news because so many of you have been asking for order details. The past couple of years we’ve been having the calendars printed by a local printer here in Spain and dispatching them from here, but as we can’t leave our village and get to the printer or post office, we’ve had to change our plans!

We decided to use Lulu.com who do print-on-demand. We’ve used them before and their calendars have always been excellent quality, and the shipping has always been quick and efficient.

Specifications: US Letter Landscape (11 x 8.5 in / 279 x 216 mm), 26 Pages, Color Premium, 100# (270 GSM) White Paper, Wire-O, Glossy Cover.

Prices: USD 11.49, EUR 9.99, AUD 14.00, GBP 8.99, CAD 14.99.

The calendar date pages include important Tudor events like birth, deaths and coronations.

You can order the Anne Boleyn Files Tudor Calendar 2021 at https://www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/-the-anne-boleyn-files-and-claire-ridgway/the-anne-boleyn-files-tudor-calendar-2021/. Calendars are usually printed in 3-5 business days, and shipping is worldwide. You can scroll to the bottom of that page to change the currency and language.

Here is a video showing the different places featured:

And here is a slideshow of the photos featured in the calendar:

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17 November 1558 – Anne Boleyn’s daughter, Elizabeth, becomes queen

Posted By on November 17, 2020

On 17th November 1558, Queen Mary I, daughter of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, died at the age of forty-two. Mary left the throne to her half-sister, twenty-five-year-old Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.

According to tradition, Elizabeth was reading under an oak tree in the parkland of her estate at Hatfield – although I have to say, knowing British weather, rather her than me! – when she received news of Mary’s death and her accession. Elizabeth sank to her knees and uttered in Latin a verse from Psalm 118, which translated to “This is the Lord’s doing: it is marvellous in our eyes”.

It is a wonderful story, and Cate Blanchett did an excellent job in that scene in the movie “Elizabeth”, although they show Elizabeth inside and then going outside to greet the councillors, which was far more sensible:

I’ve done two “on this day” videos about 17th November 1558, the second one giving an alternative account of Elizabeth’s speech on her accession:

And my Elizabeth I playlist:

I wonder how Elizabeth felt on that day in 1558? A mixture of grief and happiness? Relief? Victorious? Scared? Happy?

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