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Claire | February 7, 2019
On this day in Tudor history, 7th February 1526, in the reign of King Henry VIII, the annual Shrovetide joust took place at Greenwich Palace. The king jousted that day and he wore an interesting motto: “declare je n’ose”, or “declare I dare not”. What did this motto mean? Was the king in love? Was […]
Claire | January 1, 2019
I just wanted to wish Anne Boleyn Files followers a very Happy New Year! May 2019 bring you love, joy, peace and prosperity, and lots of Tudor history too. New Year is when I reflect on what I did over the previous year and look forward to everything I have planned for the next. Well, […]
Claire | November 20, 2018
Just a quick post to let you know that MedievalCourses.com has a sale at the moment. You can use coupon code THANKS2018 to save 25% on all of their online history courses between now and the end of Sunday 25th November 2018. Courses include my course “The Life of Anne Boleyn” and Gareth Russell’s “The […]
Claire | November 13, 2018
Thank you so much to author Sandra Vasoli for this guest article on the beautiful British Library girdle book that has been linked to Anne Boleyn. Sandi is the author of Anne Boleyn’s Letter from the Tower: A New Assessment and the Je Anne Boleyn novels. Snuggled on a bed of faded rose velvet lies […]
Claire | October 27, 2018
On this day in history, Sunday 27th October 1532, in Calais, which was an English territory at the time, King Henry VIII hosted a lavish “great banquet” for Francis I, King of France. Henry VIII and his sweetheart, Anne Boleyn Marquess of Pembroke, had travelled to Calais to gain Francis’ public recognition and approval of […]
Claire | October 2, 2018
There are quite literally thousands of posts here on the Anne Boleyn Files blog about Anne Boleyn, the Boleyn family and the period in which they lived, and these can be found and read by using the “Categories” section in the left-hand side menu bar or by using the Google Search box in the right-hand […]
Claire | September 18, 2018
Today was our Hampton Court Palace day and although I have been many many times, I always learn something new and I always enjoy my time there. It was a perfect day. We had a two-hour private guided tour from Siobhan, who focused on the Tudor side of things – the history of the original […]
Claire | August 16, 2018
I’ve just come back from a two week holiday travelling through Spain and France to the UK, and while I was in the UK I was lucky enough to attend David Starkey’s talk “Henry VIII: The First Brexiteer” at the Festival Theatre at Hever Castle. It was a wonderful talk, both entertaining and educational, and […]
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