Helen Castor’s Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death – Episode 2: A Good Marriage
The second episode of Helen Castor’s series “Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death” aired on BBC4 last night and…
The Reformation
16 October 1555 – The Burnings of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley at Oxford
Today is the anniversary of the burnings of two of the Oxford Martyrs, Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester,…
October 1536 – The Pilgrimage of Grace
The Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion was an uprising in the North which was sparked off initially by trouble…
Helen Castor’s Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death – Episode 1: A Good Birth
Last night, I watched the first episode of Helen Castor’s three part series on birth, marriage and death…
6th October 1536 – The End of William Tyndale
On 6th October 1536, or somewhere around that date, English reformer, scholar and Bible translator, William Tyndale, “was…
4 October 1556 – Sir John Cheke’s Public Recantation
On this day in 1556, Sir John Cheke, one time tutor to Edward VI, Secretary of State for…
Anne Boleyn, William Tyndale and Henry VIII
The 2nd October 1528 saw the publication of English reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale’s “The Obedience of…