Access the Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar
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Day 2 of the Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar
Our second Tudor-themed treat is from the lovely Rebecca Monet, author and illustrator of the Queen Anne Boleyn…
2 December – Elizabeth I finally agreed to sentence Mary, Queen of Scots; to death and Henry Howard was arrested
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd December 1586, following a joint petition from the Houses of Lords…
Day 1 of the Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar
I do love our annual Anne Boleyn Files Advent Calendar, it's wonderful to get so many historians, authors,…
Tudor treats to enjoy right now and a double dose of them!
I can't quite believe that it's already 1st December! Where has this year gone?! But that means that…
1 December – A Catholic priest was tortured then executed and Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham were found guilty of high treason
On this day in Tudor history, 1st December 1581, twenty-five-year-old Roman Catholic priest Alexander Briant was hanged, drawn…
30 November – Elizabeth I’s Golden Speech, and Henry VIII gets told off by Catherine of Aragon AND Anne Boleyn
On this day in Tudor history, 30th November 1601, sixty-eight-year-old Queen Elizabeth I delivered her famous Golden Speech…