Catherine of Aragon – Right to fight?
Today is the anniversary of Catherine of Aragon's burial at Peterborough Abbey in 1536, so I just wanted…
29 January 1536 – A miscarriage and a burial
On 29th January 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, miscarried "a male child which she…
His Dear Bedfellow – The debate over Harry Percy
My dear friend, historian and author Gareth Russell, has written an article for Tudor Life magazine which I…
New history course – Heroes and Villains
Historian Toni Mount has today launched her new online history course with MedievalCourses.com! It's called Heroes and Villains…
28 January 1547 – The King is dead! Long live the King!
On Friday 28th January 1547 the fifty-five year-old King Henry VIII died at the Palace of Whitehall. His…
February Tudor Life Magazine – The “Sex” edition
The February 2016 edition of Tudor Life, the monthly magazine of our sister site The Tudor Society, is…
Sir John Spelman, Anne Boleyn and Lady Wingfield
Today is the anniversary of the death in 1546 of Sir John Spelman, judge of assize and law…