Helen Castor’s Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death – Episode 1: A Good Birth
Helen Castor Last night, I watched the first episode of Helen Castor's three part series on birth, marriage…
9 October 1514 – Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII
Tapestry depicting the marriage of Mary Tudor and Louis XII, photo by Tim Ridgway On 9th October 1514,…
The Schwanenburg, Castle of the Dukes of Cleves
Thank you so much to Elena Homburg from Kleve for taking these beautiful photos of Swan Castle (the…
8 October 1515 – Birth of Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, was born on this day in 1515. Margaret was the daughter of…
My Trip to Mojacar
On Saturday, Tim and I took the children to Mojacar, a town in the Almeria province of Andalucia,…
6th October 1536 – The End of William Tyndale
A woodcut of Tyndale's execution from Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563) On 6th October 1536, or somewhere around…
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…