Claire | April 15, 2021
Thank you to Leah for her excellent question regarding a scene from Showtime’s “The Tudors” series in which Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII challenges Emmanuel Leconte as Francis I to a wrestling match at the Field of Cloth of Gold meeting. Did Henry VIII and Francis I really wrestle? And, if so, what happened? […]
Claire | April 9, 2020
June 1520 is the 500th anniversary of the Field of Cloth of Gold, that historic and incredibly lavish meeting between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France. To celebrate the anniversary, Sarah Morris of the Tudor Travel Guide has put together a wonderful two-day virtual summit. I was supposed to be taking part, […]
Claire | June 7, 2019
On 7th June 1536, less than three weeks after the execution of Henry VIII’s second wife, Queen Anne Boleyn, his new marriage was celebrated with a water pageant or procession along the River Thames. This river pageant from Greenwich to Whitehall (formerly York Place) was in honour of Queen Jane Seymour, daughter of Sir John […]
Claire | February 4, 2016
It’s not just “Game of Thrones” or “Lord of the Rings” that have dragons you know! The Tudors had them too! Not the series, I mean the actual Tudor period. And I’ve got proof, so there! My husband Tim, who is a publisher, has been working with an artist doing illustrations for Amy Licence’s children’s […]
Claire | June 7, 2014
The 7th June 1520, was the first day of the historic meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I of France between the English stronghold of Guînes and the French town of Ardres, on a piece of land referred to as the Field of Cloth of Gold. It was to last until 24th June. Henry VIII […]
Claire | June 7, 2013
7th June 1520 was the first day of a meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I of France, between the English stronghold of Guînes and the French town of Ardres, to solidify the Treaty of London. It lasted until 24th June. Although the meeting was supposed to be about politics and diplomacy, these two famous […]
Claire | June 7, 2011
This day in history, the 7th June 1520, was the first day of the historic meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I of France between the English stronghold of Guînes and the French town of Ardres, on a piece of land referred to as The Field of Cloth of Gold. The British Library’s catalogue, “Henry […]
