Claire | May 11, 2023
Henry VIII’s great matter, his quest for an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, caused him to break with Rome and was the beginning of the English Reformation. However, Henry chose to marry Catherine in 1509 and their marriage was happy for many years. In this talk, I explore how they came to […]
Claire | April 21, 2023
Today’s #fridayfun on the Anne Boleyn Files is a poll. I should have said “the most happy” in the question! Do vote and let me know what you think, and feel free to leave a comment too. QuizMaker
Claire | March 20, 2023
Thank you to all who came to my livestream “The Making of a King: Henry VIII’s Education and Upbringing”, the latest instalment in my series on Henry VIII. It was wonderful to talk Tudor with you. If you missed my talk and Q&A session live, don’t worry, you can catch up with this replay. I […]
Claire | March 15, 2023
I’m going live again on the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society YouTube Channel as part of my series looking at King Henry VIII and this time the topic is “The Making of a King: Henry VIII’s Education and Upbringing”. I’ll be looking at Henry VIII’s early life, including how things changed for him when […]
Claire | March 7, 2023
Thank you to everyone who joined my livestream last Saturday on the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society YouTube Channel. It was wonderful to spend an hour talking Tudor and answering such interesting questions. The topic was Henry VIII’s background – his ancestry and his immediate family – and the livestream was part of a […]
Claire | March 1, 2023
Yes, I’m going live again this Saturday, 4th March 2023, on the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society YouTube Channel. In this livestream, which is part of a series I’m doing on King Henry VIII, the second Tudor monarch, I’ll be exploring the family background of Henry VIII and how the Tudors actually came to […]
Claire | October 2, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 2nd October 1528, in the reign of King Henry VIII, reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale’s book “The Obedience of a Christian Man” was published in Antwerp. Anne Boleyn owned a copy of this book and, when it ended up in the king’s hands, it became a catalyst of […]
Claire | September 29, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 29th September 1528, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio landed at Dover on the south coast of England. Campeggio had been sent as a papal legate to hear Henry VIII’s case for annulment along with Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who’d been made the pope’s vice-regent. The […]
