The entertainment in Tudor England
Apart from eating and drinking (and smoking), the Tudors were enthusiastic merrymakers: they liked to entertain and to be entertained....
Apart from eating and drinking (and smoking), the Tudors were enthusiastic merrymakers: they liked to entertain and to be entertained....
Katherine of Aragon died on 7th January, at Kimbolton House, possibly as a result of coronary thrombosis. She was buried...
Well aware of this increase in realism, Henry VIII decided to choose his fourth wife from her portrait. Traditionally, dynastic...
There had been persistent rumours throughout the summer of 1532 that Anne and Henry would marry during the interview at...
In 1534, Thomas Cromwell began his Visitation of the Monasteries. The official aim of these visits was to view the...
Tudor England worked hard and played hard: “Sometimes their necks are broken, sometimes their backs, sometimes their legs, sometimes their...
Elizabeth I of England gained iconic status as the Virgin Queen. By refusing to bow to convention and take a...