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And if you can't attend a Q&A, you can send your question in advance, and I’ll answer it live for you.
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#TudorHistory #BoleynSisters #OnlineLearning
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đź‘‘ Two sisters. One king.
A story of power, scandal, and legacy—unfolding in a brand-new online Tudor event.
đź“ś Talks, Zooms, and Boleyn drama await...
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#AnneBoleyn #MaryBoleyn #TudorHistory #HistoryEvent #ClaireRidgway #BoleynSisters
👑 Something new is coming…
In just 2 days, I’ll be revealing an online event I’ve been quietly working on—exploring the lives of two Tudor women whose influence helped shape history.
Often remembered for their ties to a king, their legacy reaches far beyond the court… and still echoes today.
Full details Monday.
14 May 1536 – As Queen Anne Boleyn awaited trial, Jane Seymour was moved to Chelsea… to be nearer to King Henry VIII.
#AnneBoleyn #JaneSeymour #TudorHistory #OnThisDay
https://bit.ly/4dcqiJv
13 May 1536 – Queen Anne Boleyn’s household was broken up, just 2 days before her trial. Her former love, Henry Percy, denied—again—a precontract with her…
#AnneBoleyn #TudorHistory #OnThisDay #HenryVIII
https://bit.ly/4iVAc3v
#OTD in 1536, the Grand Jury of Middlesex met to decide if Queen Anne Boleyn and five men—including her brother—should be sent to trial. The charges? Adultery, treason, and more…
https://bit.ly/43ej832
#anneboleyn #henryviii #tudorhistory #fallofanneboleyn
On 8 May 1536, with Anne Boleyn’s fall underway, ambitious courtiers circled like vultures—eager to snatch up the offices and estates of the accused men. Opportunism at its Tudor finest… #AnneBoleyn #TudorHistory #OTD
https://bit.ly/3EVHmac
ICYMI: The Tudor Period in England: Its History and Culture https://classichistoria.com/articles/tudor-era?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TudorPeriod #TudorHistory #EnglishHistory #HistoricalCulture #TudorEra
Photos from a trip this past week to the incredible Mary Rose Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Life goal achieved! Always go for the guided tour - ours was amazing.
#NavalHistory / #MaryRose / #TudorHistory / #Portsmouth
https://www.flickr.com/photos/avail/albums/72177720324830144/
Elizabeth I’s reign is remembered as a Golden Age—but was it golden for everyone? Behind the triumphs and pageantry was a much darker side…
https://bit.ly/3FSjlAT
#TudorHistory #ElizabethI #GoldenAge
It’s April Fools’ Day, so I’m turning the spotlight on real Tudor-era fools—not jesters like Will Somer, but people who made truly terrible decisions with dire consequences.
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/tudor-fools-the-courtiers-who-made-fatal-mistakes/
#TudorHistory #aprilfools
#OTD in 1553, Arthur Bulkeley, Bishop of Bangor, died. A reformer and scholar, he made history as the first bishop of Bangor to live there and he ordered his priests to preach in Welsh...
https://bit.ly/4bTLYcH
#TudorHistory #TudorWales #WelshHistory
Treason, faith & betrayal… The Prebendaries’ Plot of 1543 was a covert attempt to stop England’s religious reforms. It cost Germain Gardiner, John Larke & others their lives—but spared playwright John Heywood at the last moment...
https://bit.ly/3QO9AWx
6 March 1547—Thomas Wriothesley, once one of the most powerful men in England, lost everything. Stripped of the Great Seal, placed under house arrest… but why? A tale of ambition, betrayal & Tudor politics.
https://bit.ly/3F5u5LH
#TudorHistory #ThomasWriothesley
Dutch ingenuity during the siege of Antwerp shattered Spanish morale, paving the way for the Armada's defeat in 1588. Fireships, Hellburners & illusion played a key role...
https://bit.ly/3XtcFza
Guest article by Loretta Goldberg
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, which in Tudor times was a time of fasting and prayer.
But how did Tudor people mark Ash Wednesday and Lent? What else did they do?
https://bit.ly/4bu7tAO
#OTD in 1590, Christopher Bales was executed in London—not for a crime, but for being a Catholic priest. Tortured, condemned, and hanged as a 'traitor,' his story is one of faith, fear, and persecution in Elizabethan England.
Read more: https://www.tudorsociety.com/christopher-bales-a-catholic-martyr/
#TudorHistory
#OTD in 1528, Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, married for the third time. But was it third time lucky? Sadly not—her new husband proved just as unfaithful as the last. Her story is one of love, scandal, and political intrigue. #TudorHistory
A Forgotten Tudor Patron
She was a Spencer, the wife of a Boleyn descendant, and a patron to Elizabethan greats like Edmund Spenser & John Dowland—yet history has overlooked Elizabeth Carey, Lady Hunsdon...
Murder, betrayal, & royal intrigue!
A forbidden love, a jealous rivalry, and a poisonous conspiracy—how did Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, escape justice while others faced the noose?
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