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Hace 5 días · Linda’s next book, The Thistle and the Rose, a biography of Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland, is published on 20 June, 2024. She has also written a number of features and reviews for Historia, including Catherine of Braganza, the neglected Queen , Charles II’s last mistress , and Escaping the Tudors .
Hace 20 horas · On 26th April 1536, just a few days before her arrest, Queen Anne Boleyn met with her chaplain, Matthew Parker. It was a meeting he would remember vividly for ever because she made him promise her something, something concerning her daughter, Elizabeth...
Hace 2 días · Spending a large portion of her life in France, rightly or wrongly Mary, Queen of Scots is our most romanticised monarch Words by Kirsten Henton. Mary, Queen of Scots’ colourful life was, as biographer Lady Antonia Fraser wrote, a tale of “murder, sex, scandal and imprisonment”, with more drama than you could shake a well-written script at.
Hace 4 días · For around 500 years, a silver casket said to have belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots has held its secrets. Now, following its restoration, the remarkable object is to go on a mini tour of Scotland ...
Hace 5 días · Elizabeth I’s death, four hundred years ago, ended the Tudor dynasty and brought the Stuart kings of Scotland to the English throne. The dynastic changeover inaugurated a new phase of the history of this island. Key words and concepts – inter alia, Britain, union, empire, Englishman, Scot – acquired new meaning and relevance, as James VI ...
Hace 4 días · Margaret was born the only daughter of Maximilian I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and Mary of Burgundy at the interface between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Her high status as a member of the Habsburgs, a rising dynasty in Europe, made her one of the most sought-after royal brides. She was successively married to the Spanish Crown ...
A place for images, links, and discussion relevant to the Tudor period. The Tudor period is defined as from the beginning of Henry VII's reign in 1485 to the end of Elizabeth I's reign in 1603. All history (economic, social, religious etc) and discussion of all types of people (monarchs, nobles, commoners) welcome.
