Katherine Howard: Henry VIII’s Slandered Queen by Conor Byrne Book Review
Katherine Howard was still in her teens when she became the fifth wife of King Henry VIII. After the death of Jane Seymour, Henry remarried […]
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Jane Seymour – The best-loved Queen
Jane Seymour was born on an unrecorded date, though it is likely to have been between October 1507 and October 1508. She was almost certainly […]
Hampton Court Palace – Tudor meets Stuart
The site of Hampton Court Palace had belonged to the Order of St John of Jerusalem when it was taken over by Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop […]
The royal monuments at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle is perhaps the most impressive part of the entire complex at Windsor. The present chapel was begun by King […]
Anne Boleyn – The road to execution
Queen Now that she was Queen, at last, she needed to perform a Queen’s most important task. She needed to provide him with a male heir. […]
Insurrection: Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace by Susan Loughlin Book Review
Autumn 1536. Both Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn are dead. Henry VIII has married Jane Seymour, and still awaits his longed-for male heir. Disaffected […]
