Here at TudorsDynasty.com I try to put out new a article at least every other day, but sometimes it doesn’t happen and sometimes I publish more. It’s just the nature of the beast when I have a full-time day job. I’ve decided to start publishing a newsletter that will highlight the last 5-10 posts in case you’ve missed them.
Here is newsletter #1 with the 10 latest posts on Tudorsdynasty.com You can click on the article name or picture to be directed to the post. Enjoy!
Articles listed from oldest to newest:
11 May 2016
Have you ever looked at portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and noticed in many of them she’s holding a fan? This was something of interest to me and I had to look into it further.
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12 May 2016
Anne Boleyn: What Did She Really Say?
The 19th of May marks the anniversary of the execution of Anne Boleyn. It is an event that history will not soon forget. No matter how hard Henry VIII tried to wipe her from history her story remains as one of the most well-known in English history.
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15 May 2016
Katherine of Aragon: Near the End
As we talk about the end of Anne Boleyn we cannot forget the end of her rival, Katherine of Aragon only a few months earlier in January 1536. Katherine is often over-shadowed by Anne’s execution, but she was an interesting queen nonetheless. This piece show what her life was like near the end and how her fellow Spaniards would do anything for her.
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19 May 2016
The Unpopularity of Anne Boleyn
Today we remember Anne Boleyn. Today is the anniversary of her execution. During our countdown to her execution on our site we haven’t really looked at the reasons people didn’t like her at the time.
This guest post will shed some light on why it seemed so easy for some to dislike Anne.
RIP Anne
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21 May 2016
The Relationships of Lady Mary Tudor: Henry VIII and his Consort Katherine Parr (Part 1)
Throughout the reign of Henry VIII, as many know, he had six different wives. As you already know, his daughter Mary lived through all of his wives…she had five stepmothers.
This guest article by Meg McGath covers her relationship with Henry’s last wife.
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23 May 2016
There are so many women by the name Mary in the Tudor period. Guest author, P. Deegan gives us a breakdown of the most popular (and not so) Marys during the Tudor period.
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25 May 2016
Queen Mary’s False Pregnancies
Whenever I think about Mary’s false pregnancies a great sadness overcomes me. I know people in my own life who wanted children so badly but were not able to have them, for one reason or another.
This piece covers Queen Mary’s false pregnancies – the first in particular. Was Mary as delusional as the reports in this post made her seem?
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27 May 2016
The Relationships of Lady Mary Tudor: Henry VIII and his Consort Katherine Parr (Part 2)
Throughout the reign of Henry VIII, as many know, he had six different wives. As you already know, his daughter Mary lived through all of his wives…she had five stepmothers.
This guest article by Meg McGath covers her relationship with Henry’s last wife.
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29 May 2016
Lettice Knollys: Cousin vs Queen (Part 3)
The soap opera of Lettice/Dudley/Elizabeth continues on as Lettice Knollys flirtation and subsequent marriage to Queen Elizabeths favorite, Robert Dudley, saw her banished from court in 1569 and again in 1579. Lettice had been forgiven once, but the Queen was not inclined to forgive her cousin again. Dudley, on the other hand, was summoned back to court in a matter of weeks since Elizabeth banished him to Wanstead Hall (his estate in Essex).
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31 May 2016
Following on from my piece on the various Marys that were notable figures in the Tudor period, I now intend to do a article on another name that crops up a lot during this period: Katherine or Catherine. Both forms of this name were used in this period and sometimes it is possible to find both forms used for the same person when different historians write about them.
Guest article by P. Deegan
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I hope you’ve enjoyed this first newsletter! If there is a topic, or a person you’d like to see us write about please feel free to let us know in the comment section below.
