Early Modern

The Sword and the Axe by Arianna Kiriakos

There are few royal marriages discussed more than those of Henry VIII There are few royal marriages discussed more than those of Henry VIII. Both his executed queens, Anne Boleyn...

Lady Jane Grey - Forget What You Know! by Lee P...

Lady Jane Dudley On a cold morning in February 1554, the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Dudley left her apartments within the Tower of London. Dressed entirely in black and reading from...

The Mary Rose: Death of the King’s Favourite by...

The Mary Rose On July 19th 1545, King Henry VIII watched in horror from Southsea Castle as his favourite flagship, a carrack-type warship called The Mary Rose, heeled to starboard...

Mary Tudor’s counter reformation by Francesca L...

The first part of Mary’s religious policy Mary Tudor, first regnant Queen of England, is infamous for her burning of Protestant heretics and for loss of Calais. The accession of...

Lady Honor Lisle, an Extraordinary Woman by Ste...

Lady Lisle was one of the six ladies chosen to accompany Anne Boleyn to Calais Lady Honor Grenville (b.1493) was the obscure widow of Sir John Bassett and gentlewoman living...

Bloody Mary: A Study in the Queen’s Gynaecologi...

Henry VIII spent his life obsessed with producing a male heir While Henry VIII spent his life obsessed with producing a male heir, it was in fact his two daughters...