Medievalists.net » Henry VII http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Margaret Beaufort, Mother of King Henry VII http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/08/margaret-beaufort-mother-king-henry-vii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/08/margaret-beaufort-mother-king-henry-vii/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2015 16:32:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56673 Margaret Beaufort, Mother of King Henry VII By Susan Abernethy Lady Margaret Beaufort was the matriarch of the Tudor dynasty of Kings in England. Her life was greatly influenced by the turning of the Wheel of Fortune. That she managed to survive the vagaries of the War of Roses in England is something at which […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/08/margaret-beaufort-mother-king-henry-vii/feed/ 0 Twilight Tours at the Tower of London! http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/01/twilight-tours-at-the-tower-of-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/01/twilight-tours-at-the-tower-of-london/#comments Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:47:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45407 A review of the Twilight Tour at the Tower of London!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/01/twilight-tours-at-the-tower-of-london/feed/ 0 Perkin Warbeck and King James IV of Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/24/perkin-warbeck-and-king-james-iv-of-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/24/perkin-warbeck-and-king-james-iv-of-scotland/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:27:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43815 Whether James believed Warbeck was really Richard or not, he viewed Warbeck as a pawn to be used to recover the castle town of Berwick and in the diplomatic war with England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/24/perkin-warbeck-and-king-james-iv-of-scotland/feed/ 0 Welsh Poetry and the War of the Roses http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/05/40960/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/05/40960/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 16:56:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40960 This is a brief summary of a paper on Welsh poetry, patronage and politics. It was given at the Celtic Studies Association of North America Annual Conference at the University of Toronto April 18 - 21, 2013.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/05/40960/feed/ 0 Henry VII and Rebellion in North-Eastern England, 1485–1492: Bonds of Allegiance and the Establishment of Tudor Authority http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/20/henry-vii-and-rebellion-in-north-eastern-england-1485-1492-bonds-of-allegiance-and-the-establishment-of-tudor-authority/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/20/henry-vii-and-rebellion-in-north-eastern-england-1485-1492-bonds-of-allegiance-and-the-establishment-of-tudor-authority/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:02:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37349 Henry VII's most pressing problems in the seven years following his victory at Bosworth on 22 August 1485 originated, arguably, amongst those former servants of Richard III who actively sought the return of a Yorkist monarchy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/20/henry-vii-and-rebellion-in-north-eastern-england-1485-1492-bonds-of-allegiance-and-the-establishment-of-tudor-authority/feed/ 0 Were the “Princes in the Tower” Murdered? http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/02/were-the-princes-in-the-tower-murdered/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/02/were-the-princes-in-the-tower-murdered/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:48:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35309 The short answer is 'No, not together nor in the Tower', but as to their murder elsewhere, it all depends on the definition.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/02/were-the-princes-in-the-tower-murdered/feed/ 0 Perkin Warbeck http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/10/perkin-warbeck/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/10/perkin-warbeck/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:50:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32614 King Richard IV - or lookalike launched and manipulated by Yorkist conspirators? Ian Arthurson argues he was neither, but a brilliant impersonator who could have triumphed on the stage.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/10/perkin-warbeck/feed/ 0 In A Woman’s Hand? The Question of Medieval Women’s Holograph Letters http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/07/in-a-womans-hand-the-question-of-medieval-womens-holograph-letters/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/07/in-a-womans-hand-the-question-of-medieval-womens-holograph-letters/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:14:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25141 In A Woman’s Hand? The Question of Medieval Women’s Holograph Letters Tarvers, Josephine Koster Postscript, Vol. 13 (1996) Abstract “Who was the first woman to write in English?” This question, posed informally by John Hurt Fisher almost two decades ago, has so far defied answer. Our fragmentary knowledge of medieval educational practices, the problem of manuscript […]

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