Medievalists.net » Henry VIII http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 If You Had Married King Henry VIII…….What Would Your Fate Have Been? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/19/if-you-had-married-king-henry-viii-what-would-your-fate-have-been/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/19/if-you-had-married-king-henry-viii-what-would-your-fate-have-been/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:45:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60492 Is it off with your head? or do you stand a chance of surviving?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/19/if-you-had-married-king-henry-viii-what-would-your-fate-have-been/feed/ 0 BOOK REVIEW: The Tapestry by Nancy Bilyeau http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/26/book-review-the-tapestry-by-nancy-bilyeau/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/26/book-review-the-tapestry-by-nancy-bilyeau/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2015 22:32:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59993 Joanna Stafford, our intrepid ex-Dominican super sleuth is at it again. This time, she’s hurled straight into the midst of plotting and deception at Henry VIII’s court.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/26/book-review-the-tapestry-by-nancy-bilyeau/feed/ 0 ‘But Where are the Dungeons?’: How to Engage the Public at the Tower of London http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/12/engaging-the-public-with-the-medieval-world-the-tower-of-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/12/engaging-the-public-with-the-medieval-world-the-tower-of-london/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2015 18:25:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59593 A talk about how historical sites, like the Tower of London engage the public. How to handle visitor expectations, what do people come t see and how to tell history in a captivating but accurate manner.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/12/engaging-the-public-with-the-medieval-world-the-tower-of-london/feed/ 0 Dynastic Politics: Five Women of the Howard Family During the Reign of Henry VIII, 1509-1547 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/04/dynastic-politics-five-women-of-the-howard-family-during-the-reign-of-henry-viii-1509-1547/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/04/dynastic-politics-five-women-of-the-howard-family-during-the-reign-of-henry-viii-1509-1547/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2015 02:49:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58706 The Howards were the most important noble dynasty of Henry VIII’s reign. Tudor political history cannot be written without them; they lived their lives at its core, in the shadow of the Crown.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/04/dynastic-politics-five-women-of-the-howard-family-during-the-reign-of-henry-viii-1509-1547/feed/ 0 Ruralia Commoda – 14th century gardening manual on display in London http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/26/ruralia-commoda-14th-century-gardening-manual-on-display-in-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/26/ruralia-commoda-14th-century-gardening-manual-on-display-in-london/#comments Tue, 26 May 2015 19:47:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58444 Written in Latin between 1304 and 1309 by Petrus de Crescentiis, a wealthy lawyer from Bologna in Italy, Ruralia Commoda was the only publication of its kind during Henry VIII's reign.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/26/ruralia-commoda-14th-century-gardening-manual-on-display-in-london/feed/ 0 Review of Wolf Hall, Episode 2: Entirely Beloved http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/12/review-of-wolf-hall-episode-2-entirely-beloved/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/12/review-of-wolf-hall-episode-2-entirely-beloved/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2015 02:48:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57567 I will try to unravel some of the complexities of the relationships in the court of Henry VIII, which are shown on Wolf Hall without much effort to explain. While such a sophisticated script yields rich rewards, it assumes a certain working knowledge of 16th century power players.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/12/review-of-wolf-hall-episode-2-entirely-beloved/feed/ 0 Review of Wolf Hall, Episode 1: Three Card Trick http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/05/review-of-wolf-hall-episode-1-three-card-trick/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/05/review-of-wolf-hall-episode-1-three-card-trick/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:16:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57421 Tudor mystery author Nancy Bilyeau explains the intricate plot of the premiere episode of Masterpiece Theater's 'Wolf Hall,' about Thomas Cromwell, the chief minister of Henry VIII, whom some decry as an evil genius and others praise as the leader of the English Reformation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/05/review-of-wolf-hall-episode-1-three-card-trick/feed/ 0 King’s sister, queen of dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her evangelical network http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/kings-sister-queen-dissent-marguerite-navarre-1492-1549-evangelical-network/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/kings-sister-queen-dissent-marguerite-navarre-1492-1549-evangelical-network/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:10:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53957 This study reconstructs the previously unknown history of the most important dissident group within France before the French Reformed Church formed during the 1550s.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/kings-sister-queen-dissent-marguerite-navarre-1492-1549-evangelical-network/feed/ 0 The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria: An Osteobiographical Approach http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/23/identity-st-bees-lady-cumbria-osteobiographical-approach/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/23/identity-st-bees-lady-cumbria-osteobiographical-approach/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:16:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50605 USING AN OSTEOBIOGRAPHICAL approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeo- logical context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identifica- tion of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval northern English geopolitics.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/23/identity-st-bees-lady-cumbria-osteobiographical-approach/feed/ 0 BOOKS: Canterbury Cathedral http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/04/books-canterburys-famous-saint-thomas-becket/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/04/books-canterburys-famous-saint-thomas-becket/#comments Sun, 04 May 2014 11:54:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49368 After visiting Canterbury Cathedral, I was inspired to suggest books that relate to Canterbury's famous Archbishops, history and beauty.

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