Medievalists.net » Sixteenth Century 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 The most popular boys’ names in Tudor England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/07/the-most-popular-boys-names-in-tudor-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/07/the-most-popular-boys-names-in-tudor-england/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2015 16:12:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62347 What were the most popular names for boys in England during the 16th century?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/07/the-most-popular-girls-names-in-tudor-england/feed/ 0 The Quirky Questions of Wynkyn de Worde http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/06/the-quirky-questions-of-wynkyn-de-worde/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/06/the-quirky-questions-of-wynkyn-de-worde/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:37:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62331 From the 'chicken or egg' question to age of a mouse, some of the riddles from England's oldest joke book.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/06/the-quirky-questions-of-wynkyn-de-worde/feed/ 0 Anne Boleyn’s Songbook http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/anne-boleyns-songbook/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/anne-boleyns-songbook/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:25:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61627 Now for the first time in 500 years much of the music included in Anne Boleyn’s songbook has been recorded by the Alamire Consort, under the direction of Dr. David Skinner of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/anne-boleyns-songbook/feed/ 0 Which 16th-century Monarch Would You Be? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/18/which-16th-century-monarch-would-you-be/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/18/which-16th-century-monarch-would-you-be/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:54:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61143 Find out which sixteenth century monarch most closely matches your style.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/18/which-16th-century-monarch-would-you-be/feed/ 0 Recipes from The Tudor Kitchen http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/17/recipes-from-the-tudor-kitchen/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/17/recipes-from-the-tudor-kitchen/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:05:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61120 Get recipes on A Dysschefull of Snowe – Strawberries on Snow and Steamed Asparagus Spears in Orange Sauce

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/17/recipes-from-the-tudor-kitchen/feed/ 0 What do Cod Bones from the Mary Rose tell us about the global fish trade? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/09/what-do-cod-bones-from-the-mary-rose-tell-us-about-the-global-fish-trade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/09/what-do-cod-bones-from-the-mary-rose-tell-us-about-the-global-fish-trade/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:54:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60956 New stable isotope and ancient DNA analysis of the bones of stored cod provisions recovered from the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary Rose, which sank off the coast of southern England in 1545, has revealed that the fish in the ship’s stores had been caught in surprisingly distant waters

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/09/what-do-cod-bones-from-the-mary-rose-tell-us-about-the-global-fish-trade/feed/ 0 Fireworks in Scotland date back to 1507, researchers find http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/30/fireworks-in-scotland-date-back-to-1507-researchers-find/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/30/fireworks-in-scotland-date-back-to-1507-researchers-find/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2015 02:23:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60751 Previously experts believed that fireworks were first used in Stirling in 1566, however, new evidence suggests that it was actually around 59 years earlier and in the Scottish capital. It is thought that ‘fireballs’ featured in a great tournament staged by King James lV, which took place at the base of Castle Rock, in 1507, in the area which is now the King’s Stables Road.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/28/movie-review-dangerous-beauty/feed/ 0 Veronica Franco and the ‘Cortigiane Oneste’: Attaining Power through Prostitution in Sixteenth-Century Venice http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/12/veronica-franco-and-the-cortigiane-oneste-attaining-power-through-prostitution-in-sixteenth-century-venice/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/12/veronica-franco-and-the-cortigiane-oneste-attaining-power-through-prostitution-in-sixteenth-century-venice/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2015 00:36:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60351 Franco was a published author, a poet, and counted the King of France among her lovers.

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