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Edward VI. Jane and Edward were first cousins, once removed,and it is entirely possible – even likely – that Frances and Henry harboured hopes that Jane would marry the young king. It was Henry VIII’s will that shaped and dominated Jane’s future. More than ten years before his death...
Tudor society expected women to marry, to have children and support their husbands by running the household. Many aristocratic and upper class families arranged suitable marriages for their daughters – even Queen Elizabeth I was under pressure to marry for reasons of state. Elizabeth once said to...
tudor When Henry Tudor, earl of Richmond, seized the throne on August 22, 1485, leaving the Yorkist Richard III dead upon the field of battle, few Englishmen would have predicted that 118 years of Tudor rule had begun. Six sovereigns had come and gone, and at least 15 major battles had...
King Edward IV. 72,0000 averages out to 2,000 deaths per year, a number that would have significantly impacted society and the economy, and historians would definitely have noted this in their writings. The executioners would have been forced to work seven days a week, killing five to...
s Cathedral. His funeral was attended by all the principle members of the Government, as well as all the numerous officers of his household. A full list is provided in “Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society,” 1879. The list states the various positions and who attended to ...
Picon met her husband,Jacob “Yonkel” Kalich(1891-1975) in 1918 and they married a year later. In an exhibition at the American Jewish Historical Society, Picon is quoted on how meeting Kalich changed her life: “When we met in Boston, I was the All-American Girl full of hurdy-gurdy...
No amount of revisionism by the Richard III society will be able to undo this blemish against the character of Richard. Henry Tudor…we therefore find you Not Guilty. The Tudor Family of Penmynydd 1200-1400 EXTRACT From my forthcoming book on the Tudors Welsh Origins As seen in previous ...
The Tudor household had five monarchs that influenced society, and played a role in the Wars of the Roses. Learn about the rise of their dynasty, their involvement with the Henrys, Award VI and Mary, and Elizabeth I, as well as the church. Related...
In contrast to the magnificence of court come the ordinary folk who, subject to sumptuary laws and regulations, wore garments of a simpler cut and cloth – a strata of society that formed the back bone of Tudor England. This brief history of sixteenth century fashion examines clothing for both...