Easter Sunday in Tudor Times
Women at the empty tomb, by Fra Angelico, 1437-1446. On Easter Sunday, in Tudor times, the candles in…
March 2013
31st March 1532 – Friar Peto’s Easter Sermon
King Ahab On Easter Sunday 1532, 31st March, Princess Mary's confessor, Friar William Peto, preached a rather controversial…
30 March 1533 – Thomas Cranmer Became Archbishop of Canterbury
On this day in 1533, Passion Sunday, Thomas Cranmer, Archdeacon of Taunton, was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury…
Good Friday in Tudor Times
The Crucifixion (1622) by Simon Vouet On Good Friday in Tudor times, people attended the ceremony known as…
Maundy Thursday in Tudor Times
Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper, that final meal that Jesus Christ had with his disciples before his…
BBC History Magazine Tudor Special
BBC History Magazine have asked me to highlight the fact that the April issue of BBC History Magazine…
Holy Wednesday in Tudor Times
On the Wednesday of Holy Week, in Tudor times, the priest read out the passage from the Bible…