A great year for George Boleyn!
2014 saw the publication of George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat, the first full length biography of…
December 2014
28 December – Childermas
Massacre of the Innocents vy Cornelis van Haarlem 1591Today is Childermas (Children's Mass) or Holy Innocents' Day and…
27 December 1539 – The Arrival of Anne of Cleves
On 27th December 1539, at 5pm, Anne of Cleves landed at Deal on the Kent coast, where she…
Christmas Day – What Anne Boleyn would have read
During Advent I have been sharing readings from French Reformer Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples' book Epistres et Evangiles pour…
Merry Christmas!
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the…
24 December 1545 – Henry VIII’s Final Speech to Parliament
On 24th December 1545, King Henry VIII made his final speech to Parliament. Historian Robert Hutchinson describes it…
The Fourth Sunday of Advent – What Anne Boleyn would have read
If you've read my previous three Sunday articles, you'll know that I have been sharing readings from French…