18 April 1536 – Chapuys Bows to Queen Anne Boleyn
On Tuesday 18th April 1536, the Imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, met Anne Boleyn in the chapel of Greenwich…
2014
Good Friday
Christ Carrying the Cross, El Greco Today is Good Friday, the day when Christians like me remember Christ's…
Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday
The Last Supper, ca. 1520, by Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli, called Giampietrino Today is Maundy Thursday, a day in…
13 April 1536 – Anne Boleyn and Maundy Thursday
Yesterday I wrote about Anne Boleyn attending Easter Eve mass as Queen and now we fast-forward three years…
12 April 1533 – Anne Boleyn Attends Easter Eve Mass as Queen
Engraving of Anne Boleyn Following Henry VIII's orders to his council the previous day to accord Anne Boleyn…
11 April 1533 – Anne Boleyn is Accorded Royal Honours and Cranmer works on the Annulment
On 11th April 1533 Henry VIII informed his Council that Anne was his rightful wife and Queen and…
A Portrait and A Gentleman: The Portrait of Catherine Knollys, and the Gentlemen Pensioners of Henry VIII
Portrait of an Unknown Woman, probably Catherine Knollys Today we have a guest post from Natasha Gennady Robinson,…