Tudor England
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All Things Tudor: The Book Club
All Things Tudor is pleased to announce our new Book Club! The first book for our book club is Medical Downfall Of The Tudors: Sex, Reproduction & Succession by Sylvia Barbara Soberton. It is available in multiple formats from multiple sellers. Discussion will open on the fourth Friday of January which is January 28th, 2022 […]
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Elizabeth I and The Remedial Herstory Project
Listen! I’m chatting Elizabeth I with The Remedial Herstory Project. If you’re a US educator you can receive a PD certificate for listening to this podcast. Enjoy it here: https://anchor.fm/remedialherstory/episodes/Episode-6-Is-Elizabeth-I-a-turning-point-in-world-history-e17kf08
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Edward Gresham
Edward Gresham, practitioner of astrology, medicine and maker of magic was born on this day in 1565. He is known for his treatise Astrostereon and many believed his almanacs and ‘predictions’ foretold the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – to the point that he was implicated in them. His astrological almanacs were published 1603-1607. He studied at […]
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Sir Francis Bryan
Sir Francis Bryan (or Bryant), an English poet and warrior, was born of a genteel family, educated at Oxford, and afterwards spent some time in travelling abroad. Thus begins the entry for Sir Francis Bryan, a lifelong friend and companion to King Henry VIII, in General Biographical Dictionary, by Alexander Chalmers, 1812–1817. Why is there […]
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Queen Jane Seymour and St George’s Chapel
On October 12, 1537, King Henry VIII’s wife Jane Seymour gave birth at Hampton Court Palace to his only surviving legitimate son, the future King Edward VI. The labor had been exhausting, but Jane appeared to recover and wrote a letter to Thomas Cromwell announcing the birth of Henry’s heir. After a few day it […]