Add to ORKGFor the armchair traveller or those looking for inspiration for a day out, The Visitor's Companion to Tudor England takes you to palaces, castles, theatres and abbeys to uncover the stories behind Tudor England. Susannah Lipscomb visits over fifty Tudor places, from the famous palace at Hampton Court where dangerous court intrigue was rife, to less well-known houses, such as Anne Boleyn's childhood home at Hever Castle or Tutbury Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned. In the corridors of power and the courtyards of country houses we meet the passionate but tragic Kateryn Parr, Henry VIII's last wife, Lady Jane Grey the nine-day queen, and hear how Sir Walter Raleigh planned his trip to the New World. Through the places that defin...
For my research project I chose to write about the six wives of Henry VIII. As someone who loves his...
Covering the reigns of Henry VII to Elizabeth I, this book includes a section on Ireland. Other topi...
Henry VIII's wives, his watershed break with Rome, Mary's 'bloody' persecution of Protestants and El...
After 500 years Henry VIII still retains a public fascination unmatched by any monarch before or sin...
The reports and despatches of Eustace Chapuys, Spanish Ambassador to Henry VIII’s court from 1529 to...
The luxury and scandal; the pleasures and pains of royalty have continually constructed and reconstr...
Travel for pleasure was one of the chief ways in which the elite distinguished themselves from the l...
A series inspired by the history of Somerset House and the Queens who resided there when it was a p...
About the book: A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debate...
The Jacobean plays that perform Henry VIII and his court struggle with Henry's paradoxical image and...
After 500 years Henry VIII still retains a public fascination unmatched by any monarch before or sin...
This book chapter explores the relevance of travel literature for understanding Jane Austen's posthu...
The story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII has been examined by many historians for almost 500 years. T...
The Tudor dynasty of Early Modern England has long-fascinated historians. They collectively represen...
Eleri Lynn is a curator at the Historic Royal Palaces, an English charity which maintains and opens ...
For my research project I chose to write about the six wives of Henry VIII. As someone who loves his...
Covering the reigns of Henry VII to Elizabeth I, this book includes a section on Ireland. Other topi...
Henry VIII's wives, his watershed break with Rome, Mary's 'bloody' persecution of Protestants and El...
After 500 years Henry VIII still retains a public fascination unmatched by any monarch before or sin...
The reports and despatches of Eustace Chapuys, Spanish Ambassador to Henry VIII’s court from 1529 to...
The luxury and scandal; the pleasures and pains of royalty have continually constructed and reconstr...
Travel for pleasure was one of the chief ways in which the elite distinguished themselves from the l...
A series inspired by the history of Somerset House and the Queens who resided there when it was a p...
About the book: A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debate...
The Jacobean plays that perform Henry VIII and his court struggle with Henry's paradoxical image and...
After 500 years Henry VIII still retains a public fascination unmatched by any monarch before or sin...
This book chapter explores the relevance of travel literature for understanding Jane Austen's posthu...
The story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII has been examined by many historians for almost 500 years. T...
The Tudor dynasty of Early Modern England has long-fascinated historians. They collectively represen...
Eleri Lynn is a curator at the Historic Royal Palaces, an English charity which maintains and opens ...
For my research project I chose to write about the six wives of Henry VIII. As someone who loves his...
Covering the reigns of Henry VII to Elizabeth I, this book includes a section on Ireland. Other topi...
Henry VIII's wives, his watershed break with Rome, Mary's 'bloody' persecution of Protestants and El...