Medieval witch hunts influenced by climate change

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/medieval-witch-hunts-influenced-by-climate-change/

500-year-old mystery surrounding portrait of Henry VII’s mother solved at St John’s College 

Did Catherine Howard Commit Adultery?

https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/did-catherine-katherine-howard-henry-viii-fifth-wife-commit-adultery-guilty-execution

The Spanish Princess

https://meaww.com/the-spanish-princess-starz-charlotte-hope-catherine-of-aragon-king-henry-viii-queen-true-story

Shakespeare home in London, where he wrote ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ found by historian

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/william-shakespeare-london-home-gbr-scli-intl/?fbclid=IwAR3bh6T7OmXvaPZZMeh_29UglhyiHdXQV5RzX39SJEYDakUv114qwWa_oHs

Was Anne Boleyn’s Home Actually Buried Under the Pitch at Upton Park?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/unearthed-anne-boleyns-home-actually-buried-pitch-upton-park/

An incredibly rare Tudor shield once used by King Henry VIII and his men has been put up for sale at auction for £50,000.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6932259/Rare-Tudor-gun-shield-used-Henry-VIIIs-bodyguards-set-fetch-50-000-auction.html

‘White Queen’ died of plague, claims letter found in the National Archives

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/25/white-queen-died-of-plague-claims-letter-found-in-national-archives

Playing the Fool: Tudor Jesters

https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/playing-the-fool-tudor-jesters/

Is Shakespeare’s DNA Hiding in the Folger Library’s Vault? “Project Dustbunny” Aims to Find Out

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/04/25/shakespeare-dna-hiding-folger-library-vault-project-dustbunny/?fbclid=IwAR3M82L6FTCPtyXsQ__vV4sYGibtcLgX0IVcopyOpXScWMU3_zY5ronTXto

Books that have crossed my desk…

Articles, Podcasts, Videos & More!

Inside the Book: Presentation Page from the Vaux Passional

https://www.colouringtudorhistory.com/blog/vaux-passional

Lincolnshire’s Lost Jewel

https://www.lincolnshirelife.co.uk/posts/view/lincolnshires-lost-jewel

The Tudor Marriage Blog Series by Samantha Wilcoxson

https://samanthawilcoxson.blogspot.com/search/label/Tudor%20Marriage

Talking Tudors with Matthew Lewis (All about Richard III)

https://talkingtudors.podbean.com/e/episode-28-talking-tudors-with-matthew-lewis/

Talking Tudors with Lucy Churchill

https://talkingtudors.podbean.com/e/episode-29-talking-tudors-with-lucy-churchill

Explore ‘The Tudor Travel Guide Collection’ – your personal companions to learning about, and visiting, the houses, castles, palaces and manors of the Tudor period.

https://thetudortravelguide.lpages.co/shop-and-tour/

Talking Tudors with Phillipa Vincent-Connolly (Disability and the Tudors)

https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2019/04/26/episode-30-talking-tudors-with-phillipa-vincent-connolly/

Special Guest interview with Toni Mount, Author of The Colour of Lies: A Sebastian Foxley Medieval Murder Mystery

https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2019/04/special-guest-interview-with-toni-mount.html

‘A Most Abominable Slander’. Did Anna of Kleve bear a child after her divorce?

http://tudortimes.co.uk/guest-articles/a-most-abominable-slander

Inside the Book: Dragons and Flowers

https://www.colouringtudorhistory.com/blog/inside-the-book-dragons-and-flowers

Online Courses

A History of Royal Fashion

From Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth II, explore how British kings and queens have influenced fashion over 500 years.

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/royal-fashion#section-dates

Events/Exhibitions that have caught my eye!

Royal Armouries Museum – Monarchs

https://royalarmouries.org/event/monarchs/?fbclid=IwAR3mHTK5GGII0o0vIMEsX1KXBlKhqvG2_mEJzcyevlWc67TBqSaXMvmpe6Q

The Many Faces of Tudor England Exhibition at the Mary Rose Museum

https://maryrose.org/Faces

Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits is showing at Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria from 16 March to 14 July

https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery/exhibitions/tudors-windsors-british-royal-portraits

Electoral Wardrobe – an exhibition of sixteenth and seventeenth century clothing

https://ruestkammer.skd.museum/ausstellungen/kurfuerstliche-garderobe/

https://youtu.be/ZhbwtMrFYbc

Letterlocking on the Shakespearean Stage

https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on-2018/research-in-action-by-your-leave-wax

 Elizabethan Treasures – Miniatures by Hilliard & Oliver

https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/elizabethan-treasures/exhibition/

*If you’d like to suggest a link for inclusion in May’s Tudor News Roundup, please get in touch!