Natalie

Tudor women as Angels or Devils: Every Sixteenth Century man’s Nightmare!

August 30, 2012 by Natalie

Guest post by Amy Licence, author of In Bed With the Tudors. Tudor men had certain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anne Boleyn, Historical Figures, Life in Tudor England, Six Wives Tagged With: Amy Licence, Life in Tudor England, male and female relations Tudor England, Sixteenth century perceptions of women, Tudor women

Queen Anne Boleyn’s Confinement

August 26, 2012 by Natalie

On Thursday August 21, 1533, Queen Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII left Windsor for Whitehall, spending … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Six Wives Tagged With: Anne Boleyn takes to her chamber Greenwich, Handbook of court etiquette, Queen Anne Boleyn's Confinement, The birth of Princess Elizabeth, The Royal Book, Tudor childbirth, Tudor confinement chamber, Tudor court etiquette, What does it mean to 'take to their chambers'?

Tudor Costume Dolls by Peggy Nisbet

August 23, 2012 by Natalie

Earlier this year, one of On the Tudor Trail’s readers, Dawn, was filmed for the new series of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Historical Figures, Major players of Tudor England, Six Wives Tagged With: Anne Boleyn Peggy Nisbet, Antiques Roadshow, Cawdor Castle, Peggy Nisbet Tudor dolls, Six Wives of Henry VIII, Tudor costume dolls

Interview with Amy Licence and Giveaway!

August 23, 2012 by Natalie

I have just published my interview with historian Amy Licence, author of In Bed With the Tudors: The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anne Boleyn, Books, Henry VIII, Life in Tudor England, Six Wives Tagged With: Amy Licence, Anne Boleyn, In Bed With the Tudors, Interview with Amy Licence, sex and childbirth in Tudor England, Tudor book giveaway, Tudor childbirth, Tudor midwives

Henry VIII’s Expenditure on Anne Boleyn

August 20, 2012 by Natalie

The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII, from November 1529 to December 1532, is a very useful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Six Wives Tagged With: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's courtship of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's Expenditure on Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's gifts to Anne Boleyn, The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII, Tudor primary sources

Mathew Parker’s Pulpit

August 19, 2012 by Natalie

Matthew Parker was chaplain to Anne Boleyn and later archbishop of Canterbury under Elizabeth I. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tudor Trail and Treasures Tagged With: Anne Boleyn education, Anne Boleyn reforms, Anne Boleyn's chaplain, Matthew Parker's pulpit, Queen anne boleyn, St John the Baptist Stoke, Tudor artefacts, Tudor treasures