Six Wives

Interview with Lyn Andrews

October 23, 2012 by Natalie

Welcome to On the Tudor Trail Lyn! Could you share with us a little about yourself and your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anne Boleyn, Books, Six Wives Tagged With: Anne Boleyn Fiction, Interview with Lyn Andrews, The Queen's Promise, Tudor books

The Execution of Catherine Howard

October 17, 2012 by Natalie

On 10 February 1542, Queen Catherine Howard, dressed in black velvet, was escorted from Syon to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Henry VIII, Six Wives Tagged With: Execution of Catherine Howard, Executions Tower of London, Tudor executions

Did Arthur, Prince of Wales, consummate his marriage to Catherine of Aragon?

September 20, 2012 by Natalie

Tudor Tempest: Where do you stand? As the discovery of the possible remains of Richard III in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Henry VIII, Six Wives Tagged With: Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales Catherine of Aragon, The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau, Tudor Tempest Series

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'?