Going to be a bit lazy with today’s post. I subscribe to some wonderful history sites and I would like to share them with you – with the emphasis on Tudor history. Firstly, from Claire Ridgway, we have some very informative YouTube videos on Tudor times called On This Day in […]
Estimated reading time: 1 minute
According to Claire Ridgeway: [A]advent, the four weeks leading up to Christmas, was a time of fasting which did not end until Christmas Day. Alison Sim, in “Pleasures and Pastimes in Tudor England”, writes of how Christmas Eve was particularly strict and Tudor people were not allowed to eat eggs, […]
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
I love the Tudors. A new dynasty rising from the brutality of a bitter war with the joining of two houses. The desperation to provide heirs to provide a continuous line of Tudors that, in the second generation of Tudors, created turmoil for so many. The pressure was on six […]
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Ok – time to add to the blog organisation. Thought I would make Wednesday the day I share great links that I have found that are not necessarily related to what I’m writing: just stuff I like. Today I thought I would treat you to some great Tudor links. I […]
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes