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Tag: Henry VIII

Walter Hungerford and the Buggery Act: LGBTQ+ History and Punishment at The Tower of London

Walter Hungerford and the Buggery Act: LGBTQ+...

February 19, 2021
If you visit the Tower of London, you can walk where some of the most significant...
Portraits and Lies: Deciphering Personality from Tudor Portraiture

Portraits and Lies: Deciphering Personality from...

November 24, 2020
We’ve all looked back in horror at snapshots of days-gone-by and thought “what was I thinking?!”...
HRP Handover: Luke Pepera on a story of two kings

HRP Handover: Luke Pepera on a story of two kings

October 27, 2020
For our final HRP Handover for Black History Month 2020, we’re handing over to Luke Pepera,...
HRP Handover: Michael Ohajuru on the Black presence at the Tudor court

HRP Handover: Michael Ohajuru on the Black...

October 16, 2020
Welcome to our first HRP Handover blog for Black History Month 2020! Throughout October we’re inviting...
A nursery fit for a (future) king: Edward VI and Hampton Court

A nursery fit for a (future) king: Edward VI and...

October 12, 2020
Preparing for a new arrival is always tricky and usually expensive. But what if the parents...
Henry VIII and the sweating sickness

Henry VIII and the sweating sickness

May 22, 2020
Henry VIII is usually remembered as the uber-confident, intimidating megalomaniac who touted his magnificence on an...
Long Live the King: St George’s Day and the Accession of Henry VIII

Long Live the King: St George’s Day and the...

April 22, 2020
On 23 April 1509, 17 year old Henry VIII was told that his father Henry VII...
Triumph and tragedy: Jane Seymour's final days at Hampton Court Palace

Triumph and tragedy: Jane Seymour’s final...

October 24, 2019
On 24 October 1537, Queen Jane Seymour died at Hampton Court Palace, just twelve days after...
Henry VIII and the image of a sporting man

Henry VIII and the image of a sporting man

July 26, 2019
Henry VIII is one of our most notorious monarchs, and like him or loath him, he...
Anne Cleve’s: extracting fact from the fiction 

Anne Cleve’s: extracting fact from the fiction 

July 16, 2019
Anne of Cleves (1515-1557) has gone down in history as the ‘ugly wife’ who repulsed the...
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