Sunday Short Takes – Saturday edition

I wanted to get this final round-up of 2016 actually *in* 2016, hence the Saturday post. A lot of stories piled up in the final weeks of 2016 that I never got around to posting, so this is going to be a long one!

* Pembroke Castle study uncovers possible Henry VII birthplace

* Through foreign eyes: the forgotten ambassadors to the Tudor court

* V&A acquires earliest picture of Henry VIII

2 Comments:

  1. The article on the Tudor court’s resident foreign ambassadors was fascinating! It’s by Lauren Mackay, whose Inside the Tudor Court: Henry VIII and his Six Wives through the Writings of the Spanish Ambassador Eustache Chapuys is, I think, the first full analysis of Chapuys’ English career and a rewarding read. Her website says she is working on her second book, the subject being Thomas Boleyn, that universal favorite of this parish. Should be interesting!

  2. Inside the Tudor Court is another on my oh-so-long “to read” list. I love that some of these figures who often end up lurking at the edges of the stories of the “big names” are getting some better looks these days.

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