I’ll be traveling one the above dates, but I will have internet access most of the time. I’ll try to post any interesting articles that may come along during that time, but there might be some delays. Gotta get that present shopping finished too…
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There were a few more articles over the past few days about the discovery of Edward the Confessor’s tomb under the Cosmati pavement in Westminster Abbey:
From the Telegraph
From CNN
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Not strictly Tudor, but interesting!
Experts believe they have uncovered the tomb of England’s King Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey. Archaeologists using radar have also discovered a series of royal tombs dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries in under-floor chambers.
The discoveries were made as experts investigated the construction of the Abbey’s 13th-century mosaic pavement.
See the rest of the article at the link above.
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Well, one version of the calendar that CafePress offers at least… Right now I have the “Calendar Print” version, which is on one 11″ x 17″ sheet. The design is the Tudor Rose with “Tudor England” above and “1485-1603” below and signatures of the Tudor Kings and Queens (including the Six Wies) on either side of the central design. I had a lot of fun putting it together!
I’m still hoping to get the 12-month calendar version out with photos of Tudor-related places on each month, but I’m having a hard time deciding what to put on them. I’ve made four photo montages so far, but I’m not 100% happy with them, so it might just be photos and a short explanation of what place it is and/or the significance to Tudor history or some such…
Oh, I also forgot to mention it, but a week or so ago I added a black t-shirt with the Tudor Rose emblem to the store as well. The only drawback is that the base price for the shirts it pretty high, so once I added my mark-up, it’s pretty expensive. But it’s a pretty sharp looking shirt!
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I’m assuming that the large spike in hits I received yesterday and today are a result of people clicking from the Masterpiece Theatre webpage for “The Virgin Queen” and/or searching around on the web after watching the program. I wish I had had the time to spruce things up a bit before the increased traffic, but as usual, real life got in the way. Anyway, I hope you enjoy looking around and I hope that you decide to learn more about Elizabeth I and the Tudors in general if you didn’t already have an interest!
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I received this about a week ago. I’m not really into the Shakespeare authorship debate, but I know from emails that some of my readers are!
Shakespeare and Welsh literary police
Further ‘Shakespeare portrait is a fake’, (Catriona Davies 28/10/2005) et al., octogenarian Welsh vicar, author and broadcaster, the Rev Aelwyn Roberts of Llandegai, North Wales, has told me there is nothing new about mysteries surrounding Shakespeare. He says that in his whodunnit ‘Operation Woolsack’ (later on ITV as the “Swan of Ogwen” in the early 90s) he used police investigation techniques, not academic textual criticism, to establish who the genuine bard might have been — perhaps even the Welshman, Archbishop John of York, buried at Llandegai church. He tells me that King James I was John’s patron (and perhaps more), and gave him many royal gifts and honours for his ‘services to English literature’ while he was secluded for nine years in Walgrave, Northamptonshire. He says the first ‘Shakespeare’ folio was published precisely when (1623) John left Walgrave for Westminster. But where are John’s writings? There was a mysterious fire, 40 years after John’s death, at Westminster Abbey library, opposite Parliament. Only John’s books and two bundles of handwritten English poems were destroyed — a mediaeval, spin coverup? Aelwyn says he still has a few early proof copies (signed in green by himself) of ‘Operation Woolsack’ and you can email him for one at aelwyn@aelwynroberts.wanadoo.co.uk — £6.50 inc p&p.
Dr P.D. O’Neill
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I’ve finally got the new blogs listed on the main page and up and running. I still need to add the link to the instructions for submitting to the Q&A, but I should have that up soon.
I’ve removed the Awards page, since it was old and out of date and taking up space on the main page. I’ve also re-organized the order of the links on the right hand side. And last but not least, I’ve changed the title graphic to TudorHistory.org, instead of just the Tudor History that was there before. I feel it’s more consistent that way.
Have a good weekend everyone!
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Okay, so this isn’t specifically Tudor, but he did die in 1543, during the reign of Henry VIII. Plus, indulge a history geek with a degree in astronomy… 🙂
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Hopefully in the next day or so I’ll be ready to launch two new blogs that I’ve been working on adding to this site.
The first will be a Question and Answer blog to replace the Query page that is up now. I’ll have a detailed explanation of its intended purpose and how it use it up shortly. I think it will be the best solution for folks who don’t want to join the discussion lists, but still have questions they want answered.
The other blog will be just a personal one. I’ve had one on my homepage for a while, but it’s mainly been for updating friends and family about stuff like vacations and the storm damage to our house back in March. But, it wasn’t really what I was looking for in a personal “outlet” blog. Since my friends, family and my boyfriend really get tired of hearing me go on about some things, I thought a personal blog at the Tudor site would be a good answer. I have one or two more things to test, but I should have it linked to the main page and on this blog in the next day or so.
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In the October 5th newsletter from Alison Weir’s site at Random House, she mentions that the next non-fiction book she is working on will be about Katherine Swynford, mother of the Beaufort line that Henry VII was descended from. Most people will probably be familiar with the 1950s historical fiction book Katherine by Anya Seton, which is to the best of my knowledge the only book about Katherine around. It will be nice to see a non-fiction book about Katherine and to see all the sources she has been able to dig up on this too-little-known Tudor ancestor!
(Thanks to Monia for the link!)
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The above link takes you to a website about a new book resulting from collaborative work on the Seventh Window of Sint Janskerk in Gouda, Netherlands, which was donated by Mary I and her husband Philip II. There is also a CD available of detailed photos of the window and its cartoon. Click above for more information on the project!
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Click the link above for the webpage up at PBS.org for the new Elizabeth I drama! There is one photo on that page, but also check the main page for Masterpiece Theatre for another photo up at the top right. She is pictured with a crown and her hair loose, so my guess is it’s part of the coronation.
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One of the two new mini-series about Elizabeth I will be running on PBS in the US as part of Masterpiece Theatre in November. Look for The Virgin Queen starring Anne-Marie Duff on Sunday Nov. 13 and 20. Check your local listings at PBS.org for exact times.
No word yet on the Helen Mirren version, which recently aired in the UK, but I’ll update if I find any information!
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I’ve reorganized, updated and added to the links section over the past few weeks. A few of the things I’ve done on the reorg – I’ve compressed the pages that separately linked to the monarchs, six wives, etc. into one page, with the exception of Elizabeth/Elizabethan England and Shakespeare/Stratford/Globe stuff, since they were pretty lengthy. I also added a British History page down in the Other Resources and a Writing and Research Resources page. And finally, I expanded what was included in some of the existing pages, such as adding manuscripts to the online book and texts page.
I still have lots of bookmarks to sort through, but I wanted to get what I had finished up, since I might not get around to working on them again for a little while.
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I’m going to start posting the old news stuff that is still relevant to the blog and probably delete the old pages. Anything that appears with a date stamp from before March 2005 will be an archive post. It will take me a while to sort through about six years of posts, so expect them to show up gradually. They will show up on the left bar under “Archives” according to the month they were originally added in. Thankfully Blogger allows you to change the time and date on posts, so I can “force” them to go to the archives instead of showing up as a new post.
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I’ve added a few new products over at the Cafe Press store for the site (link above). I added the mini-button (1 inch diameter w/ Tudor Rose emblem), a white baseball cap, and rectangular magnets. I’m still working on the calendars and should have at least the one page version up this week, but the 12 month one is taking a while to put together.
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Due out next year (April in the UK… info on other locations when I get it) is Alison Weir’s first historical novel, called “Innocent Traitor” about Lady Jane Grey.
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Here is some more about the relics brought up from the Mary Rose, from The Guardian.
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To follow up on yesterday’s news about the Tudor Rose figurehead from the Mary Rose, here are two articles about the other items that have been recovered on this set of dives: from the BBC (with video) and from The Guardian.
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Divers brought up the Tudor Rose last week while surveying the site before attempting to raise an anchor from the wreck. The above link goes to an article on The Guardian website.
You can learn more about the Mary Rose and its history at www.maryrose.org
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