The Gatehouse and Henry VII Tower of Pembroke Castle. Photo May 2003.
Man and Monarch traveling exhibit at the Mary Rose Museum
The traveling exhibit of the British Library’s Henry VIII: Man and Monarch is now on its way to Portsmouth where it will be at the Mary Rose Museum from December 12th to January 17th.
Check out the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard page for more information, including other educational and family events.
New Medieval and Renaissance Galleries at the V&A
I know this is already old news, but I still wanted to post about it.
The new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London opened last week. Here’s a video and article from the Guardian.
And here’s a link to the page for the new galleries at the V&A website.
Picture of the Week #48
Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. Photo May 2000.
The Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle is dated to the reign of James IV (r. 1488-1513) and still contains the original hammerbeam roof.
Archaeological dig at Shakespeare’s New Place
From the BBC:
Archaeologists are preparing to excavate the site of Shakespeare’s final home to find out more about the history of the building.
The New Place, in Stratford-upon-Avon, was built in 1483 and is thought to be where the playwright died in 1616.
The building itself was demolished in 1759, but it is thought remains of the old house are still underground.
Archaeologists will start initial tests on the site on Tuesday and a full dig could be carried out next year.
The experts from Birmingham Archaeology will be searching for the foundations of the New Place and will be looking through the original wells and possibly rubbish pits.
New Place showed up here back in June as Picture of the Week #23
Henslowe-Alleyn archive now online
From The Guardian:
A unique archive on the theatre of Shakespeare’s times, revealing everything from the price of a ferry ticket across the Thames to the cost of a tumbler’s breeches, becomes available free to the world today when the papers of the theatre owner and entrepreneur Philip Henslowe and his actor son-in-law Edward Alleyn go online.
Henslowe built one of the first theatres in London, the Rose, on the site of a bear-baiting ring and brothel. Shakespeare almost certainly worked as an actor there and some of his plays, including Titus Andronicus, were first performed there.
Shakespeare earned fortunes
Henry 8.0
What would happen if Henry VIII were to find himself in 21st century suburbia? Possibly a little something like this:
There are already two more videos in the series and a blog post, which you can find here. Stay tuned to the BBC Comedy Blog for more from Henry 8.0 and become a fan on Facebook!
Picture of the Week #47
Wax figure of Mary Queen of Scots at Madame Tussauds London. Photo May 1998.
This is the last of the “Madame Tussauds series”, so we’ll be back to buildings, etc. next week!
Another Tudor property up for sale
Yet another interesting property up for sale to add to the list that I’ve blogged about. It’s probably a good thing I don’t have a ton of money, since I’d never be able to decide what place to buy! 🙂
From the BBC:
Henry VIII’s love nest for sale
A property where newlywed Henry VIII stayed with his second wife Anne Boleyn has gone on the market after being rebuilt from a state of near collapse
The gatehouse on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent is all that remains of Shurland Hall, the Tudor palace owned by a courtier of the King, Thomas Cheyney.
It was probably built especially for Henry and Anne’s visit, when the King spent three days hunting.
The Spitalfields Trust has restored it and put it up for sale for
Hilliard Miniatures of Elizabeth I and Dudley up for sale
From The Telegraph:
Just 3/4 of an inch high, the stamp-sized pair is expected to fetch up to
Picture of the Week #46
Wax figure of Elizabeth I at Madame Tussauds London. Photo May 1998.
I swear I didn’t plan it so that this photo of Elizabeth would come one day after the 451st anniversary of her becoming queen. Happily, It just worked out that way!
Picture of the Week #45
Wax figure of Katherine Parr at Madame Tussauds London. Photo May 1998.
The Tudors 4th season premiere
I’m only a few days behind on this one! Showtime announced last week that the fourth and final season of The Tudors will premiere in the US on Sunday April 11, 2010.
Eric Ives new book on Jane Grey now out in US
Okay, it was actually several weeks ago, but most of October was a blur for me…
The publisher, Wiley-Blackwell, has more information and some excerpts up on their web page for the book.
And here are the Amazon links again, now with the US one. And again, thanks to everyone who purchases through my affiliate links. I appreciate it!
Suzannah Lipscomb lecture at Fordham University in New York
Unfortunately I’ve managed to miss posting about Suzannah Lipscomb’s other talks in the US, but I can at least get this one in under the wire:
“Prince to Tyrant: What Changed Henry VIII” by Suzannah Lipscomb, Research curator at Hampton Court Palace
Wednesday, 11 November 2009 at 6 p.m.
Fordham University
Tognino Hall
Duane Library
Rose Hill Campus
441 East Fordham Road
Bronx, New York 10458
Picture of the Week #44
Wax figure of Kathryn Howard at Madame Tussauds London. Photo May 1998.
Several stories of interest
Instead of bombarding everyone with a bunch of individual posts, here are three links that caught my eye in the past few days that I didn’t get a chance to post.
* From The Telegraph:
Rags to riches as tapestry masterpiece is restored to its former glory
A tapestry that has survived against the odds since the fifteenth century is to go on display for the first time in 20 years, following five years of restoration returning the masterpiece to its former glory.
* From The Guardian:
David Starkey on Henry VIII: Famous for 500 years
In this podcast, David Starkey asks why Henry continues to fascinate us in the 21st century, and how did a boy with such a conventional upbringing become such an unconventional king?
* From The BBC:
The map that changed the world
Almost exactly 500 years ago, in 1507, Martin Waldseemuller and Matthias Ringmann, two obscure Germanic scholars based in the mountains of eastern France, made one of the boldest leaps in the history of geographical thought – and indeed in the larger history of ideas.
Near the end of an otherwise plodding treatise titled Introduction to Cosmography, they announced to their readers the astonishing news that the world did not just consist of Asia, Africa, and Europe, the three parts of the world known since antiquity. A previously unknown fourth part of the world had recently been discovered, they declared, by the Italian merchant Amerigo Vespucci, and in his honour they had decided to give it a name: America.
The Tudors – The Game
Showtime has created a video game based on The Tudors series. The trailer is embedded below and you can learn more about the game at this link. There is a flash-based demo on that page, as well as a link to a download demo (it appears to be Windows-only).
More Bosworth Field investigation news
My Google news alerts went crazy with all of these articles on the Bosworth Field investigation! Here is my last post on the subject and I’ve linked to several of today’s stories below this excerpt from the Guardian article:
Five centuries of searching for one of Britain’s most significant battlefields has finally ended with the discovery of “extraordinary and unexpected” pieces of artillery in a Leicestershire field.
The finds near Market Bosworth at last pin down the notoriously “wandering site” of the battle that overthrew Richard III
Picture of the Week #43
Wax figure of Anne of Cleves at Madame Tussauds London. Photo May 1998.
I think this is my favorite of the group. 🙂
