From 24 Hour Museum:
Past Pleasures Ltd needs you to be Henry VIII.
Hampton Court Palace is on the lookout for a couple of men with the stature and regal posture to play England
Category: Re-enactments and Re-creations
Free videos from English Heritage
English Heritage, in association with the History Channel, has launched EHTV. There is a variety of subjects and time periods covered and you can also subscribe to it as a video podcast.
We’re on the road to … Bosworth!
Well, I’m not, but I wish I was since I’m really tired of the hot and dry summer here in Texas.
From the BBC:
Seven horse riders in period costume are aiming to retrace the route taken by Henry Tudor more than 500 years ago from Pembrokeshire to Leicestershire.
On Sunday they started the journey taken by Henry Tudor which culminated in the defeat of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
Setting off from Dale near Milford Haven, the riders plan to take six days to travel more than 100 miles.
The Henry Tudor Ride aims to raise over
More on the cannon from the Alderney shipwreck
From The Times Online
The barrel of the cannon had been plugged with a tampion of wood and sealed with candle wax by sailors more than 400 years ago.
The stale air of another age whistled out with a hiss when the seal was broken finally last week. Archaeologists gathered around the weapon could smell the gunpowder and hydrogen sulphide as it escaped.
The cannon is one of a set that comprises the first archaeological evidence of a revolution in weaponry that took place during the reign of Elizabeth I
Possible rebuilding of Henry VIII’s ship “Henri Grace a Dieu’
This was sent to me by Councillor Fletcher. Sounds like a neat idea!
27 June 2008
Henry VIII
The Great Squirt
I got a huge kick out of this.
From The Daily Mail:
The instruction booklet was a little worse for wear. But then it does date back to 1577.
That didn’t stop a group of gardening enthusiasts using it to recreate an Elizabethan watering contraption known as the “Great Squirt”.
Full article, complete with a drawing of the original and a photo of the recreation.
Interesting Embroidery Project
It’s just slightly past our period, but this was too good not to share. Since I know some of you are fellow needleworkers or are interested in historical fashion, I thought some readers might find this interesting.
Welcome to Plimoth Plantation
Tudor Christmas Feast to be televised
For those of you with access to BBC2:
A FEAST of a boar’s head, peacock complete with flaming beak and a salad in the design of the family coat of arms may not sound like a typical family Christmas lunch but back in Tudor days it was all part of the traditional festive atmosphere for the lords and ladies of the time, all eaten in full costume whilst musicians provided in-house entertainment.
This scene was recreated in the stately setting of Haddon Hall to bring the magic of a Tudor banqueting hall to life for a BBC2 documentary to be shown over Christmas.A Tudor Feast at Christmas was filmed earlier this year as a follow up to the Tales from the Green Valley and will be shown at 9pm on Friday December 22.
An Elizabethan Day Out
Folks in England in July will have a chance to experience Elizabethan life in Cornwall:
Experience Elizabethan life with the Newman family.
It
Archive Post: Cranmer Actor Burned
From the a-little-too-authenic-a-recreation dept: Actor burned at the stake while playing Cranmer
[Comments are closed on older posts. If you wish to make a comment, please contact Lara via the link in the sidebar.]
