News has been a little light lately, but here are a few things that caught my eye: * A brief history of witches by Suzannah Lipscomb – Between 1482 and 1782, thousands of people across Europe were accused of witchcraft … Continue reading
Category Archives: Site Updates and News
Hello all! It’s once again time for me to make the journey west to McDonald Observatory for our summer board meeting, so I’ll have limited time to post new questions and approve comments during that time. I’ll be back to … Continue reading
Hello all! I just wanted to post a notice that I’ll be on vacation for the above dates and therefore there may be a delay in posts and approving comments. I’ll have internet access and a little downtime in the … Continue reading
Yeah, I’m a little late getting this posted, but at least it’s still January! Last year I wrote about the various goals that I had for 2014, both personal and for the site. I did okay on some, terrible on … Continue reading
Depending on when you see this post, things might look a little – or a lot – different than normal. As I mentioned last week, I’ve been having some big problems behind the scenes with the blog and today it … Continue reading
I only had one news story this week but it’s a pretty important one so I wanted to mention it: * King Richard lll to be reinterred in March 2015 – The date of the service in which Richard lll … Continue reading
Just wanted to warn everyone that I’m going to do some necessary upgrades on the WordPress theme today so things might look a little wonky while I’m working on it. I’ll update this post when I’m done, but if after … Continue reading
Yes, it’s that time of year again – time to tally up the most popular topics of the questions that came in to the TudorHistory.org Questions and Answers Blog in the past year! The number of questions declined a little … Continue reading
Since news is still slow coming off the holidays, I figured this was a good chance to blog a little about my goals for 2014. I know several people who are ditching the ‘resolutions’ for the new year and instead … Continue reading
Natalie at On the Tudor Trail issued a challenge on her personal blog to write a post every day in August and I’ve decided to take up that challenge! I’m going to do a mix of her suggested schedule and … Continue reading
We seem to be into the slow news part of the summer, but a few things of interest did show up last week. I also want to mention that I’ve been moving some files around and (hopefully) updating all the … Continue reading
Not nearly as many things this week, which is good because I’ve already spent too much time today checking links, adding graphics and social links to, and re-organizing the Links Directory section (which is hopefully in a more useful state … Continue reading
As we start another new year, it’s once again time for the round-up of questions that were submitted to the TudorHistory.org Questions and Answers Blog the over the course of the previous year. The number of questions has continued to … Continue reading
The news was pretty light this week so in lieu of the Sunday Short Takes, here are the results of the survey that I put together as part of the give-away of “Anne of Holywood”. I’ve sent emails to the … Continue reading
Go here for the details: http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2012/10/26/new-survey-and-anne-of-hollywood-book-give-away/ … Continue reading
I’ll be headed out to our observatory in west Texas for a few days and while I should have good internet access, I don’t think I’m going to have a whole lot of time to spend on the computer! So … Continue reading
Well, sort of, by one way of counting. On July 1, 1997, I launched the stand-alone version of this site, which had previously been part of my personal homepage for a couple of years. As more and more people were … Continue reading
I know it’s silly to keep marking these anniversaries but I just can’t help it. 🙂 On March 14, 2005 I took the plunge into the blogging world and replaced the old “What’s New” and “Tudor News and Events” page … Continue reading
I decided not to blackout any of my blogs and sites today partly from laziness and partly in fear that I would totally screw something up, but I do want to register my support for those who are protesting by … Continue reading
It’s that time again! This is the fourth year that I’ve gone through all of the questions that came in to the Q&A blog the previous year and pulled together some general info on popular topics. The number of questions … Continue reading