Here are a few stories from the past couple of weeks that caught my eye:
Category: Tudor History news and events
Upcoming Books and Events for November 2015
Books
A few books from the past couple of months that were previously released in the UK will be out in November in the US:
Charles Brandon: Henry VIII’s Closest Friend by Steven Gunn will be out November 19 in the US:
… as will Terry Breverton’s The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors Ate & Drank
And a few releases from October that I missed…
The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthaeus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg edited by Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward was released on October 22 in the UK and US.
And the interest in Jasper Tudor continues (yay!) with another addition to the growing number of works on him: Jasper: The Tudor Kingmaker by Sarah Elin Roberts, which was released at the end of October in the UK and will be out in December in the US.
And Stuff & Nonsense: Kings & Queens by Ian Baillie is a comic verse take on the lives of English Kings and Queens which came out at the end of October in both the UK and US.
Now, finally, on to the new releases for November!
Suzannah Lipscomb’s latest book, The King is Dead about the will of Henry VIII is out November 5 in the UK. I don’t see an official release in the US yet, but I’ll update when I find out more.
The illustrated 2nd edition of Barb Alexander’s The Tudor Tutor: Your Cheeky Guide to the Dynasty is out in a couple of days in the US and on November 19 in the UK.
Finally, Elizabeth Norton’s newest book The Temptation Of Elizabeth Tudor about Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour is out November 5 in the UK and in January in the US.
Continuing Events
The National Portrait Gallery, London launched Simon Schama’s Face of Britain exhibition on September 16 and it will run through January 4, 2016. More information on the exhibition here
Sunday Short Takes
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 and subsequently executed. But why were so many innocent people suspected of such a crime, and what would they have experienced?
* Erasmus Manuscript Saved for the Nation – From The British Library: We are delighted to announce that the British Library has acquired a unique manuscript containing the earliest known translation into English of any work by the great humanist scholar and reformer, Desiderius Erasmus (d. 1536).
* Inside Henry V’s secret chapel at Westminster Abbey – A hidden chapel built for King Henry V is opening to the public for the first time to mark the 600th Anniversary of the battle of Agincourt. – Since today is the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, I thought I would include this.
And finally…
A new podcast focussing on the Tudors has launched (with over 30 episodes ready to go!) called Rude Tudors. As you can probably guess from the name, it’s not for the kiddos. And you might recognize a website that gets a mention in one of the later episodes. 🙂
Upcoming Books and Events for October 2015
Quite a few books this month, including one I missed since I didn’t get around to a September round-up.
Books and Recordings
Delve into the world of Tudor Food and Drink with Terry Breverton’s The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors Ate & Drank, which is already out in the UK and will be out in the US in November.
Alison Weir’s latest Tudor biography is The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox and is out at the beginning of October in the UK. The US version will be out either in late November or early January 2016 depending on which of my conflicting pieces of information is correct.
Next up is something I know some Tudor history fans have wanted to see for a while – Steven Gunn has updated his earlier (very hard to find!) biography of Charles Brandon with the new title Charles Brandon: Henry VIII’s Closest Friend. The book is out in mid-October in the UK and mid-November in the US.
Finally, for the books this month, a collection of essays entitled The Shakespeare Circle edited by Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells will be out at the end of October in the UK and late November in the US. This collection focusses on the people that Shakespeare would have interacted with in his life and sounds like an interesting approach to Shakespeare biography.
And for the first time in a while, I’ve added a musical recording to the round-up! Anne Boleyn’s Songbook recorded by Alamire was released in September in the UK and will be out in the US in October.
Events
Just a reminder, the second of this fall’s BBC History Weekends is on October 15-18 in Malmesbury. More information is available here
And finally, the National Portrait Gallery, London launched Simon Schama’s Face of Britain exhibition on September 16 and it will run through January 4, 2016. More information on the exhibition here
Sunday Short Takes
Short round-up this week!
Sunday Short Takes
This first story really caught my eye and I will be extremely jealous of the people who get to do it!
Sunday Short Takes – catch-up edition
Hello all… so the Sunday posts have been a little quiet of late! Things have been very crazy for the past month or so, so I’ve been really trying to take the weekends off from *everything* (except laundry!) and just relax and recharge to tackle another work week. Things are sort of calming down (or, probably more accurately, I’m finally learning some new job duties well enough that they don’t take as much time and I’m not as stressed by them) so I hope to get back into a groove with Sunday posts when there is enough news to post about.
I missed the upcoming books and events for September post, so I’ll mention below a couple of things that would have been in that post. The rest will be in the October round-up.
* Tudor tunes: music at the courts of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James VI and I
* First 3D model of church where remains of Richard III laid were laid created by DMU
* Cod bones from Mary Rose reveal globalized fish trade in Tudor England
* Renovation of Tudor chapel at The Vyne begins – More information from the National Trust website: New technology saves exquisite Tudor stained glass
And a few items that would have been on the September books and events round-up:
* The Anne Boleyn Files Tudor Calendar 2016 Now Available
* BBC History Magazine’s York History Weekend 25th – 27th September 2015
* BBC History Magazine’s Malmesbury History Weekend 15th – 18th October 2015
Sunday Short Takes
Finally, enough stories to do another round-up!
* The Roanoke Island Colony: Lost, and Found? – Some new developments in the search for the Lost Colony (one of my all-time favorite historical mysteries!)
* 12 buildings in use today that were around when King Richard III was on the throne
* The story that has lit up my alerts the most over the past week was about the discovery of a pipe in Shakespeare’s garden that tested positive for cannabis that created a lot of “Shakespeare was a pothead” headlines. Thankfully at least one article I came across took a more skeptical view of directly associating the find with the Bard himself: How the Web Got Suckered into Thinking Shakespeare Was a Stoner
* Wanna spend the night at Hampton Court Palace? You’ll have the chance on the night of September 26!
* Another neat opportunity – apply to be in the studio audience for the next Great History Quiz at the BBC, this time featuring the Tudors, on September 8.
And finally –
* A neat video from Historic Royal Palaces demonstrating how they wash their tapestries
Upcoming Books and Events for August 2015
Another short round-up this month, which no doubt means I’ve missed some things.
Books
Both of these are books that have been previously released and will be out in the US later on August 19:
David Loades’ latest work The Seymours of Wolf Hall:
And The Middle Ages Unlocked: A Guide to Life in Medieval England 1050-1300 by Gillian Polack and Katrin Kania:
Events
Although it isn’t until September, I thought I would go ahead and list the first of two BBC History Magazine’s History Weekends occurring this year since I know they are quite popular! The September event will be the weekend of the 25th to the 27th and will be held in York. The speaker list and ticket information are available here.
Sunday Short Takes
These links are from last week but since I didn’t have any new ones to add this week I figured I’d go ahead and post these two:
Sunday Short Takes
Welcome to this week’s news round-up! There probably won’t be one next week because I’ll be traveling for work, but I’ll save up any interesting stories that come along and do another round-up on the 19th.
* Terror in Elizabethan England – Podcast of Jessie Childs’ talk from the 2014 History Weekend
* James V
Upcoming Books and Events for July 2015
Books
It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that I missed some releases last month (and a few months before!) so I’ll include those along with the new releases for July.
First up, Mary Tudor, England’s first Queen Regnant. Truth is the Daughter of Time by Gregory Slysz was released in the UK and the US back at the end of March.
Next up, Tracy Borman’s The Story of the Tower of London was released in April in the UK and will be out on July 7 in the US.
Ray Morris’ tale of the sinking of the Mary Rose entitled Out of the Blue was released on June 1 in both the US and UK.
Exploring English Castles by Edd Morris was released in the US back in April and is now out in the UK.
Although it’s technically before the Tudor period I wanted to mention The Middle Ages Unlocked: A Guide to Life in Medieval England 1050-1300 by Gillian Polack and Katrin Kania, which was released in early June in the UK and it will be out on August 19 in the US. Some of the content would certainly be useful for writing in any pre-Industrial Revolution era of English history, and, I’ll admit I wanted to include it because Gillian is an old friend. 🙂
Next up, prolific Tudor historian David Loades’ latest work The Seymours of Wolf Hall is out in the UK and will be released on August 19 in the US.
And finally, the 6th edition of Tudor Rebellions (part of the Seminar Studies line) by Anthony Fletcher and Diarmaid MacCulloch will be out on July 5 in the US and July 6 in the UK. I have several Tudor-era books from the Seminar Studies series (although not the one on rebellions – yet) and I’ve found them to be good compact references.
Continuing Events
After the successful run of the stage versions of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK, the productions have moved to Broadway in the US and opened March 20, 2015 and will run through July 5, 2015. You can learn more about the Broadway run, including ticket information at wolfhallbroadway.com.
Fire up your Tudor creativity!
In lieu of the regular news round-up, I thought I would highlight two Tudor-themed creative contests announced last week.
First up: the Tudor Ghost Story contest is back! – Head on over to On the Tudor Trail for all the details.
And second: The Anne Boleyn Files is once again soliciting photos for their Tudor Places Calendar! – Head over to Claire’s site for more information.
Best of luck to anyone who enters one or both of the competitions!
Sunday Short Takes
Sorry I haven’t had a round-up in the past few weeks… once again I’ve tried to squeeze too many things into the weekends and some things just didn’t get done. And I’m still working my way through all my vacation photos!
A new project from the University of Leicester archaeology might not have the same fanfare as their Richard III dig, but this one is also relevant to Tudor history interests. Here are a few articles about the project to investigate Bradgate Park, the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey:
* Archaeologists prepare to reveal the secrets of Bradgate Park
* Archaeologists say Lady Jane Grey birthplace is “as good as it gets” as six-week dig begins
* Archaeologists find a hoard of historical artifacts at Bradgate Park
And in more archaeology news:
* ‘Highly significant’ Spanish Armada cannons discovered off coast of Ireland
And finally…
This should probably go in the monthly books and events round-up, but since the event is pretty close I thought I would go ahead and highlight it here in the news round-up. If anyone gets a chance to attend I’d love a write-up!
* Representing the Tudors: An interdisciplinary conference 10-11 July 2015 – Held at the University of South Wales, this conference brings together scholars working in a variety of fields to encourage dialogue between different perspectives and methodologies when engaging with the question of
Sunday Short Takes
Cowdenknowes Estate
I’m finally getting back into the groove of things after vacation!
* Where’s Wolsey? Hunt is on to find the remains of Cardinal Wolsey in Leicester – This isn’t really much of a new story since the topic has come up a few times since Richard III wad discovered, but it’s interesting that it has stayed in the news. I was originally planning to visit the abbey remains while I was in Leicester but I couldn’t really fit it into the schedule. Hey, if they find Wolsey and further develop the site, it would be a good excuse to visit the city again!
Upcoming Books and Events for June 2015
Very short round-up this month (which is a good thing since I’m still digging out from under everything that accumulated while I was on vacation)!
Books
Just one book this month, Elizabeth I and Her Circle by Susan Doran, which was released in March in the UK and is now out in the US.
Continuing Events
After the successful run of the stage versions of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK, the productions have moved to Broadway in the US and opened March 20, 2015 and will run through July 5, 2015. You can learn more about the Broadway run, including ticket information at wolfhallbroadway.com.
Sunday Short Takes
Yes, it’s finally back! There just haven’t been a ton of stories lately, so I’ve let a few stack up and am finally doing a round-up.
Upcoming Books and Events for May 2015
Books
Starting out with a few books that were previously released in the UK and are now having their US release:
The Other Tudor Princess: Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII’s Niece and The Dublin King: The True Story of Lambert Simnel and the Princes in the Tower were released in January in the UK and are out May 1 in the US.
And Henry VIII’s Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, Lady in Waiting to the Tudors (US title: Henry VIII’s Last Love: The Life of Katherine Willoughby) was released in March in the UK and will be out May 19 in the US.
And the one new release for the month is Women’s Voices in Tudor Wills, 1485
Richard III Reinterment News Round-Up
Photo: BBC/PA
I’m sure anyone who is remotely interested in the Richard III story has already seen most of these stories, images, etc. but just in case, here is a selection of links from the past 10 days or so about the reinterment that I found interesting. Several are image galleries, because as they say, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’!
* Images from an unforgettable week
* Richard III’s tomb unveiled at Leicester Cathedral
* Picture Gallery : King Richard III reinterment service
Sunday Short Takes
I’m going to put some of the Richard III stories in a separate post later in the week since I already have several and there will be many, many more as the reinterment week progresses. So here’s the best of the rest!
* Elizabethan tapestry map to be displayed at University of Oxford’s Bodleian library – Map of Worcestershire from 1590s describes mysterious event in the hills near
