Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
Since we’re in the grasp of an even-more-atrocious-than-normal Texas summer and all of our lawns are brown and crunchy, I needed to see some green! This shot of the cottage is a really hard one to get without a lot of tourists in the way, so here’s where I’ll confess to Photoshopping a couple of people out of it. Content-aware-fill FTW!
Books
One that I missed from a couple of months back – another book in the “Queenship and Power” series came out, this time focusing on Mary I, Writing Mary I: History, Historiography, and Fiction edited by Valerie Schutte and Jessica S. Hower. This is academically priced so it’s probably one to look for the in the library.
And Sarah-Beth Watkins’ latest work focuses on a figure that I haven’t seen too much about – Arthur Plantagenet: Henry VIII’s Illegitimate Uncle. It came out at the end of July and will be out in the fall in the US:
Continuing Exhibitions
Ending in August – The Tudors: Passion, Power, and Politics is now on display at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. The exhibition opened on May 21, 2022 and runs through August 29, 2022. The exhibit will display, for the first time in 20 years, the Westminster Tournament Roll that features John Blanke (read more in this article from The Guardian).
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s first recorded appearance at Court, her childhood home of Hever Castle is putting on the exhibition Becoming Anne: Connections, Culture, Court. The exhibition opened on March 4 and runs through November and is included with admission to the castle.
Three Lions carving at Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.
Go Lionesses!!!
Window at Framlingham Castle. Photo May 2015.
Even though I just used a Framlingham Castle photo in early June, I had to use one this week since it’s the anniversary of Mary I asserting her claim to the throne and ending Jane Grey’s 9-day reign. I think there is some debate about the effectiveness of the castle’s defenses (at least by the mid-16th century), but this narrow, deep-set window shows that it seems to have some defensive strengths.
Castle Acre Castle, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.
Fish Court, Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.
Decorative plaster at Harvard House, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
As promised back in Picture of the Week #634, here’s a close-up of the plasterwork in the dining room of Harvard House.
Tower of St. Mary
Another view of the English Royal Arms above the grave of Catherine of Aragon at Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
The Garrick Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
Sorry this is a little late this month! As I mentioned on the Picture of the Week post, last weekend I was finishing up moving across town and then I was pretty exhausted (pro tip – don’t move in 100
Framlingham Castle. Photo May 2015.
Sorry I missed posting last week! I was finishing up my move across town and wasn’t able to sit down and prep an image to post.
Leicester’s Gatehouse at Kenwilworth Castle. Photo May 2015
Cloisters of Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
Entrance to Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.
Hello May! I know a lot of you are ready for the warmer weather May will start to bring, but I’m not quite ready for it myself. My month of May is going to be so busy and I don’t like instantly being drenched in sweat every time I go outside. 😛
Books
As I expected, there was at least one book from previous months that I missed (I’m sure there are many more…) Elizabethan Secret Agent: The Untold Story of William Ashby (1536-1593) by Timothy Ashby was released at the end of March:
And Amy Licence’s Tudor Roses: From Margaret Beaufort to Elizabeth I will be released in mid-May in the US after a release earlier in the year in the UK:
New Exhibitions
If you miss The Tudor: Passion, Power, and Politics at the Holburne Museum, you will have a chance to catch it next at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. The exhibition will open on May 21, 2022 and run through August 29, 2022. The exhibit will display, for the first time in 20 years, the Westminster Tournament Roll that features John Blanke (read more in this article from The Guardian).
Continuing Exhibitions
Ending soon: The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics opened at The Holburne Museum in Bath at the end of January and will run through May 8.
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s first recorded appearance at Court, her childhood home of Hever Castle is putting on the exhibition Becoming Anne: Connections, Culture, Court. The exhibition opened on March 4 and run through November and is included with admission to the castle.
Pond gardens at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.
This is the other garden next to the Pond Garden I posted in Picture of the Week #439 and looking back towards the Palace so you can see Mary II’s Orangery. These sunken areas were fish ponds in Tudor times and then were drained and made into gardens under William & Mary.
Garden center at Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.
This is another view of the garden that I showed in Picture of the Week #608. I said then that if I had a house with a yard, I would do something like that and… well… I’m about to move back into a house with a yard. I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to started until next fall/winter (summer is too hot in Texas for a lot of landscaping!) but I’m definitely planning to get some gardens going!
Lupines in the gardens at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.
