View from the walls of Dover Castle. Photo May 2003.
Upcoming Books, Exhibitions, and Events for July 2013
Books
As the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden approaches in September, a new book is being released on July 4th in the UK and in late August in the US. I have an advanced copy of Fatal Rivalry but unfortunately, like with so many books, I haven’t had a chance to read it yet! I might be able to get to it before the actual anniversary of the battle though. 🙂
And Elizabeth Norton has another Tudor book coming out – this time about the Boleyn Women. It is listed for the 28th of July in the UK and just July for the US (with a one to three month delivery, it might just be the UK copy sent over if you order from the US Amazon store.)
Events
The next Sudeley Castle Tudor Fun Day is on July 21st. These always look like fun – maybe I’ll get to visit during one some day!
Continuing exhibitions
Just two weeks left on this one:
The Victoria & Albert Museum‘s exhibition Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts, and the Russian Tsars is still on and runs through July 14, 2013.
Shakespeare and London, an exhibition by the London Metropolitan Archives, opened in May and will run through September 26, 2013. One of the highlights of the exhibition is a 1613 deed signed by Shakespeare and is one of only six known examples of his signature. If you want to be sure to see that item, please check the website since it is only on display for some of the dates the exhibition runs.
The exhibition In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion opened in May and runs through October 6. More information is available at the Royal Collection website, which also includes an online gallery of exhibition highlights and a TEDx talk by the exhibition curator.
The National Museum of Scotland’s exhibition on Mary Queen of Scots opened on June 28 and will run through November 17.
Sunday Short Takes
A couple of stories related to the Mary Queen of Scots exhibition that opened last Friday:
* Mary, Queen of Scots modelled in 3D – The face of Mary, Queen of Scots has been recreated in 3D by a team of experts from the University of Dundee.
* In pictures: Mary, Queen of Scots
And it’s been a while, but this week we have three entries in the “What would I buy if I won the lottery?” series:
Picture of the Week #234
Another section of Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick. Photo May 1998.
This is the third of my photos of Lord Leycester Hospital since I couldn’t get it all into one picture. I posted it this week in honor of the birthday of its namesake Robert Dudley, born on June 24th.
Sunday Short Takes
Very short this week – just two articles!
English Heritage joins in bid to identify ‘Elizabethan’ shipwreck – Samples have been taken to date a shipwreck off the Isles of Scilly that is suspected to have belonged to legendary explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.
St Margaret of York – Margaret Clitherow, a butcher
Picture of the Week #233
At Edinburgh Castle. Photo May 2000.
Since today is the anniversary of the birth of James VI/I at the castle, I thought we’d go back to Scotland for this week’s photo.
Sunday Short Takes
Just a few things this week!
* Sheffield Crypt Mystery: Shrewsbury Vault Rediscovered, But Where Are the Bodies? – This was the most interesting story to come up last week. You can see more photos of it at this story: Mystery of the missing coffins: Who stole the remains of FIFTEEN members of aristocratic family from cathedral tomb?
* Mary Rose Welsh archer face reconstructed by Swansea experts
* Mary Queen of Scots gallery – From the BBC History Extra website, featuring items from the upcoming Mary Queen of Scots exhibition I mentioned in the last events round-up
* Anna Whitelock explores the contradictions of the Virgin Queen’s private life – podcast from BBC History Extra, recorded at their Tudor Day event in Bristol a few months ago
* Time Traveller’s Guide To Elizabethan England Episode 3 – On YouTube (the only one I could find for the third episode was in four parts; the link goes to part 1)
Picture of the Week #232
Raglan Castle, where Henry VII spent several years as a child. Photo May 2003.
Sunday Short Takes
The Phoenix Portrait of Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard. At NPG London.
Just a few stories this week, especially compared to the last couple of weeks!
* Tudor portraits to be restored at National Portrait Gallery – The images in this article are wrong, both show one of the versions of the Armada Portrait, but the description is of The Phoenix portrait which I would be very interested to see with the yellowed varnish cleaned up. I’ve put an image of the Phoenix portrait at top.
* Chris Skidmore discussed the Battle of Bosworth (subject of his new book that I now have in my hot little hands!) on the BBC History Extra podcast. Look for the June 6th episode.
* The Royal Collection asks – Who is the Man in Red?
And finally…
More people have taken pity on those of us outside the UK and have put the latest programs of the BBC2 Tudor Court Season up on YouTube:
* The Most Dangerous Man In Tudor England
* The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England Episode 2 – The Rich
Picture of the Week #231
Inside a dovecote from c.1600, at Penmon Priory in north Wales. Photo May 2000.
Sunday Short Takes
Another busy week!
The big story this week is the opening of the new museum for the Mary Rose. I saved a bunch of articles over the week, so linked below are the ones that I thought had the most interesting information and/or pictures (including video).
* Inside the new Mary Rose museum – From “The Telegraph”
* Inside the new Mary Rose museum – From Channel 4 (be sure to catch the video further down the page of Suzannah Lipscomb discussing “Tudor mania”)
* Tributes paid to Mary Rose 470 years after she sank as new
Upcoming Exhibitions and Events for June 2013
Amazingly, I don’t have any books on the spreadsheet for this month. That really only means that there are books coming out in June that I’ve missed since I know a month can’t go by without *something* related to Tudor history being published. 😉
Events
* The next Sudeley Castle Tudor Fun Day will be on June 23. Check their website for more information.
* The play Fallen in Love: The Secret Heart of Anne Boleyn, will be performed at the Tower of London and Gippeswyk Hall, Ipswich for several more performances in June. More information and links for tickets are available at their website.
New exhibitions
* Shakespeare and London, an exhibition by the London Metropolitan Archives, opened this past week and will run through September 26, 2013. One of the highlights of the exhibition is a 1613 deed signed by Shakespeare and is one of only six known examples of his signature. If you want to be sure to see that item, please check the website since it is only on display for some of the dates the exhibition runs.
* The National Museum of Scotland will be opening an exhibition on Mary Queen of Scots on June 28 that will run through November 17. (I’m amused that it opens on Henry VIII’s birthday and closes on Elizabeth I’s accession day.)
Continuing exhibitions
The Victoria & Albert Museum‘s exhibition Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts, and the Russian Tsars is still on and runs through July 14, 2013.
The exhibition In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion opened in May and runs through October 6. More information is available at the Royal Collection website, which also includes an online gallery of exhibition highlights and a TEDx talk by the exhibition curator.
Picture of the Week #230
Backgammon board recovered from the Mary Rose. Photo June 2000.
Another photo from the old museum, in honor of the new museum opening to the public this Friday! Unfortunately it will probably be a few years before I get to visit in person, but oddly enough last night I had a dream about touring it. Just goes to show where I really want to be right now. 🙂
Sunday Short Takes
One of the big stories from last week were the revelations from the first academic paper to published from the dig that uncovered the grave of Richard III. The University of Leicester made an arrangement with the publisher to give free access to the paper, given the popular interest in the topic. You can download the paper from Antiquity‘s website.
Some press articles are linked below:
* Richard III buried in ‘hastily dug untidy grave’
* New Study Finds That King Richard III Was Buried in a Hurry
As you can see up at the top of the post, the June issue of BBC History Magazine features a cover article by Chris Skidmore on the path to and the battle at Bosworth Field, the basis of his new book.
Last week the first two programs of the BBC2’s “Tudor Court Season” aired in the UK. For those outside the UK, you can see them on YouTube (for now – I wouldn’t be surprised if they get pulled down) here:
* The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
* Henry VIII’s Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell
As we get close to the opening of the new Mary Rose Museum at the end of the week, a new app has launched (for iPhone and Android) with information on artifacts, upcoming events, and more to help you plan a visit.
And finally…
I keep forgetting to post about the upcoming series The White Queen about the women of the Wars of the Roses, based on Philippa Gregory’s novel. It will air on BBC One in the UK and on Starz in the US this summer. Embedded below is one of the trailers.
[Edited March 2016 – the original video linked here as been removed]
Picture of the Week #229
Some of the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, dissolved in 1539 under Henry VIII. Photo May 1998.
Hello all!
No, this isn’t a big announcement that I’m bringing the podcast back (but it’s also not an announcement that I’m *not* bringing it back, for what it’s worth), I just wanted to update this blog since it has been three years since the last post. I still don’t know if I’ll get back into doing the podcast, but I figured I’d at least post something there to let people know that I’m still thinking about it. Some of the undergrads that I work with at my university have started podcasting and one of them (who knows that I used to do this one) has been poking at me to get it going again. We’ll see. 🙂
[Comments on this post are now closed because they have all of a sudden attracted a ton of spam!]
Sunday Short Takes
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 now than when I started!)
* Historic glass windows go on display in Nonsuch Mansion
* Wolfson History Prizes (for books published in 2012) – Congrats to Susan Brigden for winning for her book Thomas Wyatt: The Heart’s Forest!
* Penry Williams obituary – His book Life in Tudor England was one of the first Tudor history books I ever bought
* A History of Classical Music – A series of posts with embedded Spotify playlists covering the history of classical music, starting with Medieval and Renaissance music. The link goes to the introductory post and they have up through late Renaissance right now. (Apologies to whomever I saw this link from – it was either on Twitter or a blog and I can’t remember now who it was. Sorry!)
Picture of the Week #228
Entry to the Traitors’ Gate, seen from across the Thames. Photo June 2000.
Sunday Short Takes
Elizabeth and the Three Goddesses. Image:NPG
The big news in the Tudor/Elizabethan art realm this past week was the announcement that the National Portrait Gallery has purchased a portrait of Elizabeth I from a house sale and that it would be included in the gallery’s forthcoming exhibition Elizabeth I & Her People (opening in October).
Here are a few of the articles about the painting from last week:
* Elizabeth I portrait found in house clearance sale – BBC article with a video discussing the painting with the NPG’s Tarnya Cooper
* Elizabeth I portrait to be displayed after being hidden for centuries – From The Telegraph
* National Portrait Gallery buys postcard-sized portrait of Elizabeth I – From The Guardian
Several stories related to Mary Queen of Scots came along last week:
* Mary, Queen of Scots death warrant to go on show – It will be part of an exhibition that I’ll post more about in an upcoming round-up
* Mary, Queen of Scots statue call – If Mary gets a statue, I hope this prompts Pembroke to grant the request for one for Henry VII.
Picture of the Week #227
The Great Hall (far, closer to the river) and old Norman Hall of Pembroke Castle seen from the Great Keep. Photo May 2003.
