From the BBC:
A 15th Century hall once owned by Henry VIII has opened its doors.
Work to rescue the dilapidated Grade I listed Apethorpe Hall has been carried out by English Heritage after it was labelled an “irreplaceable treasure”.The comment was made in 2004 by then Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell after the Northants site was recommended for compulsory purchase by the government.
Tours around the hall for visitors are being run by English Heritage, as it nears the completion of
I’ve been having quite a bit of trouble getting my various TudorHistory blogs to publish since Sunday. I’ve been reading through the Blogger help groups and it appears that a lot of other folks are having the same issues. I tried one strange thing with the TudorCast blog which actually worked, although it then did NOT work when I tried to put up a post explaining why the podcast was two days late.
Now I’m going to try the same trick with this blog, so let’s see if this works… It’s obvious that there is still a big underlying problem at Blogger, so posting might still be a bit spotty until it is fixed.
But this time it really wasn’t me being behind or busy! I actually had this ready to go on Sunday and then Blogger decided to not play well with others (as in, publishing to other domains). I finally hit on something that worked (even though there is no obvious reason for WHY it worked), so now the podcast is up.
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Featured Website: ElizabethI.org
Inns of Court websites: Gray’s Inn, Lincoln’s Inn, Inner Temple and Middle Temple
Survey and “The Tudors” Give-away
Music from Magnatune.com
La Primavera, The Dufay Collective (album “Cancionero”) and Jacob Heringman (album “Blame Not My Lute”)
Intro – “Greensleeves” by La Primavera on “English Renaissance Music”
After news – Excerpt from “Fantasia” by Dufay Collective on “Cancionero”
After “This Month” – “Baloo” by Jacob Heringman.
After glossary – “Ungaresca” by La Primavera
After text – “Bella Gioiosa” by Jacob Heringman
After closing – “Que faray ie mal fortune” by Dufay Collective on “Cancionero”
I know I said I’d link to a picture of the letter that I read in the texts section, but I can’t find my scan of it, so I’ll add it in another post. And I apologize for all the stray breath noises in the episode. I was kind of sloppy with trying to avoid that this month, but I’ll do better next time!
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A few more books of interest will be coming out shortly…
First up, another book on Katherine Swynford, ancestor of the Tudors through the Beaufort line. It will be out in October in the US and appears to already be out in the UK.
And next is a book on George Boleyn’s infamous wife Jane, Lady Rochford. For some reason two versions are showing up at Amazon.uk, so I’ve linked to both below. One is available for purchase now and another is due out in . The US version is due in December.
Thanks to Kate for mentioning the book on Jane!
Amazon.com has put a release date on DVD set for the first season of “The Tudors” series from Showtime. It will be in January 8, 2008 for the US and December 10, 2007 for the UK.
I’m having trouble getting the affiliate link to work for the UK pre-order, but you can just go to this page for information.
Via Bitsofnews.com
And at a pretty good price too! I only have these on video tape, so I might have to grab this set for myself at some point:
It’s always nice to see people taking interest in some of the previously “behind the scenes” people in Tudor history!
Information on the book and its launch is available at BlancheParry.com
From The Guardian:
The Anglo-Saxon kings, newly restored and on public display for the first time in 500 years, gaze out regally, showing no signs of having spent a century walled up in an outside lavatory in Kent.
The kings are among the treasures which the Society of Antiquaries is putting on display to celebrate its 330th birthday, in the galleries of its next door neighbour, the Royal Academy. The imposing but eccentric collection includes Tudor royal portraits described by David Starkey, an expert on the history of the period, as “staggering”[.]
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The life size paintings of Athelstan, and another unidentified Anglo Saxon king, are also royal propaganda. They are completely fictional portraits, but were painted for Henry VII, probably for his great hall at Eltham Palace, to assert his own place in the pagaent of English history. They were rediscovered in 1813, turned back to front and used as wainscotting in an outside lavatory at Baston House in Kent, along with fragments of four other kings, all hacked to pieces to fit the wall space.
The exhibition runs through December.
Society of Antiquaries of London website
Update: Here’s another good article (with slideshow) from The Guardian
The Creative Emmys were announced and “The Tudors” picked up two: “Costumes for a Series” and “Original Main Title Theme Music”. Congrats!
As a follow-up to the article that I posted back in January, the first female Beefeater has now begun her work at the Tower of London.
Just a couple of articles:
From The Telegraph:
Alison Plowden , who died on August 17 aged 75, worked as a secretary at the BBC before before becoming the author of skilfully written historical studies, principally of the Tudor and Stuart periods.
Sonja Marie of the Lady Jane Grey Internet Museum found this on Deviant Art. Too cute!!
The Wives by ~Comtessedelalune on deviantART
First up, episode #15 of TudorCast is now posted.
And, I’d like to announce that I’ve put together a silly little survey as a way to get entries for the first Tudorhistory.org/TudorTalk/TudorCast give-away. The folks at Showtime were nice enough to send me some goodies from “The Tudors” television series to give away to other Tudor fans. You can take the survey and enter the contest over at tudorhistory.org/contest. Also, if you want to take the survey but not enter the contest, you can do that as well, just don’t enter an email address in the last box.
I’ll post the results of the survey here and contact the winners in the second half of October!
Featured website Official Website of the British Monarchy
Survey and “The Tudors” Give-away
Music from Magnatune.com
La Primavera, The Dufay Collective (album “Cancionero” and “L’Estampida”) and Jacob Herringman (album “Blame Not My Lute”)
Individual tracks:
Intro – “Greensleeves” by La Primavera on “English Renaissance Music”
After News: excerpt from “Wolsey’s Wilde” by La Primavera on “English Renaissance Music”
After “This Month”: “O What is to Love” by Jacob Herringman (album “Blame Not My Lute”)
After Glossary: “Dindiridin” by Dufay Collective (album “Cancionero”)
After Text: excerpt from “Oxenford” by La Primavera on “English Renaissance Music”
After closing remarks: “Musica para discanter sobre un” by Dufay Collective (album “Cancionero”)
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If you’re going to be in or around southern England in October, there is going to be a special program to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the raising of Henry VIII’s ship the Mary Rose. Click on over to the site for the Mary Rose Trust for a listing of the events.
From The Scotsman:
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a medieval tower at Edinburgh Castle thought to have been lost forever.
Fragments of Constable’s Tower, which was destroyed by Elizabeth I’s army during a siege, were found during excavation work for the attraction’s new visitor centre.
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The Constable’s Tower was built during the reign of Robert II and was the home of the castle’s constable – a powerful position appointed by the king to watch over and maintain the fortress in his absence. It was finally destroyed in 1573, after an epic siege which saw the castle garrison led by Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange hold out against Scottish forces loyal to the infant James VI.
After Elizabeth I sent troops and cannons to bombard the castle, the tower was destroyed and later replaced with its current portcullis gate facade.
From The Telegraph:
One of Britain’s greatest archaeological treasures, the Mary Rose, is facing the biggest threat to its survival since it was raised from the seabed 25 years ago.
In contrast to the towering French warships it faced as Henry VIII’s flagship, it is fighting a much smaller, though no less daunting, enemy. Scientists have discovered that bacteria growing on the timbers of the Tudor warship are producing a corrosive acid that could cause the hull to disintegrate.
