{"id":6012,"date":"2012-01-09T01:32:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T01:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/?p=6012"},"modified":"2012-01-09T01:32:40","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T01:32:40","slug":"sunday-short-takes-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/09\/sunday-short-takes-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Short Takes"},"content":{"rendered":"

* Mary I: England’s Catholic Queen<\/a> – Q&A with author Dr John Edwards at the BBC History Magazine book club<\/p>\n

* Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings<\/a> – Series on BBC Four<\/p>\n

* Revealed: The handwritten prayer book love notes sent by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn before they married<\/a> – (Related to above) Amazing hand-written love notes in the margin of a prayer book between a lovesick Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, as he wooed her, are to be revealed in a new BBC television series.<\/p>\n

* Also on BBC Four – A Renaissance Education: The Schooling of Thomas More’s Daughter<\/a><\/p>\n

* Vatican throws light on history as it opens secret archives<\/a> – This the exhibition I mentioned in a round-up<\/a> last year<\/p>\n

* Defiance and fear of Mary Queen of Scots revealed in letter to Vatican sent months before execution<\/a> (Related to above)<\/p>\n

And coming in just under the wire as I was getting ready to post this:<\/p>\n

* Henry VIII had a secret daughter who should have taken English throne before Elizabeth I, historian claims<\/a> – Interesting claims, but color me skeptical<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* Mary I: England’s Catholic Queen – Q&A with author Dr John Edwards at the BBC History Magazine book club * Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings – Series on BBC Four * Revealed: The handwritten prayer book love notes sent by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn before they…<\/p>\n

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