by Heather R. Darsie Tradition has held for the last couple hundred years or so that Anna of Cleves, fourth wife to Henry VIII of England, was born 22 September 1515. No proof has ever been put forward to support… Read More ›
Events
Sebastian Cabot and the Loss of Sancti Spiritu
by Heather R. Darsie On 1 September 1529, Charles V von Habsburg, lost one of his major forts in what is now Argentina. Charles V became King of Spain on 23 January 1516, right before his sixteenth birthday on 24… Read More ›
Anna of Cleves Learns her Marriage is Annulled
by Heather R. Darsie On 9 July 1540 while she was at Richmond, Anna was told that her marriage to Henry VIII was unlawful. Her marriage annulled, Anna was no longer Queen Consort of England. “Anna reportedly wailed and screamed… Read More ›
1527: ROME HAS BEEN SACKED!
by Heather R. Darsie 6 May 1527. Pope Clement VII had been sitting on St. Peter’s Chair since 19 November 1523. An illegitimate member of the Medici clan, he was raised by his uncle Lorenzo de’ Medici, known as Lorenzo… Read More ›
The Armada is Coming!
by Heather R. Darsie Please note that this post originally appeared on TudorsDynasty.com. It was 29 June 1588. The Spanish Armada sailing in its customary crescent shape was spotted off the coast of Cornwall. After many years of waiting, the time… Read More ›
The End of Kett’s Rebellion
by Heather R. Darsie July, 1549. The almost twelve-years-old Edward VI had been King of England for two-and-a-half years. Landlords had begun enclosing the common lands, which prevented peasants from being able to have a place for their animals to… Read More ›
The Scots Queen Surrenders: An Overview of the Battle of Carberry Hill
by Heather R. Darsie By 15 June 1567, twenty-four-year-old Mary Stuart had been Queen of Scotland for almost her entire life; never knew her father, James V, because he died when she was six days old; was Queen Consort, then… Read More ›
Dance Until You Die: an Introduction to Ergotism during the Renaissance
by Heather R. Darsie In case you missed it on Tudors Dynasty at http://www.tudorsdynasty.com/dance-to-death-an-introduction-to-ergotism-in-the-renaissance-guest-post/ On an otherwise normal July day in Strasbourg, a woman named Mrs. Troffea began slowly dancing in the street. The year was 1518. Over in England, Katharine… Read More ›
About Lady Day
by Heather R. Darsie In case you missed it on Tudors Dynasty at http://www.tudorsdynasty.com/about-lady-day-and-other-major-days-guest-post/ The Christian Feast of the Annunciation takes place on 25 March of every year. It celebrates the day when the Virgin Mary learned that she had… Read More ›
Sorrow in the City: Reactions to the End of an Age
by Heather R. Darsie “It is not my desire to live or to reign longer than my life and my reign shall be for your good,” said Elizabeth to her parliament in 1601. Upon one of the many times parliament… Read More ›
