#TudorHistory

[rosewithouta-thorn]

Hey!! If you post about the Tudors please interact! I’m looking for some friends who also love History, so I can talk with them about it!!

Just a bit about me:

My name is Madison

I am 17

I’m from Scotland!

I’m hoping to study history at university :)

[n5701-inc]

The Reign of Elegance: Elizabeth I's Ascension to the English Throne

In the tapestry of history, certain threads stand out more vibrantly than others. One such resplendent thread weaves through the annals of the 16th century—the ascension of Elizabeth I to the English throne in 1558. This monumental event marked not only the beginning of a remarkable reign but also a pivotal chapter that would shape the course of British history. A Renaissance Queen The year…

[tmarshconnors]

"The Catholic Church is corrupted- it's irredeemable!"

Thomas Cromwell, briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540. 

Born: 1485, Putney, London, England Died: 28 July 1540, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England

[tudorblogger]

You can check out my guest post for #WomensHistoryMonth over on the @penswordbooks blog using the link below! 📸 Pen and Sword https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/blog/womens-history-month-helene-harrison/ #elizabethanrebellions #tudors #history #elizabethi #maryqueenofscots #northernrising #ridolfiplot #throckmortonplot #babingtonplot #essexrebellion #womenshistory #historygirls #bookstagram #writersofinstagram #debutbook #penandsword #tudorhistory #tudor #elizabethan #rebellion #treason https://www.instagram.com/p/CpXdvsrIxkU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[saramackenzie1982]

It's #TuesdayTrivia again! So, what does Cardinal Wolsey, wardships, refugees and Stonewall have to do with it? Find out on Friday! #TudorHistory #SixWives #ThomasWolsey #Wardships #YoungWard #FosterCare #RunningFromWar #DontLiveLikeARefugee #Asylum #StonewallRiots #Liberation #LBGTQ #LocalAuthor #IndieAuthor #AmazonAuthor #NewBritain https://www.instagram.com/p/CpNldKpMTMk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[viewfromahedgie]

I bought a couple of records for my birthday: the soundtracks for Black Widow, Uncharted, and this classic: Anne of the Thousand Days. In the 9th grade, my English teacher, Mrs. Gessel, introduced us to Romeo & Juliet with a lesson on the Tudors. Part of that was watching this film, which was my gateway to history for fun and the story of Anne Boleyn. I read every book I could on her. I wrote my first research paper on her and, eventually, my first produced play. This movie started me on this road. Genevieve Bujold and her gorgeous French Canadian accent gives one of my two favorite portrayals of Anne (the other is Claire Foy in Wolf Hall). I love this movie for being exactly the right level of over the top. And I guess it changed my life? Thanks, Mrs. Gessel. And hey—if anyone wants to produce LADY IN WAITING, it doesn’t suck. #meldoesvinyl #TudorHistory #AnneBoleyn #playwrightlife #ladyinwaiting https://www.instagram.com/p/CibepP9MbmP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lostlit101]

Merle Oberon as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII, 1933. • Oberon spent her entire career trying to pass as white when she was biracial. The Sri Lankan woman who she employed as a maid was actually her mother. The thing I enjoyed the most about Oberon was her unique look. I wish she could have been herself and still have her acting career. 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 👑 #history #historynerd #historybuff #anneboleyn #tudorhistory #classicmovies #classicmoviestars #passing #henryviii #actress #actor #movies #moviehistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CiPsf2rrpHT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[princessamerigocreations]

On this day, 6th of July in 1535 Thomas More was executed.

On 13 April 1534, More was asked to appear before a commission and swear his allegiance to the parliamentary Act of Succession. More accepted Parliament's right to declare Anne Boleyn the legitimate Queen of England, though he refused "the spiritual validity of the king's second marriage", and, holding fast to the teaching of papal supremacy, he steadfastly refused to take the oath of supremacy of the Crown in the relationship between the kingdom and the church in England. More furthermore publicly refused to uphold Henry's annulment from Catherine.

In addition to refusing to support the King's annulment or supremacy, More refused to sign the 1534 Oath of Succession confirming Anne's role as queen and the rights of their children to succession. More's fate was sealed.While he had no argument with the basic concept of succession as stated in the Act, the preamble of the Oath repudiated the authority of the Pope.

Four days later, Henry VIII had More imprisoned in the Tower of London.

While More was imprisoned in the Tower, Thomas Cromwell made several visits, urging More to take the oath, which he continued to refuse.

The trial was held on 1 July 1535, before a panel of judges. More was offered the chance of the king's "gracious pardon" should he "reform his […] obstinate opinion". More responded that, although he had not taken the oath, he had never spoken out against it either and that his silence could be accepted as his "ratification and confirmation" of the new statutes.

Thomas Cromwell brought forth Solicitor General Richard Rich to testify that More had, in his presence, denied that the King was the legitimate head of the Church.

The jury took only fifteen minutes, however, to find More guilty.

The execution took place at Tower Hill. On the scaffold More declared "that he died the king's good servant, and and God's first.

Another comment he is believed to have made to the executioner is that his beard was completely innocent of any crime, and did not deserve the axe; he then positioned his beard so that it would not be harmed.

[jezabelofthenorth]

my fave answers on the If you could ask any Tudor any question and get the truth, what would you ask?  reddit discussion

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tudorhistory/comments/12kvwg1/if_you_could_ask_any_tudor_any_question_and_get/

[fideidefenswhore]

i recently read and confirmed elsewhere (on tudorhistory q/a ... of all things) that there was actually a (single, afaik) precedent for a royal marriage wherein the widow married her husband’s brother, it was however very different in circumstance to the marriage of catherine and arthur and subsequently henry which is maybe why it was never brought up precedentially by either side....

On 18 October 1319 the wedding ceremony between James of Aragon and Eleanor of Castile took place. James, according to the chronicles of the time, refused to give the kiss of peace during the ceremony, and James II had to do it.[2] After the ceremony, officiated by the Archbishop of Tarragona, the bridegroom again transmitted to his father his desire to renounce his rights to the throne and enter a convent. After the wedding ceremony, and after a discussion with his father, he fled on horseback, leaving his wife abandoned, and in December 1319, renounced his rights to the throne of Aragon in the Convent of San Francisco of Tarragona. Immediately, he took the habit of the Knights Hospitaller in the Convent of Santo Domingo of the same city.[2]

Alfonso, King James II's younger son, was proclaimed heir apparent. The rejection of Eleanor could have caused serious diplomatic incidents between the Castilian and Aragonese courts. James II informed Eleanor's grandmother, Queen Maria, about his regret for the actions of his eldest son, incomprehensible to him. During the spring of 1320 Eleanor remained lodged in the city of Tortosa; during her stay there, James II and Alfonso became aware that the younger James planned to recover his wife and his rights to the throne, and the conspiracy was thwarted by his father.[3]

After her stay in Tortosa, Eleanor lived in the cities of Zaragoza, Calatayud and Ateca, from where some Castilian ricohombres returned her to the Kingdom of Castile and León.[4] Once in her homeland, Eleanor retired to the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, although she never took the veil.[5] In early 1325, King Edward II of England proposed the marriage of his eldest son, Edward, with Eleanor, and sent his proxies to negotiate the terms of the wedding by charter dated 6 February 1325. The union never took place due to Edward's deposition.

so...never lived together, never so much as even shared the same bed the night of the wedding, not to mention he takes orders before he can do any of these things, and abdicates (although apparently he gets cold feet/buyers’ remorse later...). very different case, but, funnily enough, eleanor does have sons by her previous husband’s brother after their marriage:

In Ágreda in January 1329 the betrothal between Eleanor and King Alfonso IV of Aragon was signed, and the wedding ceremony took place one month later, on 5 February in the Church of San Miguel de Tarazona. The ceremony was attended by King Alfonso XI of Castile and King James II's children, Maria, John, Peter and Ramón Berenguer. Alfonso IV gave his new wife the city of Huesca and other villages and castles belonging to the Aragonese crown.[4] This marriage improved relations between Castile and Aragon in a renewed alliance formed with the aim of reconquering Granada. The Kingdom of Aragon had breached several marriage agreements, returning to Castile several princesses after breaking off engagements, and this union put an end to the practice.

Eleanor became a disruptive influence in Aragon, plotting to advance the interests of her own sons over those of her stepson, Peter, born from Alfonso IV's first marriage with Teresa d'Entença, Countess of Urgell, who died in 1327. She convinced her husband to consent to make significant territorial donations to the children born to them, Ferdinand and John. Alfonso IV was generous and on 28 December 1329, he granted Ferdinand the Marquisate of Tortosa and the cities of Albarracín, Orihuela, Callosa, Guardamar, Alicante, Monforte, Elda, La Mola, Novelda and Aspe.[7] Eleanor's younger son John also received several lordships: Elche, Biel and Bolsa.

These donations made by Alfonso IV diminished the territorial patrimony of the crown and mainly affected Peter, producing a climate of resentment in the Aragonese court. Because of this the nobility was divided into two camps. One of the two sides was in favor of Queen Eleanor and her sons, and the other defended the prerogatives of Peter and his full siblings. When the King granted his son Ferdinand the cities of Xàtiva, Alzira, Sagunto, Morella, Borriana and Castellón de la Plana, all located in the Kingdom of Valencia, the local subjects protested, and for this reason the King decided to revoke these last donations

although...

Her youngest son, John of Aragon, was assassinated in Bilbao on 12 June 1358 by order of his cousin the Castilian sovereign,[10] and one year later (March/April 1359), she was murdered in the castle of Castrojeriz by order of her nephew.[5]Four years later, in 1363, her oldest son, Ferdinand of Aragon, was assassinated in Burriana by order of his half-brother, King Peter IV.[11]

[anne-the-quene]

But now, sir, you may not imagine that this coronation was before her marriage; for she was married much about St Paul’s Day [25 January] last, as the condition thereof doth well appear, by reason she is now somewhat big with child.

Notwithstanding it hath been reported throughout a great part of the realm that I married her; which was plainly false, for I myself knew not thereof a fortnight after it was done.

—Thomas Cranmer writing about Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII’s wedding; he was writing at the time of her coronation [via On This Day in TudorHistory by Claire Ridgeway]

[bodombeach-terror]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tudorhistory/comments/10y3m6p/collage_of_the_recently_found_tudor_pendant/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

[antnich]

THE QUEEN'S LAST WALK...

It was a relatively short walk. Out of the Queen's Lodgings, past the Great Hall, and then on out through the Cole Harbour Gate, thence slowly along the west side of the White Tower.

The freshly built scaffold was no more than three or four feet high. It was draped in black, and covered in straw.

Anne Boleyn walked her last mile with Sir William Kingston, the Constable of the Tower of London. Four ladies in waiting followed her. As she passed, Anne distributed the £20 in alms from her purse to the poor. The money was a last bequest to Anne from her ever thoughtful husband.

Another thoughtful bequest raised its head- so to speak- in the manner of Anne's death. Technically, she could have been burned alive on the trumped up charges she was framed on.

Instead, Henry graciously extended to her the final 'mercy' of instant decapitation by an expert, specially imported French swordsman. Indeed, so keen had Henry been to impart this mercy to Anne that he had sent for the swordsman before her trial had even begun, and before the members of the jury had even been selected.

This kind of execution required the victim to kneel upright, more or less ramrod straight. There was no block. The sword itself was concealed under the straw. Not until Anne had said her final prayers, submitted to the blindfold and then knelt upon a cushion on the straw, would it suddenly appear to strike with one scything, whirling swoop...

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[thepaperquillco]

My Tudor inspired covers are coming together!

[tudorblogger]

#OTD in #Tudor history, 8th February 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle. She had been tried in October 1586 and found guilty of treason though Elizabeth I had delayed signing the death warrant. She finally did and the council made the decision to send it to Fotheringhay without any further consultation with the Queen. Elizabeth I was furious and her secretary who had given the warrant to the council, William Davison, was imprisoned in the Tower of London. William Cecil, Lord Burghley, was banished from the queen’s presence for the first and only time as a result. #onthisday #tudorhistory #tudors #historygirls #womenshistorycircle #maryqueenofscots #elizabethi #williamdavison #execution #treason #fotheringhaycastle #fotheringhay #williamcecil #baronburghley #toweroflondon https://www.instagram.com/p/CoaowJuIJYm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=