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Books to look forward to in 2011 – Updated 30 September

1st February – Agnes Strickland’s Lives of the Queens of England edited by Antonia Fraser ‘Strickland was possibly the most celebrated English female historical biographer of the 19th Century. Antonia Fraser selects her best writing and explains its importance. “The … Continue reading

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Medieval Women Exhibition and Talk by Helen Castor

‘In Loughborough’ reports that Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre has a new exhibition. The ‘Medieval Woman – instrument of the Devil, exulted above all angels’ will be on display from February 2nd until December 30th 2011. Helen Castor (author of ‘She-Wolves: … Continue reading

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Medieval mural depicting Henry VIII discovered – Updated 29th Jan

The Daily Telegraph reports that a medieval mural of Henry VIII has been discovered. A medieval mural depicting Henry VIII has been uncovered by a couple renovating their home There is also a report in Saturday’s Daily Mail. Out with … Continue reading

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New book about Mary Tudor (Grandmother of Lady Jane Grey)

13th May – The French Queen’s Letters: Mary Tudor Brandon and the Politics of Marriage in Sixteenth-Century Europe by Erin A Sadlack Part of the ‘Queenship and Power’ series published by Palgrave Macmillan. ’A fresh biography of Mary Tudor which … Continue reading

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On this day…25th January

The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary, and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat p. 36 ’Note, that the xxvth of January the counsel was certyfyed that ther was uppe in Kent sir … Continue reading

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