History Archives - Page 14 of 20

Lauren Mackay’s Inside the Tudor Court

Historian Lauren Mackay joins us on the third day of her Virtual Blog Tour discussing her new book Inside the...

Olga Hughes March 11, 2014

Just how instrumental was the Spanish ambassador Eustace Chapuys in colouring our modern perceptions of Henry VIII and his wives?...

Olga Hughes March 10, 2014

Jonathan Foyle, chief executive of World Monuments Fund Britain, has called the “Paradise Bed” the most important piece of furniture...

Olga Hughes March 6, 2014

There are few medieval kings who have caused centuries of continual debate. The first fictional depictions of “The Tyrant” Richard...

Olga Hughes March 3, 2014

We know him as false fleeting perjured Clarence, always as a traitor, sometimes as a drunk and a madman. We...

Olga Hughes February 25, 2014

In 1483 twelve year-old King Edward V and his brother, nine year-old Richard Duke of York were taken into the...

Olga Hughes February 18, 2014

Leave the Lady Alone, She Should Be Buried …cried the newspaper headlines in 1965. Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of...

Olga Hughes February 13, 2014

“We believe it is right that King Richard III stays in Leicester, and that his remains are reburied in our...

Olga Hughes February 11, 2014

The sculpture commissioned by Leicestershire County Council and chosen from five shortlisted entries as part of the Cathedral Gardens project...

Olga Hughes February 4, 2014

“buryed…without any pompe or solemn funerall…in thabbay of monks Franciscanes at Leycester” Polydore Vergil Today marks a full year since...