Articles about Early Modern England
10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About the Tudors
Author Roland Hui shares 10 fun and fascinating facts about Tudor Queens!
The War of Words: Eikon Basilike and the Martyrdom of Charles I
The glory attending my death will far surpass all I could enjoy or conceive in life – King Charles I
The Role of Religion in the Politics of the Northern Rebellion of 1569
On 14 November, 1569, Thomas Percy, seventh Earl of Northumberland, and Charles Neville, sixth earl of Westmoreland, called on all Catholics to take up arms in defence of their true faith as they occupied the Northern city of Durham.
The marriage of Philip of Habsburg and Mary Tudor and anti-Spanish sentiment in England : political economies and culture, 1553-1557
This thesis examines the early part of Mary I’s reign, focusing on her marriage to Philip of Habsburg and the marginalisation of their co-monarchy in Tudor historiography.
Female barrenness, bodily access and aromatic treatments in seventeenth-century England
Across the seventeenth century medical self-help manuals noted that aromatic substances were a suitable remedy for female barrenness.
News about Early Modern England
Fire! Fire!: New Exhibit Commemorating the Great Fire of London
As we come to the close of the week of Great Fire celebrations throughout the city, we can still learn about this incredible moment in London’s history with a visit to Fire!Fire! at the Museum of London.
Seven year itch: evidence suggests Henry VIII may have been close to taking a seventh wife before his death
The Tudor monarch King Henry VIII is perhaps best known for his penchant for marriage, famously taking six wives during his lifetime – and now a recently published book suggests that Henry was about to take a seventh before getting cold feet and calling the whole thing off.
A Jesuit Shakespeare?
Shakespeare’s religious beliefs are the subject of an ongoing scholarly debate.
Forget the jokes – Christmas crackers were once sugary sweet dispensers
Pull on a Christmas cracker this year and you’ll likely receive a set of mini screwdrivers, a paper-thin party hat and a cheesy joke suggesting that the Father Christmas of the cat world is in fact named ‘Santa Paws’. According to a University of Leicester Professor, if we were to step back in time Christmas […]
How to be a successful jouster in the 16th century
If you came up against Henry VIII at a jousting tournament, it might just have been advisable to let the king win.
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