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Tudor Times | Military & Warfare

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Person of the Month. Wars of the Roses. Tudor Times Ltd, 2016. Stay up to date.

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Tudor Times | Tudor Times: 1547 Battle of Pinkie Cleugh

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Person of the Month. 1547 Battle of Pinkie Cleugh. Chapter 1: Background to the Battle. The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (or Pinkie as it is often known) was the last pitched battle to be fought between England and Scotland, although it was by no means the end of strife between the countries. S lieutenant, Thomas Howard. Duke of Norfolk and Thomas, Lord Wharton. Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473 - 1554). S death at Flodden. Where his wife, Marie of Guise. Initially, Arran and the Assured Lords persuade...

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Tudor Times | Religion

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Person of the Month. Religion dominated the age and religious wars transformed the landscape of Europe. The vision of a single Christendom, led, in theory, if not in fact, by the Emperor and the Pope, was fractured into a collection of nation-states, each sovereign in its own territory. Out of this change, a new world order would emerge, but it was a bloody and brutal birth. Who's Who in the Church. Tudor Times Ltd, 2016. Stay up to date.

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Tudor Times | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

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Person of the Month. Thomas Wolsey was the last, and perhaps the most powerful, of the great mediaeval prelates to hold high office in England.He was famous for his administrative ability, his skill in foreign affairs and his closeness to his master, Henry VIII. He was also notorious for pride, arrogance and acquisitiveness. S Lord Chancellor, he also had a warm personal relationship with the King, although he was never popular with Queen Katharine. Wolsey's great mansion of Hampton Court. He was an impo...

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Tudor Times | Daily Life

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Person of the Month. For the wealthier members of society, there was increasing trade, more opportunities to buy luxury goods and a glut of wealth distributed from the dissolution of the monasteries throughout the British Isles. For the poor, life remained hard, with high unemployment and the loss of much of the communal life and festivity that had centred on the Church. Objects in Daily Life. Tudor Times Ltd, 2016. Stay up to date.

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Tudor Times | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey: Life Story - Wars and Alliances

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Person of the Month. Thomas Wolsey: Life Story. Thomas Wolsey: Life Story. Chapter 4 : Wars and Alliances (1513 1515). Wolsey really came to the fore in 1513. In that year, Henry embarked on a huge campaign in France, in alliance with his father-in-law, Ferdinand of Aragon and the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian. A previous campaign in 1512, led by Wolsey's erstwhile pupil, Thomas Grey, now 2nd Marquess of Dorset, had ended in abject failure, blamed by Ferdinand on English incompetence. Remembering that F...

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Tudor Times | Kenilworth Castle

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Person of the Month. Norman Keep to Elizabethan Pleasure Palace. Address: Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 1NG. Access: Open to the public. Kenilworth is about 25 miles south-east of Birmingham, 10 miles south-west of Coventry, and about 5 miles north of Warwick. From the M5, whether travelling south or north, exit onto the M42, then take the M40 towards the south, and exit at Warwick, as above. From Stratford, follow the Warwick road, to join the A46, then proceed as though from London.

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Tudor Times | Tudor Times: Women who Married for Love

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Person of the Month. Women who Married for Love. Five hundred years ago, royal and noble parents arranged their daughters’ marriages to men of appropriate rank, selected for political advantage. Romantic love was frowned upon and certainly no basis for matrimony. Between 1430 and 1565, seven ladies close to the throne braved royal wrath and scandal by marrying men of lower degree for love. Catherine de Valois →. Jacquetta de St Pol. Mary, The French Queen. Katherine Grey: Life Story. Tudor Times Ltd, 2016.

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Tudor Times | The Tudors and the Tower by Tracy Borman

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Person of the Month. The Tudors and the Tower. Tracy Borman is Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, and a respected author of biographies and historical works, including. Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant. Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen. Her new book, The Story of the Tower of London. Was published by Merrell in July 2015. Chapter 1: From Palace to Prison. Reign of Terror →. From Palace to Prison. End of an Era. A Man of Much Wit.

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Tudor Times | Politics & Economy

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Person of the Month. Before 1485, politics was largely personal - relationship with the monarch was key, and advisers came and went, depending on the monarch’s inclination and capacity for direct rule. By 1603 Parliaments in both countries were flexing their muscles. Economically, it was a time of growth, but with intermittent deep recessions. The ugly spectre of inflation raised its head, causing dearth and widespread unemployment. Who's Who in Wolf Hall. Objects in Politics and Economy. Stay up to date.