Monday May 22, 2023
Lollard Thomas Harding - #MondayMartyr
Tudor History with Claire Ridgway
Tudor history podcasts from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History" and many other bestselling Tudor books. Claire also runs the Tudor Society.
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Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Did you know that Queen Anne Boleyn loved buying fabrics for her infant daughter and her nursery? Well, she did! Find out exactly what kinds of things she ordered for the future Elizabeth I.
#tudorhistory #anneboleyn #tudorshop
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
In this week's #portraittuesday, Claire looks at the 1534 "Most Happy" Anne Boleyn medal.
See http://www.lucychurchill.com/anne-boleyn-moost-happi-medal-reconstruction/ for more on Lucy Churchill's reconstruction of the medal.
You can see this portrait in my video: https://youtube.com/shorts/LZIETdaOZco
#anneboleyn #henryviii #tudorhistory #tudorportrait
You can find my books on Amazon at http://viewauthor.at/claireridgway
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
This week's #MondayMartyr is the Abbot of Reading who went from royal chaplain to being hanged at his abbey.
#dissolution #tudorhistory #readingabbey #henryviii
You can find my books on Amazon at http://viewauthor.at/claireridgway
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Henry VIII's great matter, his quest for an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, caused him to break with Rome and was the beginning of the English Reformation. However, Henry chose to marry Catherine and their marriage was happy for many years.
In this talk, Claire Ridgway explores how they came to be married, the early years of their marriage, and how and when it began to go wrong.
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
It is a myth that Anne Boleyn always wore the French hood. Let me explain...
Find out more at https://www.tudorsociety.com/anne-boleyn-gable-hood/
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
This week, I'm looking at an illustration from the 1534 Black Book of the Garter and how it's linked to Queen Anne Boleyn. You can see this video on YouTube at https://youtube.com/shorts/ZNVOc7Z8U3c
Find out more on this Tudor portrait at:
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/another-contemporary-image-anne-boleyn/
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/update-anne-boleyn-lady-garter-image/
https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/anne-boleyn-lady-garter-image-arguments/
You can find my books on Amazon at http://viewauthor.at/claireridgway #anneboleyn #horenbout #tudorportrait
Sunday May 07, 2023
Sunday May 07, 2023
In this week's #MondayMartyr, I'm telling you about four Catholic martyrs, who were executed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. #tudorhistory
You can find my books on Amazon at http://viewauthor.at/claireridgway
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Find out about a special New Year's gift Anne Boleyn commissioned from Hans Holbein the Younger for Henry VIII.
#holbein #tudorhistory #tudorart #henryviii
You can find my books on Amazon at http://viewauthor.at/claireridgway
I'm historian Claire Ridgway
I'm the best-selling author of 13 history books and the founder of the TheAnneBoleynFiles.com, Elizabethfiles.com and The Tudor Society.
I help Tudor history lovers worldwide to gain access to experts and resources to discover the real stories behind myths and fiction, so that they grow in knowledge while connecting with like-minded people and indulging their passion for history.
I am a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. I was a contributor for the BBC docudrama The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family, and have been featured in BBC History Extra, USA Today, History of Royals Magazine, the Express, and Refinery 29, as well as on podcasts including Suzannah Lipscomb's Not Just the Tudors, Gareth Russell's Single Malt History, Natalie Grueninger's Talking Tudors, Hever Castle's Inside Hever, James Boulton's Queens of England, and many more.