Showing posts with label Tudor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tudor. Show all posts
Monday, 9 December 2013

Holbein and a Tudor World in Miniature: A Marriage Made in Heaven.

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  Holbein, miniature painting, identity and wealth: a guest post by L B Hathaway I was lucky enough recently to find myself quit...
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Sunday, 6 October 2013

"Tudor", a new Family Saga.

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“Tudor: The Family Story.” Leanda de Lisle Chatto and Windus 29 August 2013 978 0701185886 Having read de Lisle’s “The Sisters...
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Friday, 24 May 2013

To drown or not to drown: The Sixteenth Century Suicide that Inspired "Hamlet".

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    Above, Millais' Ophelia 1851-2. Below, the river Stour as it passes through Canterbury                                         ...
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012

To Bring on the Flowers: Medieval Women Menstruating.

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 It happened once a month for most of their adults lives. So, on a practical level, how did medieval women cope with menstruation and how ...
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Wednesday, 7 November 2012

When breast wasn't best: Breastfeeding in Medieval and Tudor England

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                                    "Caritas" by Lucas Cranach the elder, early C16th   The medieval manuscript “Le Chanso...
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Friday, 26 October 2012

Sleep tight! Going to bed in Medieval and Tudor England.

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Pillows were for girls, lying down was dangerous and invalids should nap standing up!                                    MS images of t...
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Thursday, 27 September 2012

Henry VIII: the Celibate Years ?

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  The romance of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn has endured in the popular imagination. Its details are well known, from the arrival of ...
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Sunday, 16 September 2012

Don't Get Your Medieval Knickers in a Twist!

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    What did medieval and Tudor men and women wear under their clothes ? For a large percentage of the population, clothes were la...