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Amy Licence: historian of the lives of Medieval, Tudor and early modern women; nineteenth and early twentieth century art, history, literature and culture; writer of literary ficton.

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Friday, 9 May 2014

There's More to Thomas More than meets the Eye.

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Who was Richard III’s greatest enemy? The obvious answer might be Henry Tudor, Henry VII, who defeated and killed the last Yorkist King...

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Friday, 28 March 2014

Rifling through our Great-Grandmother’s Drawers: What Domestic History Reveals About our Modern Selves.

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What did medieval Londoners use to treat colicky babies? Why were they punished for wearing twenty-foot long shoes? What did they wear in b...

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Sunday, 6 October 2013

Sin on the South Bank: A Review of "Bankside."

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Bankside: London’s Original District of Sin David Brandon and Alan Brooke Amberley, paperback 2013 987 1445613840 ...

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

A very short history of 500 years in the garden.

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German Garden, 1410. Gardens and domestic outdoor spaces have always been a feature of our lives. Most Tudor homes had a garden of some so...

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Amy Licence: Writing about medieval and Tudor history, with a particular interest in women's lives and experiences. I'm the author of twenty-eight books and have also written for The Guardian, TLS, BBC History website, The New Statesman, The Huffington Post, The English Review and The London Magazine. I've appeared in TV documentaries and have been interviewed numerous times live on radio. I've been shortlisted twice for the Asham Award for women's short fiction and my historical novels have met with acclaim. @PrufrocksPeach

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