#ThrowbackThursday
La Rhétorique Françoise
Antoine Fouquelin
Paris
1557

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#LaRhétoriqueFrançoise #AntoineFouquelin #MaryQueenofScots #Stuarts #Scotland #History

#OTD
2nd May 1568
Mary, Queen of Scots escaped from Lochleven Castle while a May Day masque took place at the castle.

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#MaryQueenofScots #MaryStuart #QueenofScots #Stuarts #LochlevenCastle #Scotland #History

#OTD
2nd May 1536
The Tower of London became the destination of several people.

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#AnneBoleyn #QueenAnneBoleyn #TheFallofAnneBoleyn #KingHenryVIII #TheTowerofLondon #Tudors #History

More good news! Having been voted a book of 2024 by the Evening Standard Tudor: The Family Story is now being promoted in an audible deal of £2.99 from 24 May - 2 June !

#OTD
1st May 1500
King Henry VII & his wife, Elizabeth of York, sailed to Calais to undertake a diplomatic visit to Philip, Duke of Burgundy & his wife, Juana of Castile.

#KingHenryVII #ElizabethofYork #PhilipDukeofBurgundy #JuanaofCastile #Tudor #Hapsburg #History

#OTD
1st May 1555
Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi also known as Pope Marcellus II, died in Rome.
He became Pontiff on 9th April 1555 and his tenure only lasted 22 days.

#PopeMarcellusII #MarcelloCervinidegliSpannochi #PopeofRome #Pontiff #CatholicChurch #Rome #Italy #History

#OTD
1st May 1590
King James VI of Scotland brought his bride, Anne of Denmark, to Scotland.

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#KingJamesVIofScotland #AnneofDenmark #QueenofScotland #Scotland #Denmark #Stuarts #Oldenburg #History

Looking forward to talking about my book 'Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots' at this special event 'Networking the Early Modern Past' at Aberdeen University on 18th May - click on link for details & to book abdn.ac.uk/collections/wh… Sandstone Press

#TudorTuesday
Sundial in the shape of a Lute
Southern Germany
Late 16th Century

Gilded copper alloy, ivory, glass, silver.

On display at Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.

#Sundial #Lute #CopperAlloy #Ivory #Glass #SouthernGermany #History

#OTD
30th April 1536
Alexander Alesius, Scottish theologian, witnessed an argument between Queen Anne Boleyn & King Henry VIII.

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#AlexanderAlesius #Theologian #QueenAnneBoleyn #KingHenryVIII #TheFallofAnneBoleyn #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

#OTD
30th April 1536
Mark Smeaton, court musician, was taken to Thomas Cromwell's house in Stepney & interrogated. Within 24 hours, he had confessed to having a sexual relationship with Queen Anne Boleyn.

#MarkSmeaton #QueenAnneBoleyn #TheFallofAnneBoleyn #Tudors #History

#OTD
30th April 1544
Thomas Audley, Baron Audley of Walden and Lord Chancellor of King Henry VIII, died at his home in Aldgate, London.

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#ThomasAudley #BaronAudleyofWalden #QueenAnneBoleyn #ThomasCromwell #KingHenryVIII #Tudors #History

Eek! Just got the edits back for Scotland's Medieval Queens from my editor, with this very encouraging comment:
'I found the book really interesting (and very well written)!'
What more could I ask for? 😃😃😃
P&S History Pen & Sword Books Historia – the HWA Historical Writers #womeninhistory

#OTD
29th April 1536
Queen Anne Boleyn argued with Sir Henry Norris, rebuking him with the words “You look for dead men's shoes, for if aught came to the King but good, you would look to have me”.
#AnneBoleyn #QueenAnneBoleyn #SirHenryNorris #TheFallofAnneBoleyn #Tudors #History

#OTD
28th April 1489
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, died at South Kilvington, Yorkshire.

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#HenryPercy #4thEarlofNorthumberland #EarlofNorthumberland #SouthKilvington #Yorkshire #KingRichardIII #Yorkist #HouseofYork #WarsoftheRoses #History

Just four months to go until #TheTragicLifeofLadyJaneGrey is published by Pen & Sword Books Pre-order your copy now!!!

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#OTD
27th April 1573
At the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, a daughter was born to Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany & Joanna of Austria. The little girl was named Marie.

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#MariadeMedici #QueenofFrance #RegentofFrance #Medici #Florence #History

#OTD
26th April 1540
Katherine Carey married Sir Francis Knollys.
The bride was about sixteen years old, and her bridegroom was some thirteen years older.

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#CatherineCarey #CatherineKnollys #SirFrancisKnollys #LetticeKnollys #Tudors #History

#OTD
26th April 1536
Queen Anne Boleyn met with her chaplain, Matthew Parker and asked him to watch over her two year-old daughter, Elizabeth.

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#MatthewParker #AnneBoleyn #Tudors #History

📷 Steen Evald // Kongehuset