To Make or Mar, a Gentleman or Damned
To Make or Mar, a Gentleman or Damned EDITOR’S NOTE: On the anniversary of the execution of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, Queenanneboleyn.com offers...
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The Buggery Act of 1533
The Buggery Act of 1533 Editor’s Note: Yesterday was Pride Day in London, and in recognition, our friends at The Anne Boleyn Society published the following...
Historians, Novelists, and History Lovers Share Their Thoughts on the Greatest Contributions to English History of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
__________________________________________________________________ Today in history — 28 July 1540 — Bishop Edmund Bonner presided over the marriage of King Henry VIII to his 5th wife Catherine...
The Revenge of Margaret Pole, by Heather R. Darsie
___________________________________________________________ The Revenge of Margaret Pole by Heather R. Darsie ___________________________________________________________ On 28 July 1540, a great, accomplished man of Tudor Times was beheaded on...
Thomas Cromwell — Creator of the Royal ‘Tudor Brand’, by Melanie V. Taylor
Editor’s Note: I recently surveyed several historians, novelists, and history lovers to solicit their opinions of the greatest historical contributions to English History of Thomas Cromwell,...
Thomas Cromwell, Founding Father of the American Dream
by Beth von Staats _________________________________________________________ “The American Dream is a constant reminder that America’s true nature and distinctive grandeur is in promising the common...
Death by Quill, the Parliamentary Act of Attainder
by Beth von Staats _________________________________________ “Now is the false churl dead, so ambitious of others’ blood. These new erected men would, by their wills, leave...
Thomas Cromwell, Elizabeth Tudor’s Parliamentary Diarist
by Beth von Staats _________________________________ If we are lucky, we have a friend or two in our lives, people so close that we just know...
The Softer Side of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
by Beth von Staats __________________________ His speech is low and rapid, his manner assured; he is at home in courtroom or waterfront, bishop’s palace or...
The Martyrdom of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
by Beth von Staats _______________________________ “Most gracious Prince, I cry for mercy, mercy, mercy!” – Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex – _______________________________ Thomas Cromwell,...