
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... Read more
Anne Boleyn, The Tudors, and Its Authors
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... Read more
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... Read more
__________________________________________________________________ Today in history — 28 July 1540 — Bishop Edmund Bonner presided over the marriage of King Henry VIII to his 5th wife Catherine... Read more
___________________________________________________________ The Revenge of Margaret Pole by Heather R. Darsie ___________________________________________________________ On 28 July 1540, a great, accomplished man of Tudor Times was beheaded on... Read more
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,... Read more
by Beth von Staats _________________________________________________________ “The American Dream is a constant reminder that America’s true nature and distinctive grandeur is in promising the common... Read more
by Beth von Staats _________________________________________ “Now is the false churl dead, so ambitious of others’ blood. These new erected men would, by their wills, leave... Read more
by Beth von Staats _________________________________ If we are lucky, we have a friend or two in our lives, people so close that we just know... Read more
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... Read more
by Beth von Staats _______________________________ “Most gracious Prince, I cry for mercy, mercy, mercy!” – Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex – _______________________________ Thomas Cromwell,... Read more