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Tudor Historian Rates Classic Tudor Movie Scenes (Video)
... their alignment with historical facts. Concerning Henry VIII’s and Anne Boleyn’s portrayals in “The Other ... childbirth. The misrepresentation of Mary's affair with Henry VII and the emotional portrayal of Anne Boleyn's ...
Robbie Mitchell - 25/07/2023 - 16:55
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Archaeologists Set to Remove Lid from Stone Coffin found on Grey Friars
... the colour of their habits. The friary was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538 during the Protestant Reformation, soon after ... who was hastily buried at Greyfriars after his defeater, Henry Tudor, ascended to the throne. "Stone coffins are ...
aprilholloway - 24/07/2013 - 00:54
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The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
... the truth about her lascivious and despotic father, Henry VIII, she vows never to relinquish control to any man. But ... Anne's graphic trysts with a very persistent and lustful Henry. Blending a historian's attention to accuracy with a ...
ancient-origins - 29/02/2020 - 13:01
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The Most Decadent Banquets in History (Video)
... band. Centuries earlier, in 1520, the meeting between Henry VII of England and François I of France resulted in an ... Pastime at the House of Borgia? Lavish banquet hall where Henry VIII entertained visiting royalty is discovered beneath ...
Robbie Mitchell - 14/01/2024 - 19:55
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Weekly Top Stories: A Quick Catch Up On What You May Have Missed
... foundations of Oxford’s lost college, which King Henry VIII’s dissolution policies bankrupted. (Simon Gannon / ... several delays hamper construction, until Cardinal Wosley (Henry VIII’s chief adviser) intervened in the 1520s. ...
ancient-origins - 07/02/2022 - 22:00
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Five Things You Didn’t Know About Queen Elizabeth I (Video)
... Elizabeth's complicated relationship with her father, King Henry VIII, shaped her destiny. Despite being declared illegitimate, she mirrored Henry's virtues, eventually inheriting the crown. These ...
Robbie Mitchell - 13/12/2023 - 15:53
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Top 8 Legendary Parties - Iconic Celebrations in Ancient History
... entire country gets a little impatient. When Pope Urban VIII died in 1644, the resulting conclave lasted from ... the event was meant to be a wrestling match between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France, but things are said to have gone sour after Henry’s defeat. Representational image of a garden party, ...
Robbie Mitchell - 12/02/2023 - 18:00
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Parallel Worlds – Events in Game of Thrones Based on Real Historical Events
... ) One of the causes of the War of the Roses was when King Henry VI who was forced out in favor of Edward IV because King Henry VI was considered unfit to rule because of mental ... a rumor about Ann Boleyn, one of the wives of King Henry VIII. One of the reasons that she was executed by the king ...
Caleb Strom - 08/08/2017 - 18:54
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Knights Templar: Still Loved by Conspiracy Theorists
... 1314. Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica - ms. Chigiano L VIII 296 - Biblioteca Vaticana. ( Public Domain ) Despite the ... the occult would resurface again in the 16th century in Henry Agrippa’s book De Occulta Philosophia . Knights ...
ancient-origins - 29/12/2019 - 18:56
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Researchers Claim Glastonbury Ancient Legends Made Up By Cash-Strapped Monks
... the Christian Joseph of Arimathea, and England’s King Henry VIII. Glastonbury is popularly said to be the resting place ... long. The Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII dismantled the church, taking their money and ...
lizleafloor - 25/11/2015 - 00:49
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Hiding to Avoid Hanging: Priest Holes, Hidden Chambers, and Secret Passages
... The separation of the Church of England from Rome under Henry VIII in 1537 brought England alongside this broad Reformation ... and a thousand windings”. Owens worked for Friar Henry Garnet, the Jesuit superior in England, who built ...
Joanna Gillan - 08/09/2018 - 03:43
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British Police Join Search for Legendary Holy Grail
... during the 16th century as a place of refuge after King Henry VIII dissolved England’s monasteries. King Arthur’s ... which was brought back to Scotland and entrusted with Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, according to the legend. It ...
ancient-origins - 17/08/2014 - 02:59
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Bury-St-Edmunds Abbey: Shrine of the King, Cradle of the Law
... to ask for the saint’s protection. His predecessor Henry II is also said to have undertaken his campaigns ... military victories to the saint’s intervention. King Henry III was dedicated to veneration of St Edmund, also ... After the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII in 1539, Bury Abbey was stripped of all valuable ...
Meagan Dickerson - 03/09/2021 - 18:29
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The Medici Dynasty: Unraveling the Legacy of the Masters of Florence
... his daughter, Maddalena was married off to Pope Innocent VIII’s son in a politically motivated marriage that ... power in Florence, Catherine was married off to King Henry II and became queen of France. Three out of her four ... depicts Catherine de Medici, who was married to King Henry II and became the queen of France, gazing at the bodies ...
Robbie Mitchell - 04/04/2024 - 22:17
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Protection or Profit? The 1000 Prostitutes Employed by the Church in 12th Century London
... gonorrhoea epidemic of 1160. Royal Brothels In 1161, King Henry II of England signed into law his Ordinances Touching ... brothels in Bankside flourished under the Ordinances of Henry II, and this continued into the 13 th century when King ... / Public Domain ) In 1546, King Henry VIII banned brothels altogether. It’s possible he outlawed ...
Veronica Parkes - 11/12/2018 - 17:59
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No, It’s Not a Cot: 13th Century Coffin Smashed in Photo Attempt at Priory Museum
... thought himself above the normal rules of society, King Henry VIII. At this time, Henry was bent on dissolution or suppression of the ...
Gary Manners - 26/08/2017 - 02:00
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The Ancient Mystery of the Ever-Burning Lamps
... that it was the work of the Devil . During the reign of Henry VIII (or the early medieval period, according to another ... lamp was also reported to have been found in England. As Henry separated from the Roman Catholic Church, and ...
dhwty - 17/02/2022 - 01:00
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16th-Century Prayer Roll Exposes Medieval Religious Cult
... in history when the Church of England, under pressure from Henry VIII, broke away from papal authority and the Roman Catholic ...
Sahir - 27/10/2021 - 22:45
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The Tower of London’s Haunted History (Video)
... a chilling reminder of the Tower's ruthless past. King Henry VIII's armor, said to be malevolent, causes guards to feel a ...
Robbie Mitchell - 13/09/2023 - 21:00
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Holy Yet Cursed Medieval Well Unearthed in England
... 12 monks were living in a priory near the holy well before Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries. "The well attracted ...
Alicia McDermott - 05/11/2016 - 20:43