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Showing posts with label Henry VII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Henry VII. Show all posts
Monday, May 8, 2023

The Tudors and the Greenwich Church of the Observant Friars

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This post ties in with our Son Rise Morning Show discussion today of the correspondence between Queen Catherine of England and Blessed John...
Monday, November 25, 2019

A Delayed Coronation: Elizabeth of York

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Henry VII delayed not only his wedding to Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, until after his coronation (on October 30, 1485), but...
Saturday, April 20, 2019

"A Relic of Papistry?" The Simnel Cake

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History Today shares this post about the history of the Simnel Cake, a lighter fruit cake enjoyed either on Laetare Sunday as a break fr...
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

One of the Last White Roses Decollated

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Tower Hill execution site. Image credit . Edward, the 17th Earl of Warwick, son of George, the Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville, an...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Bishop Robert Sherborne, RIP

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Robert Sherborne or Shirbun, later the Bishop of Chichester, was born in around 1440 and rose quickly through the clerical ranks and in r...
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Monday, May 21, 2018

Monsignor Knox and King Henry VI

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If Henry VII would have had his way, we would be celebrating the feast of Henry VI today. The son of Henry V died on May 21, 1471 in the ...
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Saturday, April 9, 2016

505 Years Ago Today at Cambridge

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St. John's College was established on April 9, 1511 through the efforts of Margaret Beaufort and St. John Fisher. According to the col...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

A Tea at Trianon Review: Elizabeth of York

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Elena Maria Vidal reviews Alison Weir's biography of Elizabeth of York, Henry VII's queen. To quote : I found the biography to b...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

St. Joan of Arc and the English Reformation

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Just a quick note about St. Joan of Arc and the English Reformation--listening to the EWTN radio broadcast of Mass yesterday I heard the c...
Monday, May 5, 2014

King St. Henry VI?

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  Desmond Seward writes about the veneration of Henry VI in spite of his failings as a monarch in the April issue of the BBC History M...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

William Cornysh and Our Sorrowful Mother

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That's not William Cornysh on the cover of The Tallis Scholars CD of music by William Cornysh: that's King Henry VII. Cornysh the...
Saturday, February 9, 2013

The Battle of Bosworth Field Fought Again

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It's the Plantagenets against the Tudors again: Richard III vs. Henry VII. This blog post from History Today sums up the debate pret...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Erasmus and More Meet Prince Henry

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From Tea at Trianon comes this link to a painting by Frank Cadogan Cowper: The painting shows the interior of the medieval palace of G...
Monday, July 23, 2012

Blessed Margaret Pole's Brother

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H/T to Tea at Trianon for this link. The Telegraph has a story about the last Plantagenet prince and Angers' bid for the British Crown...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

The State of England, 1509

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Since Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty, died on April 21, 1509, his 18 year old son, Henry, succeeded him on this date. His wedding w...