March 2021 issue of 'Tudor Life'

 

The latest issue of 'Tudor Life' is out, with 'Pride' as its theme, and is about 70 pages long.

Check out a sample copy here: https://www.tudorsociety.com/tudor-life-march-2021-taster/

To learn more about 'The Tudor Society': www.tudorsociety.com

The Return of Anne Boleyn?

With the recent violent eruptions of Mount Etna in Sicily, one is reminded of a local legend.

According to the late 18th century traveller Patrick Brydone, those loving around the area believed that the soul of Anne Boleyn - because of her wickedness - was 'condemned to burn forever' in the volcano.

 

Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2021

 

Anne Boleyn (by an Unknown Artist) from The Dulwich Picture Gallery

 

The Royal Couple by Nicholas Hilliard

Portrait miniatures of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour by Nicholas Hilliard.

 

 

These are comparable to the likenesses made for the lost 'Bosworth Jewel' as shown below.

 

'My Lady Princess'

 

 

Designs for jewelry for 'Mi Ladi Prinsis' (the future Elizabeth I) by Hans Holbein. From The British Museum.

Made between Elizabeth's birth on Sept. 7, 1533 and Anne's downfall in May 1536 (when Elizabeth subsequently lost her royal title).

 

 

Illustration (by John Kenney) of the infant Elizabeth with Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn taken from The Story of the First Queen Elizabeth (Ladybird Books, 1958).

The Valois Royal Family of France

 

 Across the Channel from the Tudors - the Valois royal family.

 From top left, clockwise:

- Francis II with his wife Mary Queen of Scots

- Francis I with his wife Claude of France

- Charles IX with his wife Elisabeth of Austria

- Elisabeth (Isabella) of Valois (wife of Philip of Spain)

- Francis Hercules, Duke of Alençon

- Margaret of Valois (wife of Henry of Navarre)

- Claude of Valois with her husband Charles, Duke of Lorraine

-Henry III with his wife Louise of Lorraine

Center: Henry II with his wife Catherine de Medici