# anne boleyn (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover anne boleyn. Page: Feed: --- ## [On This Day in History – 22 August – Battle of Bosworth Field, death of King Richard III, and accession of King Henry VII](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/08/22/on-this-day-in-history-22-august-battle-of-bosworth-field-death-of-king-richard-iii-and-accession-of-king-henry-vii/) _2026-08-22 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ Event – Battle of Bosworth Field, death of King Richard III, and accession of King Henry VII. Year – 1485. Location – Bosworth Field, near Ambion Hill, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England. 22 August was a pivotal day in English history. Henry Tudor had arrived in Wales with an army a few weeks previously and had \[…\] ## [Non-Fiction Reading on the Six Wives of Henry VIII](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/08/20/non-fiction-reading-on-the-six-wives-of-henry-viii/) _2026-08-20 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ Writing a book on the six queens of Henry VIII I thought it might be good to provide an insight into some of the books I’ve been reading as part of my research. I am aware there are other books on each of the wives that I could have recommended, but these are ones that \[…\] ## [HOW THE MEDIA HELPED ELECT TRUMP IN 2024](https://susanbordo.substack.com/p/how-the-media-helped-elect-trump) _2026-08-16 · Susan Bordo · BordoLines_ From the BordoLines archives: A remembering and a warning about the power and danger of media narratives. ## [What If … Henry, Duke of Cornwall, hadn’t died in 1511?](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/08/16/what-if-henry-duke-of-cornwall-hadnt-died-in-1511/) _2026-08-16 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ But lived to become King of England? Henry, Duke of Cornwall, was the son of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, born on New Year’s Day 1511. He lived for 52 days before dying on 22 February 1511. This was a huge blow to Henry and Katherine, but there was no reason at that time \[…\] ## [Media Review – ‘Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Story’ \[2011\]](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/08/12/media-review-jack-the-ripper-the-definitive-story-2011/) _2026-08-12 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ Something slightly different today in that it’s not Tudor! I often revert to watching true crime when I’m struggling with something, which may be a little weird! This is a documentary that I have seen a number of times because it is quite definitive on the facts of the case. The mystery of who Jack \[…\] ## [On Puppies and Maidservants in Nolan’s “The Odyssey”](https://susanbordo.substack.com/p/on-puppies-and-maidservants-in-nolans) _2026-08-10 · Susan Bordo · BordoLines_ This is the first part of a collaborative project by Susan Bordo & Laurel Brett on Christopher Nolan’s inventions, re-shapings, and omissions in adapting Homer’s poem. ## [Guest Post – Beverley Adams on Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/08/09/guest-post-beverley-adams-on-elizabeth-stuart-the-winter-queen/) _2026-08-09 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ I’m delighted to welcome back the lovely Beverley Adams to my blog and Substack! I have previously done Q&As with Beverley around her books on Lady Jane Grey, Elizabeth of York, and the race for Elizabeth I’s throne, but this time Beverley has moved forward into the Stuart period to discuss Elizabeth Stuart, sister of \[…\] ## [Guest Post Q&A with Beverley Adams](https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/guest-post-q-and-a-with-beverley-261) _2026-08-09 · Helene Harrison · Tudor Blogger: The History Notes_ Author of 'The Winter Queen and Her Legacy: The Children of Elizabeth Stuart' ## [Whitby & Blakeney Greasy Pole Competitions](https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/whitby-blakeney-greasy-pole-competitions/) _2026-08-08 · Averil · Calendar Customs_ The Greasy Pole is a long-established and well known concept but surprisingly few competitions take place nowadays, with two well-loved contests held as part of the Regatta in each of \[ \] ## [This is not Anne Boleyn: Part 2](https://thetudors.substack.com/p/this-is-not-anne-boleyn-part-2) _2026-08-07 · Sylvia Barbara Soberton · Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton_ The meaning of symbolism. ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VF4mmJGDoSqP) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Book Review – ‘Mary Boleyn: The Queen’s Slandered Sister’ by Sylvia Barbara Soberton](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/08/05/book-review-mary-boleyn-the-queens-slandered-sister-by-sylvia-barbara-soberton/) _2026-08-05 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ Publisher: The History Press Period: Tudors Thanks to The History Press for gifting me a copy of this book to review. A new work on Mary Boleyn is long overdue. She is a woman who cries out for more research on her, and a tackling of the myths that have built up around her. So, \[…\] ## [Book Review - ‘Mary Boleyn: The Queen’s Slandered Sister’](https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-review-mary-boleyn-the-queens) _2026-08-05 · Helene Harrison · Tudor Blogger: The History Notes_ By Sylvia Barbara Soberton ## [Guest Post – Tony Riches on Queen Anne of Denmark](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/08/03/guest-post-tony-riches-on-queen-anne-of-denmark/) _2026-08-03 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ Today I’m joined on my blog and Substack by Tony Riches, a historical novelist, who has now ventured out of the Tudor period and into the Stuarts, with the first book in his Stuart Queens trilogy, Queen Anna, telling the story of James I’s wife, Anne of Denmark. I asked Tony why he has ventured \[…\] ## [Guest Post Q&A with Tony Riches](https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/guest-post-q-and-a-with-tony-riches-ba8) _2026-08-03 · Helene Harrison · Tudor Blogger: The History Notes_ Author of 'Queen Anna' ## [July 2026 Newsletter](https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/july-2026-newsletter) _2026-07-31 · Helene Harrison · Tudor Blogger: The History Notes_ Lots of anniversaries this month! ## [Ask Me Anything - What Did You Want to Know?](https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/ask-me-anything-what-did-you-want) _2026-07-30 · Helene Harrison · Tudor Blogger: The History Notes_ Answering your questions! ## [This is not Anne Boleyn](https://thetudors.substack.com/p/this-is-not-anne-boleyn) _2026-07-29 · Sylvia Barbara Soberton · Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton_ Is the so called 'Buccleuch miniature' a contemporary likeness of Anne Boleyn? ## [Berwick Minden Day Parade](https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/berwick-minden-day-parade/) _2026-07-29 · Averil · Calendar Customs_ Minden Day is 1st August and it s the anniversary of the Battle of Minden in 1759, in the Seven Years War against the French; the battle was a significant turning \[ \] ## [From the BordoLines Archives: Some Scenes From this Season of ‘The Pitt” That Got Me in the Feels](https://susanbordo.substack.com/p/from-the-bordolines-archives-some) _2026-07-28 · Susan Bordo · BordoLines_ As we lead up to the Emmy Awards, I’ll be writing new stacks and reposting previously published stacks on the nominated shows. “The Pitt” has been nominated for 25 awards. ## [On This Day in History – 28 July – Execution of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/07/28/on-this-day-in-history-28-july-execution-of-thomas-cromwell-1st-earl-of-essex/) _2026-07-28 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ Event – Execution of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex Year – 1540. Location – Tower Hill, London, England. Thomas Cromwell is often blamed for the execution of Anne Boleyn in 1536, and his death is sometimes seen as retribution for those actions. However, the deaths of both Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell can, and \[…\] ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OINbqeqvakKj) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Anne Boleyn did not play Perseverance in 1522](https://thetudors.substack.com/p/anne-boleyn-did-not-play-perseverance) _2026-07-27 · Sylvia Barbara Soberton · Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton_ One of the biggest myths about Anne Boleyn is that she played the role of a Perseverance in the Château Vert pageant in March 1522. ## [Guest Post – Laura Adkins on Richard Rich](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/07/25/guest-post-laura-adkins-on-richard-rich/) _2026-07-25 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ Today I welcome Laura Adkins back to my blog. Laura wrote her first post for my blog on the Parr siblings which you can read here. Her first book was Kateryn Parr: Henry VIII’s Sixth Queen (2024) and her most recent release (20 July 2026) is Edward VI’s Lord Chancellor, Richard Rich: Villain or Loyal \[…\] ## [Guest Post with Laura Adkins](https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/guest-post-with-laura-adkins) _2026-07-25 · Helene Harrison · Tudor Blogger: The History Notes_ Author of 'Edward VI’s Lord Chancellor, Richard Rich: Villain or Loyal Servant?' ## [My 'research note' in The Ricardian](https://thetudors.substack.com/p/my-research-note-in-the-ricardian) _2026-07-24 · Sylvia Barbara Soberton · Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton_ I’m back from my Croatian holiday to this most wonderful news! ## [Christopher Nolan Rubs Me The Wrong Way](https://susanbordo.substack.com/p/christopher-nolan-rubs-me-the-wrong) _2026-07-21 · Susan Bordo · BordoLines_ He turns complicated men into grandiose messengers & essential women into pretty footnotes.. And whether Oppie or Odysseus, in the end they are all…Christopher Nolan. Warning: I am going to rant. ## [Book Review – ‘The Queen’s Painter’ by Wendy Holden](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/07/21/book-review-the-queens-painter-by-wendy-holden/) _2026-07-21 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ Publisher: Mountain Leopard Press Period: Tudors Thank you to Mountain Leopard Press and Headline Publishing for gifting me a copy of this for review. Told from the point of view of the painter, Hans Holbein the Younger, this is an imaginative look at the years after Anne Boleyn’s execution when both Holbein and the poet \[…\] ## [Book Review - 'The Queen's Painter'](https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-review-the-queens-painter) _2026-07-21 · Helene Harrison · Tudor Blogger: The History Notes_ By Wendy Holden ## [Media Review – ‘Lucy Worsley Investigates’ Series 1 \[2022\]](https://tudorblogger.substack.com/p/media-review-lucy-worsley-investigates) _2026-07-17 · Helene Harrison · Tudor Blogger: The History Notes_ The first series where Lucy Worsley investigates cases including the Berwick Witch Trials, the Black Death, the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower and the madness of King George. ## [Queen Anna: New book release from Tony Riches](https://thetudors.substack.com/p/queen-anna-new-book-release-from) _2026-07-16 · Sylvia Barbara Soberton · Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton_ Stuart Queens Trilogy ## [Tribute to Sam Neill's Wolsey](https://thetudors.substack.com/p/tribute-to-sam-neills-wolsey) _2026-07-15 · Sylvia Barbara Soberton · Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton_ I could not believe my eyes when I’ve read that actor Sam Neill died yesterday at the age of 78. ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pSCNDFJyHGoC) _2026-07-15 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [A whole year of ‘The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn’!](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/07/15/a-whole-year-of-the-many-faces-of-anne-boleyn/) _2026-07-15 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ What a whirlwind! I can’t believe today (15 July 2026) marks a whole year since the publication of my last book The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn: Interpreting Image and Perception! This was the book I really wanted to write, built on my undergraduate and master’s dissertations from over a decade ago. I am so \[…\] ## [Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and the “Progressive”/“Establishment” Myth That Divided “The Left” and Still Dominates Political Discourse.](https://susanbordo.substack.com/p/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-and) _2026-07-14 · BordoLines_ As (self-identified) “progressives” put us in peril of more GOP wins, I remind those who need reminding of what happened in 2016. \[This stack is excerpted & slightly added to from my 2017 book.\] ## [Disabled Valois queens](https://thetudors.substack.com/p/disabled-valois-queens) _2026-07-13 · Sylvia Barbara Soberton · Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton_ July is celebrated as Disability Pride Month, commemorating the historic signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on 26 July 1990. ## [Norwich: Snap the Dragon](https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/norwich-snap-the-dragon/) _2026-07-13 · Averil · Calendar Customs_ In medieval times, an integral part of the elaborate pageants held in the city of Norwich was Snap, an appropriately named dragon with hinged jaws associated with the Guild of \[ \] ## [Three Bears](https://susanbordo.substack.com/p/three-bears) _2026-07-06 · Susan Bordo · BordoLines_ I loved “The Bear” from first to last season. All the characters are memorable & I could write about any of them with delight. Here it’s Sydney, Carmy, & Richie {ALERT: THIS STACK IS ONE BIG SPOILER} ## [The Historical Inspiration Behind Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon](https://thetudors.substack.com/p/the-historical-inspiration-behind) _2026-07-03 · Sylvia Barbara Soberton · Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton_ Anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. Beyond the politics, drama, and dragons, one of the things I find most fascinating about both series is the way they draw on real history—especially in the women they portray. ## [What Makes a Man “Masculine”—And Why We Just Can’t Quit Asking](https://susanbordo.substack.com/p/what-makes-a-man-masculineand-why) _2026-06-28 · Susan Bordo · BordoLines_ An illustrated conversation between Susan Bordo and David Masciotra about the frustrating resilience/recurrence of the “real man” debate ## [Sylvia's Super Summer Sale!](https://thetudors.substack.com/p/sylvias-super-summer-sale) _2026-06-27 · Sylvia Barbara Soberton · Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton_ 🌞 Sylvia’s Super Summer Sale is here! ## [Is William Carey buried at Hunsdon Church?](https://thetudors.substack.com/p/is-william-carey-buried-at-hunsdon) _2026-06-22 · Sylvia Barbara Soberton · Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton_ William Carey, first husband of Mary Boleyn, died on 22 June 1528 of sweating sickness. ## [My Husband Once Gave Me Dish-Towels for Xmas](https://susanbordo.substack.com/p/my-husband-once-gave-me-dish-towels) _2026-06-21 · Susan Bordo · BordoLines_ Do you live with and love a neurodivergent partner or parent? You might identify with me! Originally published in 2023, now with a Father’s Day update on that pizza oven. ## [How “Playboy” Made Misogyny Socially Acceptable](https://susanbordo.substack.com/p/how-playboy-made-misogyny-socially) _2026-06-18 · Susan Bordo · BordoLines_ Donald Trump wasn’t the first to tell men they had a right to be mad as hell and didn’t have to take it anymore. ## [Deborah Does Pride](https://susanbordo.substack.com/p/deborah-does-pride) _2026-06-16 · Susan Bordo · BordoLines_ She’s here. She’s queer. She’s also a Zionist. Get Used to It. BordoLines is delighted to publish this guest stack by Deborah Levinson! ## [Annan Border Gathering and Fun Day](https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/annan-border-gathering-and-fun-day/) _2026-06-15 · Averil · Calendar Customs_ Gatherings don t only happen in the Highlands, and the event at Annan is a good example of a lowland version, with a Parade of the Clans with their flags, a \[ \] ## [Brixham Orange Parade](https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/brixham-orange-parade/) _2026-06-15 · Averil · Calendar Customs_ Brixham in Devon is the site of King William III s unopposed landing on English soil with his Dutch army in the Glorious Revolution of 1688; William of Orange and his \[ \] ## [Anne Boleyn Commemorations- Blickling and Tower of London](https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/anne-boleyn-commemorations-blickling-and-tower-of-london/) _2026-06-14 · Averil · Calendar Customs_ In 1536 on 19th of May, Queen Anne Boleyn was executed at the Tower of London, the first Queen of England to be beheaded. A French executioner struck off her \[ \] ## [Dunfermline: St Margaret Pilgrimage](https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/dunfermline-st-margaret-pilgrimage/) _2026-06-14 · Averil · Calendar Customs_ Saint Margaret of Scotland was the Queen of Malcolm III; she s known as the Patroness or Pearl of Scotland, and is the only female Scottish saint. Born into the English \[ \] ## [Canterbury St Augustine’s Day Pilgrimage](https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/canterbury-st-augustines-day-pilgrimage/) _2026-06-13 · Averil · Calendar Customs_ Augustine was a sixth century monk who was appointed by the Pope to lead the mission to Christianise Britain, and became the very first Archbishop of Canterbury in 597. Augustine \[ \] ## [London: St Giles-in-the-Fields Oak Apple Day](https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/london-st-giles-in-the-fields-oak-apple-day/) _2026-06-13 · Averil · Calendar Customs_ Oak Apple Day on 29th May commemorates the Restoration to the throne of King Charles II who evaded capture after the Battle of Worcester by hiding from the Parliamentarian troops \[ \] ## [Glastonbury Zombie Walk](https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/glastonbury-zombie-walk/) _2026-06-13 · Averil · Calendar Customs_ There are many opportunities to dress up for Hallowe en all over the country, with fancy dress parties, trick or treating and costume competitions galore, but as far as I know \[ \] ## [Did Susanna Horenbout serve at the court of Margaret of Austria? A Guest Post by Sylvia Barbara Soberton.](https://notesofatimetraveller.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/did-susanna-horenbout-serve-at-the-court-of-margaret-of-austria-a-guest-post-by-sylvia-barbara-soberton/) _2025-12-10 · Lucy Menadue · Notes of a Time Traveller_ Today, it is an absolute honour and privilege to welcome writer, Sylvia Barbara Soberton to Notes of a Time Traveller. Sylvia has written many books on the Tudor period, including – The Forgotten Years of Anne Boleyn, Medical Downfall of the Tudors, Women of the Wars of the Roses and the Forgotten Tudor Women series. This week saw the release of Continue reading "Did Susanna Horenbout serve at the…