# henry viii (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover henry viii. 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 \[…\] ## [UPDATE: Getting a Serial Number from the Command-Line](https://jimcofer.com/2026/08/17/update-getting-a-serial-number-from-the-command-line/) _2026-08-17 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ Hi Folks! Waaaay back in 2015 I wrote this post that shows you how to get an OEM serial number or service tag from the command-line in most flavors of Windows. That particular trick is now dead for most Windows 11 users. It relies on WMIC – Windows Management Instrumentation Command-Line – which Microsoft has … Continue reading "UPDATE: Getting a Serial Number from the Command-Line" ## [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 \[…\] ## [Maria McKee and “Dodgeball”](https://jimcofer.com/2026/08/09/maria-mckee-and-dodgeball/) _2026-08-09 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ Currently there s a hipster secondhand clothing store called 2nd Street at 1057 Ponce de Leon Ave., in Atlanta, close to Plaza Theatre and across Cleburne Terrace from The Majestic: From 1977 to 1993, Atlanta s regional record chain was Turtle s Records and Tapes. And the place that is now 2nd Street wasn t just a Turtle s, it Continue reading "Maria McKee and Dodgeball " ## [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 \[…\] ## [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, \[…\] ## [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 \[…\] ## [Ask Me Anything – What Did You Want to Know?](https://tudorblogger.com/2026/07/30/ask-me-anything-what-did-you-want-to-know/) _2026-07-30 · Helene Harrison · TudorBlogger_ Answering your questions! I put a call out on Facebook, Instagram, and Substack a few weeks ago to see if there was anything people wanted to know, about history, my research and writing, any of my books. My fourth book, ‘Henry VIII’s Quest for an Heir: The King’s Great Matter’ is out a month today \[…\] ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JV8n988XGRed) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [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 \[…\] ## [Has Homer's Ithaca been found at last?](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/has-homers-ithaca-been-found-at-last) _2026-07-27 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ Two scholars believe they have identified Odysseus' elusive homeland – shattering a longstanding Homeric myth in the process. ## [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 \[…\] ## [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 \[…\] ## [America's Roman Revolution](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/the-founders-rome) _2026-07-17 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ The ancient republic that showed America why to rebel and how to govern ## [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 \[…\] ## [Not Coda](https://ranthonyings.com/2026/07/not-coda/) _2026-07-13 · RAnthony · RAnt(hony)-ings_ "The report of my death was an exaggeration" - Mark Twain The post Not Coda appeared first on RAnt(hony)-ings . ## [Emma Soyer: Rebuilding an Oeuvre](https://adamfineart.wordpress.com/2026/07/04/emma-soyer-rebuilding-an-oeuvre/) _2026-07-04 · adamfineart · Painted Eloquence_ A recorded lecture providing a brief insight into the process of rebuilding the oeuvre of female artist Emma Soyer, nee Jones (c. 1809-1842). The lecture is presented by Dominic Sanchez-Cabello and Adam Busiakiewicz and was originally devised and delivered for the Royal Academy in June 2026. ## [The Birth of the Book](https://jimcofer.com/2026/06/28/the-birth-of-the-book/) _2026-06-28 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ On November 10, 1951 Sir Hugh Beaver went hunting. At one point an argument broke out in the hunting party over which bird was the fastest European game bird . This was the 1950s, long before the Internet, and Sir Hugh, the managing director of the Guinness beer empire, realized that similar arguments must break out Continue reading "The Birth of the Book" ## [A rediscovered portrait of Alexis Soyer by his wife Emma](https://adamfineart.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/a-rediscovered-portrait-of-alexis-soyer-by-his-wife-emma/) _2026-06-22 · adamfineart · Painted Eloquence_ I’m joining forces with my friend Dominic Sanchez-Cabello this week in a talk at the Royal Academy, bringing to life our work on rebuilding the oeuvre of Emma Soyer (c. 1809-1842). The audience of Bendor Grosvenor s connoisseurship course will receive our first public talk on the matter, which has been very fun putting together over Continue reading A rediscovered portrait of Alexis Soyer by his… ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7AOr1xX6d8jN) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Bread, Circuses, and the Claw](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/gladiatorial-games-on-the-white-house) _2026-06-20 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ What Roman emperors knew about putting on a show. ## [Hotel @ Home](https://ranthonyings.com/2026/06/hotel-home/) _2026-06-03 · RAnthony · RAnt(hony)-ings_ Major appliances should last longer than 8 years, right? Engineered obsolescence strikes again. The post Hotel @ Home appeared first on RAnt(hony)-ings . ## [Deleting a Specific Jump List](https://jimcofer.com/2026/05/26/deleting-a-specific-jump-list/) _2026-05-26 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ Jump Lists are the list of documents that appear when you right-click a taskbar icon in Windows 1x. They re a handy tool, but as far as I know, Microsoft still doesn t provide a way to delete only the jump list of a specific app. Consider: you re hosting a Zoom call and will share your desktop Continue reading "Deleting a Specific Jump List" ## [Artificial Intelligence?](https://ranthonyings.com/2026/04/artificial-intelligence/) _2026-04-29 · RAnthony · RAnt(hony)-ings_ Artificial intelligence is neither artificial nor intelligent. It is an all too human collection of hallucinations. The post Artificial Intelligence? appeared first on RAnt(hony)-ings . ## [The World’s Longest Home Run](https://jimcofer.com/2026/04/25/the-worlds-longest-home-run/) _2026-04-25 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ This is Bob Montag. He played for the Atlanta Crackers, a minor league baseball team, in the 1950s. He was a below-average outfielder, but was known for hitting very long home runs. In fact, he once hit a home run that traveled 520 miles! Sort of. Montag hit a home run during a game in Continue reading "The World s Longest Home Run" ## [Little Donnie Bombs Iran](https://ranthonyings.com/2026/04/little-donnie-bombs-iran/) _2026-04-11 · RAnthony · RAnt(hony)-ings_ Little Donnie Trump did the dumb and bombed Iran because he thought it would be good for his political future. Good luck with that. The post Little Donnie Bombs Iran appeared first on RAnt(hony)-ings . ## [When A Freedom Dividend Would Come in Handy?](https://ranthonyings.com/2026/04/when-a-freedom-dividend-would-come-in-handy/) _2026-04-11 · RAnthony · RAnt(hony)-ings_ When there are no jobs to be had, when there is a raging pandemic outside your doors, having the ability to pay for things is lifesaving. The post When A Freedom Dividend Would Come in Handy? appeared first on RAnt(hony)-ings . ## [PFLAG Support](https://ranthonyings.com/2026/04/pflag-support/) _2026-04-08 · RAnthony · RAnt(hony)-ings_ I had determined that a support group was what I needed. Now I just needed to find one that I could attend. The post PFLAG Support appeared first on RAnt(hony)-ings . ## [It’s a Mystery: Part 2](https://ranthonyings.com/2026/04/its-a-mystery-2/) _2026-04-07 · RAnthony · RAnt(hony)-ings_ Exploring the mystery of life has kept me going for all of my years on this Earth. Nothing beats a good mystery story. The post It’s a Mystery: Part 2 appeared first on RAnt(hony)-ings . ## [Unruly](https://ranthonyings.com/2026/03/unruly/) _2026-03-30 · RAnthony · RAnt(hony)-ings_ Goodreads review for David Mitchell's book about the kings of England. If you're into British humor, this is the book for you. The post Unruly appeared first on RAnt(hony)-ings . ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Il8JiFsK5JSW) _2026-03-30 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Autokaffee](https://jimcofer.com/2026/03/08/autokaffee/) _2026-03-09 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ This is the Hertella Auto Kaffeemachine, a third-party option for German Volkswagens in the 50s or 60s, and the only known coffee maker for a passenger car: It has some clever tricks: the mug is held in place via magnet, and the entire unit is held in place by a simple bracket, to make washing Continue reading "Autokaffee" ## [Bullshitting for Melania](https://ranthonyings.com/2026/02/bullshitting-for-melania/) _2026-02-12 · RAnthony · RAnt(hony)-ings_ Melanie made a bullshit film that she was highly overpaid to appear in, and now the bullshitters are hyping it up. The post Bullshitting for Melania appeared first on RAnt(hony)-ings . ## [Henry VIII and Turkey Legs](https://jimcofer.com/2026/02/11/henry-viii-and-turkey-legs/) _2026-02-11 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ If I mention Henry VIII , you d likely think of a fat guy eating a turkey leg. But that s likely inaccurate. Turkeys are indigenous to North America. After several arguments over whether turkeys made it to England during Henry s lifetime, Tudor historians now generally agree that they probably did arrive late in Henry s reign. So he Continue reading "Henry VIII and Turkey Legs" ## [Bill Clinton, Little Donnie & Their Buddy Jeffrey Epstein](https://ranthonyings.com/2026/01/bill-clinton-little-donnie-their-buddy-jeffrey-epstein/) _2026-01-23 · RAnthony · RAnt(hony)-ings_ Bill Clinton is also not playing four dimensional chess. He's covering his own ass, just like the bastard has always done. The post Bill Clinton, Little Donnie & Their Buddy Jeffrey Epstein appeared first on RAnt(hony)-ings . ## [The London Necropolis Company](https://jimcofer.com/2026/01/16/the-london-necropolis-company/) _2026-01-16 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ By Queen Victoria s reign, London was running out of space to bury its dead, especially since engineers were digging up so much of the city to bury water sewer lines and some were even talking about burying entire trains! WHAT A WORLD! A group of investors bought a huge plot of land in Brookwood, Continue reading "The London Necropolis Company" ## [When Windows Misidentifies Your Monitors](https://jimcofer.com/2025/12/29/when-windows-misidentifies-your-monitors/) _2025-12-29 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ So, I have the world s worst power company. And surprise, surprise my power went off today. Because of this, I have a UPS backup for my PC and primary monitor. The secondary monitor isn t on the backup, so when the power went off, that monitor turned off immediately. I normally do a daily walk, so Continue reading "When Windows Misidentifies Your Monitors" ## [My Top Albums Of 2025](https://jimcofer.com/2025/12/15/my-top-albums-of-2025/) _2025-12-16 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ Wow! Check it out! After I published last year s roundup in February, I swore I d get this year s list done ON TIME! And hey, it appears I have done so! Part of me wonders why I still bother doing these. I used to get a few comments on the site and a few Facebook likes Continue reading "My Top Albums Of 2025" ## [The Upside-Down Traffic Light!](https://jimcofer.com/2025/12/12/the-upside-down-traffic-light/) _2025-12-12 · Jim Cofer · jimcofer.com_ Several early Americans including George Washington had the idea of a canal connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River and thus, the Atlantic Ocean via New York City. But it was four-time New York governor DeWitt Clinton who made it happen in the 1820s. Clinton sent recruitment teams to England to seek out Continue reading "The Upside-Down Traffic Light!" ## [Was this the key to Julius Caesar's victory?](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/was-this-the-key-to-julius-caesars) _2025-10-05 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ Napoleon certainly thought so. ## [Drowning in a Morass of Sexual Immorality](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/drowning-in-a-morass-of-sexual-immorality) _2025-09-28 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ A sentence which might describe either Ancient Rome or my doctoral thesis. ## [The Spy, the Mogul, the Wife, and the Worker](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/the-spy-the-mogul-the-wife-and-the) _2025-07-26 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ Extraordinary stories from one ancient Roman town ## [Cicero vs. Mark Antony: a very Roman character assassination](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/cicero-vs-mark-antony-a-very-roman) _2025-06-13 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ How the great orator Cicero turned a piece of old gossip into a ruinous political narrative, and what that tells us about Roman culture ## [The Implosion of Two-Man Rule](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/the-implosion-of-two-man-rule) _2025-06-06 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ First the insults, then civil war. ## [Ancient History Field Notes vol. 1](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/ancient-history-field-notes-vol-1) _2025-06-03 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ Alexander the Great, the ex-slave behind Sallust, and an extraordinary feat of Roman craft. ## [The Treasures of Vienna](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/the-treasures-of-vienna) _2025-05-17 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ The greatest Roman cameo, a shady Titian, a sexy Tintoretto, and some dubious life advice from my father. ## [How to think like a Roman](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/how-to-think-like-a-roman) _2025-05-13 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ Valerius Maximus and the practical ethics of the Ancient Romans ## [Why do we call Rome the Eternal City?](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/why-do-we-call-rome-the-eternal-city) _2025-04-27 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ How ancient politics collided with early Christian theology to shape our modern vision of Rome. ## [Musk and the Fall of Rome](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/musk-and-the-fall-of-rome) _2025-04-24 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ Romulus, the new right, and the seductive rhetoric of decline. ## [Come and Take Them: The Battle of Thermopylae and the making of a political myth](https://allancienthistory.substack.com/p/come-and-take-them-thermopylae-and) _2025-04-18 · Honor Cargill-Martin · It's All Ancient History_ A disastrous defeat, dinner in Hades, and a foundational myth for the West. ## [A Self Portrait by John Westbrooke Chandler Reappears](https://adamfineart.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/a-self-portrait-by-john-westbrooke-chandler-reappears/) _2025-03-08 · adamfineart · Painted Eloquence_ I was very pleased to spot a misattributed Self Portrait by John Westbrooke Chandler whilst scrolling through the newly digitized Witt Library the other week. This portrait, which clearly relates to another signed version which sold at Christie s a few years ago, was parading around as a work by John Opie during the 1950s. It Continue reading A Self Portrait by John Westbrooke Chandler Reappears