Henry VIII: dynasty and power in Tudor England
An introduction to the documents of Henry VIII’s reign through the story of his struggles to secure personal power, to make the right marriage, and to pass the crown to a male heir.
View ArticleLocality, land and livelihood: sources for early local history
An introduction to medieval and early modern sources relating to English and Welsh local history. Sean Cunningham and James Ross explore the vast collection of accounts, surveys, court rolls,...
View ArticleHenry VIII: Dynasty and power in Tudor England
Henry VIII is one of the best-known monarchs in history. By the time Henry reached his early thirties, he had realised that his search for glory would fail unless he secured the future of his dynasty....
View ArticleHenry VIII and Anne Boleyn: clothing, courtship and consequences
This talk draws on a range of documents in the collection of The National Archives to explore the clothing choices of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. It considers the types of clothing that they wore, the...
View ArticleGeography, art and the sinking of the Mary Rose
King Henry VIII watched as the Mary Rose, pride of his Navy, suddenly capsized and sank whilst engaging a French invasion fleet off Portsmouth. This talk brings together Tudor art, geography, history...
View ArticleThe Children of Henry VIII
John Guy tells the story of the family drama of England’s wealthiest and most powerful king. It is a tale of jealousy, mutual distrust and often bitter sibling rivalry, simmering beneath the...
View ArticleThe Battle of Flodden
500 years ago, English and Scottish armies fought a massive battle near Flodden on the border. The Scottish king, James IV was killed along with many of his nobles. The English king, Henry VIII was...
View Article‘A World of Their Design’: The men who shaped Tudor diplomacy
In a time of shifting politics and world changing events, three men would emerge as masterful diplomats, ambassadors and advisors who possessed a shrewd political acumen. They each shared a complex and...
View ArticleWebinar: Henry VIII – Dynasty and power in Tudor England
This webinar was delivered on 22 September 2016 by Dr Sean Cunningham. Sean is Head of the medieval and early modern team. His has published a number of articles on the Tudors, most recently a...
View ArticleA tormented Tudor queen’s treasonous ‘love letter’
In this episode, Neil Johnston and Christopher Day discuss a letter written by Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, to Thomas Culpeper, a groom of the King’s Privy chamber. The document was...
View ArticleReformation on the Record: Suzannah Lipscomb on Henry VIII and the break with...
Reformation on the Record was a two-day conference which brought together research using original records of Church and State from our collection to explore this period of religious, social and...
View ArticleThe Fall of Wolsey
490 years ago Thomas Wolsey – King Henry VIII’s former favourite – fell from grace following his failure to secure the king a divorce. This talk by Daniel Gosling examines the records held at The...
View ArticleWhat’s Online: Power, magnificence and Renaissance diplomacy – the Field of...
7-24 June 2020 marks the 500th anniversary of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, a dazzling summit where the French and English kings Francis I and Henry VIII met to celebrate peace between the two...
View ArticleWhat’s Online: Shut up – quarantine and social distancing during Tudor epidemics
How did the state react to epidemic outbreaks during the Medieval and Early Modern period? In this talk you’ll learn about Henry VIII’s attitudes to infectious disease, Tudor social distancing, and the...
View ArticleMeet the Author: Alison Weir – Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen
In this talk, Alison Weir discusses the fifth novel in her Six Tudor Queens series, ‘Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen’. In conversation with our record specialists, Alison sheds light on Henry’s...
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