The History Hive

Join me, Katie, this week as I explore the changes and differences of Tudor fashion from the 1500s-1540s and look at the variation between different areas and discuss influences throughout Europe in this time period.

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Sources used:

Fitnyc.edu. (2018). 16th century | Fashion History Timeline. [online] Available at: https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/category/16th-century/. 

Come with us this week to explore the wonderful Shaw House! Walk through the house with Sarah Sommerville and learn about the many eras the house has been through, and their different histories.
Follow along our tour with this document: Shaw House Guide to see images and comments on the house's many, amazing rooms!

Shaw house has a summer of events planned planned this year including an Antiques Market on Sunday 14th August, talks from the 'Dressed for Shaw' costume exhibition series on Friday 12th August and Friday 16th September and an outdoor theatre performance of Rapunzel on Wednesday 17th August. In addition, there are a number of family activity days, an outdoor sculpture exhibition and heritage opening days. Check the website for opening times and event details - Shaw House (westberkshireheritage.org) 

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie 

Join us this week to discuss Lady Mary Grey, the only one of the 3 sisters to die a Lady. Mary is determined, intelligent and brave, managing to form a great relationship with Elizabeth despite coming from a family of traitors.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Bloks, M. (2017). ‘The Grey Sisters - Katherine and Mary (part 2)’, 22 December 2017. Available at: https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/mary-grey/grey-sisters-katherine-mary-part-2/ (Accessed: 17 July 2022)

Foster, A. (2018). ‘Lady Mary Grey: Dwarf, Youngest Sister, Star-Crossed Lover, Tudor Heiress’. Available at: https://annfosterwriter.com/2020/06/14/mary-grey/ (Accessed: 17 July 2022)

Lisle, L. (2019) The Sisters who would be Queen, 26 September 2019. (Accessed: 17 July 2022)

Throne, Laura, Female captivity and the rhetoric of supplication: the cases of Lady Arbella Stuart and Lady Mary Grey, 2012

Join us this week to discuss how Lady Katherine Grey went from second in line to the throne, to imprisoned for life and barred from seeing her husband.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Abernethy, Susan. “Lady Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford.” The Freelance History Writer, 25 Jan. 2020, https://thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2020/01/24/lady-katherine-grey-countess-of-hertford/  Accessed 16 July 2022.

Gregory, P. (2019). ‘Death of Katherine Grey’, 26 January 2019. Available at: https://www.philippagregory.com/news/death-of-katherine-grey (Accessed: 14 July 2022)

Heir Unapparent, Elizregina, 2/4/2013, Available at: https://elizregina.com/tag/katherine-grey/ (Accessed: 13/7/22)

Schutte, W. M. (1984) ‘Thomas Churchyard’s ‘Dollfull Discourse’ and the Death of Lady Katherine Grey’. The Sixteenth Century Journal, 15(4), pp. 471 - 487. https://doi.org/10.2307/2540362 

Tudor Times, 2015, Lady Katherine Grey: A Tudor Prisoner, Great Britain, Tudor Times LTD

Join us this week to discuss Kat Ashley, the incredibly influential caretaker of (and mother figure to) Elizabeth I. Listen to our discussion on history and the monarchy today, and let us know your opinions!

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Doren, Anna, Gloriana’s First Scandal: The Thomas Seymour Incident, (30/4/2016), Hartford College

Griggs, Rosemary, Who was Kat Ashley?, (2/2/22), Available at: https://rosemarygriggs.co.uk/blog/21/ [Accessed: 5/7/22]

Levin, C. (2022). Women Friends of Queen Elizabeth. In: The Reign and Life of Queen Elizabeth I. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93009-7_14 

Simpkin, John, Katherine Ashley, Spartacus Educational, Available at: https://spartacus-educational.com/Katherine_Ashley.htm [Accessed: 5/7/22]

The Tudor Enthusiast. (2012). The Life and Death of Kat Ashley. [online] Available at: https://thetudorenthusiast.weebly.com/blog/the-life-and-death-of-kat-ashley  [Accessed 8 Jul. 2022].

Join us this week to hear from the amazing Lauren Belfer on her new book, Ashton Hall. We discuss her experiences living in a historic English manor,  how she came to tell the story of everyday women during Tudor times, and much more. 

Thank you to Lauren Belfer (@laurenbelfer1 on Instagram) for sharing so many interesting thoughts.  Ashton Hall is available now, and is highly recommended by the Tudor Talk Time team!

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Join us this week to talk about Bess Hardwick, one of the richest women during the reign of Elizabeth, and mastermind behind many of the beautiful manors we have today!

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

artuk.org. (n.d.). The life and legacy of Bess of Hardwick | Art UK. [online] Available at: https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-life-and-legacy-of-bess-of-hardwick. 

Bess of Hardwick, English Heritage, Available at: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/bess-of-hardwick/  [Accessed 20/6/22]

Bess of Hardwick, National Portrait Gallery, Available at: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04102/elizabeth-bess-talbot-nee-hardwick-countess-of-shrewsbury [Accessed 20/6/22]

Guy, J., 2004. The Life of Mary Queen of Scots: my heart is my own. London: Harper Perennial

History of Chatsworth: 16th Century, Chatsworth, Available at: https://www.chatsworth.org/about-us/chatsworth-house-trust/history-of-chatsworth/16th-century/ [Accessed 20/6/22]

Introducing Bess of Hardwick, National Trust, Available at: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hardwick/features/introducing-bess-of-hardwick  [Accessed 20/6/22]

Plowden, A. 1979. Tudor Women: Queens and Commoners. Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing

Weir, A., 1998. Elizabeth the Queen. London: Vintage

Weir, A., 2003. Mary, Queen of Scots and the murder of Lord Darnley. Kent: BCA

Join us this week to discuss the Stonewall Rebellion and the history of Pride Month as we know it today!

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Baume, M. 2020. What is Pride Month and the History of Pride? [online]. Them. Available from: https://www.them.us/story/the-complete-history-of-pride [Accessed: 13 June 2022]

FP Explainers. 2022. Explained: the history of Pride Month and why it is celebrated in June. [online]. Firstpost. Available from: https://www.firstpost.com/world/explained-the-history-of-pride-month-and-why-it-is-celebrated-in-june-10745851.html [Accessed: 13 June 2022]

History.com Editors. 2019. 7 facts about the Stonewall Riots and the fight for LGBTQ rights. [online]. History. Available at: https://history.com/news/stonewall-riots-facts-gay-rights-lgbt [Accessed: 13 June 2022]

History.com editors, Gay Rights (24/5/2022), History, Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/history-of-gay-rights  [Accessed 14/6/22]

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month, Library of Congress, Available at: https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/about/ [Accessed 14/6/22].

Masci, D., Sciupac, E.P. and Lipka, M. (2019). Same-Sex Marriage Around the World. [online] Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project. Available at: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/gay-marriage-around-the-world/ 

Pride Month: Who was Marsha P. Johnson and why were they so important? (30/6/2020), BBC, Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52981395 [Accessed 14/6/2022]

www.unifrog.org. (n.d.). The history of Pride : Unifrog Blog. [online] Available at: https://www.unifrog.org/know-how/the-history-of-pride ‌

This week we look at 3 LGBTQ+ figures. Lara looks at James I, Phoebe at Sappho and Katie at the Galli.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Borman, T. 2014, Witches: James I and the English Witch-Hunts. London: Random House.

Chards, M. (10 April 2018). The English King who treated himself with a harem of male courtiers. [online]. Cultura Colectiva. Available at: https://culturacolectiva.com/history/king-james-history-homosexuality/ [Accessed: 06 June 2022]

English Heritage. (n.d.). The Galli: Breaking Roman Gender Norms. [online] Available at: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/lgbtq-history/the-galli/

Epstein, K. (18 August 2018). The King and his husband: the gay history of British royals [online]. The Washington Post. Available at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/18/the-king-and-his-husband-the-gay-history-of-british-royals/ [Accessed: 06 June 2022]

Mendelsohn, Daniel. (9 August 2015). How Gay Was Sappho?. The New Yorker. Available at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/16/girl-interrupted [Accessed: 06 June 2022]

Pettinger, Tejvan. (15 February 2020). “Biography of Sappho”, Oxford, www.biographyonline.net. [Accessed: 06 June 2022]

Reid-Smith, T. (14 January 2017). The secret history of the gay Kings and Queens of England [online]. Gay Star News. Available at: https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/secret-history-gay-kings-queens-england/ [Accessed: 06 June 2022]

Sappho, Poets.org, Available at: https://poets.org/poet/sappho [Accessed: 06 June 2022]

Waxman, Tess M., "Sappho's Queer Female History" (2017). Young Historians Conference. 20. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/younghistorians/2017/oralpres/20 

This week we look at Anne Askew, the writer, poet and preacher. In her short 25 years, she resisted arrest and repeatedly frustrated the men in charge with her brave and stubborn behaviour. We look at some of her writing, including a short and very exclusive rendition of the ballad that she wrote before her trial.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie


Sources used:

Crowther, D. (2019). Anne Askew, Martyr and Author [online]. The History of England. Available from: https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/anne-askew-martyr-and-author/ [Accessed: 23 May 2022)

Kemp, Theresa D. Translating (Anne) Askew: The Textual Remains of a Sixteenth-Century Hereticand Saint. [Online]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Available from: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renaissance-quarterly/article/abs/translating-anne-askew-the-textual-remains-of-a-sixteenthcentury-heretic-and-saint/8D8F960EAB2E3FFDC862E2AB527CED38#article [Date Accessed: 23 May 2022]

Lambert, T. (14 March 2021). A Brief Biography of Anne Askew [online]. Local Histories. Available from: https://localhistories.org/a-brief-biography-of-anne-askew/ [Accessed: 23 May 2022]

The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society. May 24th -The Life of Anne Askew. [online]. (2020). Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLz74XUV0uY [date accessed: 23 May 2022]

The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society. July 17th - Anne Askew’s Courageous End. [online] (2019). Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29QImEPHhbE [Date Accessed: 23 May 2022]

The Examinations of Anne Askew. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

The Tudorials. (2017). 16th July, 1546: The Horrific Death of Anne Askew [online]. The Tudorials. Available from: https://thetudorials.com/2017/07/16/16th-july-1546-the-horrific-death-of-anne-askew/ [Accessed: 23 May 2022]