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Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History

Cardinal Wolsey's musings on Tudor history, medieval history, early-modern history and anything else that takes his fancy

Henry VIII's Dockyards

Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 14:57 in 16th century history, henry viii, London, naval history

Portcities is a useful site if you are interested in the role of ports in British history. It is a partnership of port heritage websites, providing a web gateway to their collections, and will grow as...
Sunday Stumbles

Posted on Sunday November 25th, 2007 at 16:22 in early modern maps, London, sunday stumbles

Some interesting web pages I have come across recently....Firstly an interactive Map of Early Modern London from the University of Victoria in Canada. This is based on the famous Agas map held by the ...
London Olympics logo, 1512 style

Posted on Monday June 11th, 2007 at 16:54 in 1512 olympic games, London, tudor rose

With all the comment around the London Olympics 2012 logo, here's an idea for a simple Tudor-style logo for the 1512 Games - shown here on an attractive linen placemat.Typeface acknowledgment:Boert Tu...
Eighty Years in London

Posted on Thursday June 7th, 2007 at 16:23 in London

Saw this in today's Evening Standard. Simon Rigglesworth and like-minded photographers are trying to update the 1200 pictures in a book entitled Wonderful London, published in 1926.You can see them he...