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The Victoria and Albert Museum in London opened the redesigned Medieval and Renaissance Galleries this week.Rachel Campbell-Johnston at The Times Online has posted an article and video introducing th…
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CardinalWolsey has posted a new entry on: Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History
Cooking the Books is the blog of the Tudor Kitchens cookery project at Hampton Court Palace.Learn how they interpret original recipes like this one:Roast BeefSalmon Fress BoiledCapon StewedRyse of Gen…
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CardinalWolsey has posted a new entry on: Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History
A relaxing way to spend a cold winter evening is to pour a (large) glass of sherry and get stuck into a jigsaw featuring one of Hendrick Avercamp's wonderful paintings of 17th century Dutch winter lan…
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CardinalWolsey has posted a new entry on: Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History
I recently stumbled the Virtual Exhibitions page of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BNF to its friends), which conveniently has an English translation button.The site a) looks fab and b) has pl…
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CardinalWolsey has posted a new entry on: Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History
Today we have a mystery photo: can anyone identify the location? It has a famous Tudor connection...[Photo Copyright the author]
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CardinalWolsey has posted a new entry on: Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History
Every history fan should have one of these Medieval Trebuchets on their desk, or alternatively an equally effective Roman Onager - according the the blurb the range is up to 20 feet, so plenty of sco…
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CardinalWolsey has posted a new entry on: Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History
One of the fun things you can do with a website tracking tool such as Statcounter is to look at the sometimes odd search strings or keywords people enter into Google (or occasionally Yahoo, or sometim…
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CardinalWolsey has posted a new entry on: Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History
Kew Palace is a striking terracotta Dutch-gable style house in the grounds of Kew Gardens, London.It was built in 1663 by a merchant and later leased by George III, who acceeded the throne in 1760.It…
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CardinalWolsey has posted a new entry on: Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History
Loyal subjects can now follow Henry VIII's coronation on Twitter (!), courtesy of the Historic Royal Palaces press office. Today is the day before Henry's coronation, and he reflects on becoming King.…
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CardinalWolsey has posted a new entry on: Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History
Stonehenge was in danger of being toppled this weekend as 36,000 wannabee Druids converged on the site to celebrate the Solstice. BBC Wiltshire presents some scary photos and a video interview with…
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CardinalWolsey has posted a new entry on: Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History
This weekend in London is a grand event which should draw a substantial crowd of nobility and groundlings alike.A reenactment of Henry VIII's royal progess up the River Thames from The Tower to Hampto…
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