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Anne Boleyn Was Not a Blonde (opens the original)
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One of the reasons why I don’t believe that the Buccleuch miniature, currently on display at Hever Castle, depicts Anne Boleyn, is because of the sitter’s hair colour.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="553" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$
New Arguments in the Anne Boleyn Miniature Debate: Our Lady of Boulogne and St Katherine’s Wheels (opens the original)
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Give-away announcementHello everyone, and welcome to my new post!According to my count, The Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton is about to reach its first major milestone — one of you is going to be my 1,000th subscriber!To celebrate this wonderful milestone, I’m hosting a giveaway! 🎉 One lucky winner will receive a copy of one of my books of their choice.To enter, simply comment on any of my posts published this week. At the end of the week, I’ll randomly draw one lucky winner from everyo
My new book is out NOW! (opens the original)
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My new book, entitled Dressed to Impress: Queen Elizabeth I and the Art of Fashioning Power, is out now in paperback and Kindle formats. Subscribe nowWhat is it about?For Elizabeth I, fashion was never simply about looking beautiful—it was a language of power.<div class="captioned-imag
Perkin Warbeck’s real name was Pierre Werbecque (opens the original)
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Perkin Warbeck was famous for impersonating Richard of York, one of the Princes in the Tower. The Princes were Edward V and his younger brother Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the two sons of King Edward IV and his queen, Elizabeth Woodville. Their disappearance in 1483 became one of the most enduring mysteries in English history and, more than a decade later, provided the foundation for Perkin Warbeck’s claim to be the younger prince, Richard.Thanks for reading Tudor Notes with Sylvia Bar
Anne Boleyn was never a ‘marquis’ of Pembroke (opens the original)
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In the context of Anne Boleyn’s ascent to power, a pivotal moment occurred on 1 September 1532 when Henry VIII elevated her to the peerage by bestowing upon her the marquisate of Pembroke. According to the traditional narrative, the title Anne received was masculine. Marchioness, not MarquisBritish writer Marie Louise Bruce, in her 1972 biography of Anne Boleyn aimed at a general readership, was the first person who stated that Anne’s title was male, writing that: ‘Stephen Gardiner, now Bishop o
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