February 2022 – A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI

The Summer of 1483: Who Was Doing What, Where, With Whom and Why.

Today a guest post from Annette Carson, author of many excellent books about Richard III and his times including The Maligned King, Richard III: A Small Guide to a Great Debate, Richard Duke of Gloucester as Lord Protector & Constable of England and a new translation of Mancini. Annette was also a member of the LookingContinue reading “The Summer of 1483: Who Was Doing What, Where, With Whom and Why.”

WAS ‘LAMBERT SIMNEL’ A TUDOR HOAX?

‘So rude a matter and so strange a thinge, As a boy in Dublin to be made a kinge..’ * Old St Paul’s where the tragic Edward Earl of Warwick was displayed in February 1487 and with ‘Lambert Simnel’ on the 8 July 1487. ‘Old St Paul’s Cathedral Seen from the East 1656-58’ Wenceslaus Hollar.Continue reading “WAS ‘LAMBERT SIMNEL’ A TUDOR HOAX?”