Social & Cultural Historian (C16th/20th), Author, Broadcaster, & Asst. Curator. Consultant: Wolf Hall (BBC) ❤️’s Art, Architecture, & Emotion.
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We’ve found the Book of Hours captured by Holbein in his famous portrait of #ThomasCromwell! Cromwell’s book is one of the few objects depicted in a Tudor portrait to survive. @TracyBorman has dubbed it “the most exciting Cromwell discovery in a generation - if not more.”
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After lunch, we’re on to wife number 4 - Anne of Cleves with @DrOwenEmmerson in conversation with @sixteenthcgirl on the true survivor of Henry VIII’s wives. This is part of the Six Queens, One King and his Ship weekend at @maryrosemuseum #maryrose #anneofcleves #sixwives #henryviii
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Dinner on board the Mary Rose (well, as close as you can actually get!). It was a fabulous experience to attend the dinner for @maryrosemuseum Six Queens, One King and his Ship weekend tonight. With a fabulous speech by @sixteenthcgirl and great company, including @DominicJonesUK @drowenemmerson @estelleprnq @drfsawtell , it was a great evening #maryrose
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I am really looking forward to the Mary Rose’s Six Queens, One King and His Ship weekend (18-19 July). There’s an amazing line up of speakers, as well as commemorative events including a trip out to the wreck site. You can come in person or online, with tickets available now.
I will be spilling the beans on Jane Seymour, who is the subject of my new academic book on her, which comes out the following week. I have A LOT of new information on Jane to share 😊
@MaryRoseMuseum @sixteenthCgirl @DrOwenEmmerson @DrEstellePrnq @garethrussell1 @DrLindaPorter1 #maryrose #maryroseship #sixqueens #sixwives #janeseymour
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A great start to our Tudor lecture series last week. Thanks to @DrOwenEmmerson and all who joined.
Next up, the darker side of Tudor England. On Thursday, Professor John Cooper explores the plots, conspiracies & intrigue that threatened Elizabeth I's reign bit.ly/elizabethan-england
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One week today, join historian and author @DrOwenEmmerson at Ripon Cathedral for a fascinating lecture exploring the image & legacy of one of England's most famous queens.
Featuring insights from @hevercastle and Ripon Cathedral's own Anne Boleyn portraits
riponcathedral.org.uk/events…
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It was so much fun to chair a panel today on From Anne to Jane to Anna: the dilemma of Mantel’s Cromwell with Elizabeth Goldring and @drowenemmerson as part of the @wolfhallweekend at All Hallows by the Tower of London.
We talked about the relationship between Anne Boleyn and Cromwell, my new research on Jane Seymour and Holbein’s role at the centre of the king’s court #wolfhallweekend #wolfhall #tudor #tudors #janeseymour
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Issue 22 is out now! It is filled with in-depth articles and features about fascinating Tudor places and the stories of their equally fascinating Tudor owners and visitors. Take a look at these wonderful articles and interviews:
bit.ly/4swnv4c
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The historic pubs of the Tower of London 🍻
Curator Alfred Hawkins shares more about the history of pubs at our fortress, including the discovery of an inscribed tankard belonging to a Yeoman Warder in the 18th century!
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We’re delighted to welcome back @DrOwenEmmerson as a major new exhibition opens at Hever Castle the first time so many portraits connected to Anne Boleyn have been gathered together.
open.substack.com/pub/wolfha…
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Myth-busting at the Tower of London 🏰
Curator Alfred Hawkins talks spiral staircases in historic castles... 🤔
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A new exhibition at Anne Boleyn’s childhood home, Hever Castle, seeks to answer a question that has long captivated Tudor enthusiasts: What did the doomed queen actually look like? bit.ly/3NLvH1x
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I got a chance to see “Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn” at Hever Castle, just before it opened. It has the largest collection of Anne Boleyn’s images, ever gathered in one place - and on display until 2027. Many congratulations to Hever, @DrOwenEmmerson, Kate McCaffrey, Alison Palmer, and Hever.
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#ArtnetNews: How Anne Boleyn’s enigmatic image was rewritten over centuries. Martyr, witch, or icon? A new exhibition at Hever Castle in the U.K. traces the changing faces of the ill-fated queen.
Read more: bit.ly/4s6Ao5c
Article by Jo Lawson-Tancred
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Pictured: English School, Anne Boleyn (1534). Photo: © Hever Castle.
ALT a painting of a woman in formal, black dress seen from the chest up against a dark background, there is gold writing a the top of the paintings, the frame is large and golden
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Last night, I was privileged to be at the launch of the wonderful exhibition of Anne Boleyn's portraits at Hever Castle. Not to be missed, with so many of them on display. An amazing evening!
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🎨 A remarkable and rewarding evening spent in esteemed company celebrating the launch of Hever Castle's extraordinary new exhibition. This is the largest gathering of Anne portraits ever assembled as well as many other treasures.
🫡 to Owen Emmerson, Kate McCaffrey and the team
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Anne's, everywhere! My review of the new Hever exhibition "Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn" is coming to my newsletter tomorrow 🎨
Don't miss out - nathenamin.substack.com/
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Anne Boleyn has been viewed in many ways over the past few centuries. Now, at her former home of Hever Castle near Edenbridge, a new exhibition is shedding light on the many faces of the second wife of Henry VIII and how she has been portrayed.
More here: bbc.in/4quzpdw
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🚨 BONUS EPISODE🚨
Anne Boleyn wasn’t a caricature — she was a formidable, highly educated woman navigating a system stacked against her. 👑📚
Recorded LIVE at the Katherine of Aragon Festival, @DrOwenEmmerson and @ARJ_Hawkins examines how Tudor queens operated within rules we can barely comprehend today. ⚖️🔥
Understanding context changes everything.
🎧 Listen now 👉 pod.fo/e/3883be
#HistoryRage #AnneBoleyn #TudorHistory #WomenInPower #TowerOfLondon #KatherineOfAragonFestival
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In Issue 21, Dr Owen Emmerson dives into the wonderful works of Lambert Barnard, a prolific artist who transformed buildings with designs of breathtaking scale & vivid colour, & is arguably the most remarkable painter of regional art in Tudor England
#tudorplaces @DrOwenEmmerson
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A wonderful evening at Hever Castle for a preview of the fabulous Capturing a Queen exhibition. @DrOwenEmmerson Kate McCaffrey and Alison Palmer have done such a great job of assembling so many portraits of Anne Boleyn in one place, as well as some first rate research. It’s an absolute triumph.
Lovely to see so many historians there this evening too!
@hevercastle #capturingaqueen #anneboleyn #hever #hevercastle
