PBS is currently airing the six-part drama Wolf Hall, originally created for BBC2. It’s set during the reign of the Tudor king Henry VIII, a popular topic of British historical dramas, but with a unique focus. Rather than focusing on Henry himself, the focus is on Thomas Cromwell, a middle-classContinue Reading
I spent my junior year of college at Lancaster University in Britain, which was fabulous for someone going into medieval English history. One of my courses covered Elizabethan England. (Yes, I understand that’s not medieval.) The professor was particularly notable not just because he was American teaching English history inContinue Reading
Yesterday in history, Edward VI of England died at the age of 16 in 1553 after a rule of 6 years. Child kings rarely leave much of a mark on history, but Edward happened to rule at a pivotal time in English history. Still, most of his impacts were moreContinue Reading
One of the reasons this blog has only a loose theme is because of the diversity of my interests. I once tried a more focused blog. However, I quickly found other things I wanted to share, but I felt I’m spamming readers who came to the blog looking for aContinue Reading