The Tudor Society
  • #OTD in Tudor history – 25 April

    Portrait of Catherine Parr

    On this day in Tudor history, 25th April, Henry VIII wrote of his hopes for his future with Anne Boleyn, the woman he’d soon set aside; Thomas Stafford proclaimed himself “Protector of the Realm”; Catherine Parr’s translation of “Psalms or Prayers” was published anonymously; and St Mark’s Day was celebrated…

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  • Psalms or Prayers and Catherine Parr

    On this day in history, 25th April 1544, Queen Catherine Parr, sixth wife of King Henry VIII, had her English translation of Bishop John Fisher’s Latin Psalmi seu Precationes (Psalms or Prayers) published anonymously by Thomas Berthelet, the King’s printer.

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