Today it's not only International Women's Day, a day where we acknowledge the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, but the whole of March we celebrate Women's History Month! A month in which we commemorate the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society.
This week’s Sunday puzzle is a crossword puzzle testing your knowledge of Tudor women. All of the women featured have had articles written about them here on the Tudor Society.
So, grab a bite to eat, a cup of your favourite beverage and let’s get those brain cells working!
Good luck!
Simply click on the link or image below to open and print out the crossword puzzle.
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Test your knowledge of prominent Tudor women with this week’s Sunday quiz. Grab your favourite snack and beverage, make yourself comfortable, and let’s begin. Good luck!
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Grab your favourite beverage and snack, find a comfortable spot and test your knowledge of some of the prominent women of the Tudor court. Good luck!
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How much do you know about prominent Tudor ladies and those who served the Tudor queens?
Test your knowledge with this fun little quiz. Good luck!
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Elizabeth Norton, author and historian, is this month’s guest expert. This month she talks about the role of women in the Tudor era, from the lowest of the low all the way up to the queens that we often hear about.
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This month, we are very lucky to have historian and author Toni Mount as our expert speaker. Toni is the author of the Sebastian Foxley medieval mystery series of novels, as well as non-fiction works like “Everyday Life in Medieval London” and “Medieval Medicine”. She has also written history courses for MedievalCourses.com.
Toni’s specialism is looking into how the ordinary, everyday people lived their lives, and her research gives us a real insight into how hard it must have been five-hundred years ago. Toni shows us how it would have been especially difficult to be a Tudor woman.
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How much do you know about some of the prominent or famous women of the Tudor period? Test your knowledge with this fun quiz by Rebecca Larson.
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Grab a coffee and enjoy a five-minute break while testing your Tudor knowledge with this fun quiz – good luck!
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Kyra, Claire, Tim and I are making a final call for submissions to our essay collection “Envisioning the Tudor Woman”. The deadline for entries is 30 June and we’ll be putting together our shortlist soon after, so there’s still time.
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Here’s the latest magazine with all our regular items and contributors plus lots of fascinating articles about people and places from the Tudor period.
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In this week’s Claire Chats, I look at what women at Henry VIII’s court wore and what layers their outfits were made up of. I do hope you enjoy the talk and slides.
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Just a reminder that Karen Bowman, this month’s expert speaker, will be joining us for a live chat later today.
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