Sentences with phrase «tudor court»

Back in the day, the Tudor court observed Advent, which means they'd been fasting for a month before the Christmas Day feast.

We've seen fictionalized Emily Dickinson; members of the Tudor court; and more Jane Austen spin - offs than I can count (Austenland, The Jane Austen Book Club and Jane Austen Ruined My Life, for starters — not to mention Mr. Darcy's Daughters, Darcy's Passions, and Darcy & Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemberley).

This time, the setting is the intrigue - filled 16th century Persian court (picture the Tudor court, times 10), where the Shah has died without naming an heir.

My first novel, The Altarpiece, tried to provide some possible answers, and the Cross and the Crown series follows a young woman who tries to make sense of her world and her God as she navigates the tricky waters of the Tudor court.

Key themes include the role of women during this time, the moral question of the death penalty, and the cultural and social aspect of life at a Tudor court.

All of these fun activities enable the student to really bring to life what it must have been like to live during these times, and to be part of the Tudor court.

Lidington's website profile says he has a passion for history, «and thinks that Tudor court politics is a pretty good guide to life in Westminster today».

The prospect of an appearance before the star chamber - a name deliberately chosen because it is associated with the Tudor court of the same name - proved a sufficient threat during the 2010 spending review.

It is exactly the same as the great ritual humiliations of the Tudor courts, half a millennia ago - from the bawdy public songs to the self - important constitutional contortions of the great and good.

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Michael Wolff, offering anecdotes, analysis, and a wealth of new details about the Trump Presidency, takes you behind the scenes of a royal court as complicated and full of intrigue as that of the Tudors.

The Tudors, Season 4: Natalie Dormer tours Henry's palace and home to his court, Hampton Court pacourt, Hampton Court paCourt palace.

The Tudors, Season 3, Episode 5: Michael Hirst discusses Henry's relationship with Will Summers, the court fool.

Owain ap Meredith ap Tewdur, better known as Owen Tudor was a squire in Henry V's court.

Hampton Court Palace ice rink is located in front of the fabulous Tudor facade.

Antony Gormley's installation «Field» — consisting of 40,000 crudely made miniature clay figures — has found a new home at a Tudor National Trust Property near Ilminster in Somerset, known as Barrington Court.

What gave Magna Carta its enduring life was not the events of 1215, but rather the constitutional tumult that beset England 400 years later, during the jockeying between the King, Parliament, and the courts for power in the aftermath of the end of the Tudors and the ascension to the English throne of the Scottish house of Stuart.

Or spook yourself out at the Tower of London or Hampton Court, haunted by celebrities of the Tudor times.

Built in 1979, the gated estate has a Tudor - inspired house, a swimming pool with a raised spa, an entertainer's patio and a lighted tennis court on about two acres.