The Hogans - An international power couple
A recent episode in Maryland is a reminder that a spouse can be, and often is, a co-wielder of political power.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Apr 23, 2020
Frances Kildare's Letter to Dr. Julius Caesar
This new teenage bride had gotten her father to give her new husband an important office in his native Ireland.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Apr 22, 2020
When was she born?
For all the things we know about Anne Morgan Carey, Baroness Hunsdon, there is one important fact we don’t know. Her birthday.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Apr 21, 2020
There's a typo in Westminster Abbey
There is a typo in Westminster Abbey. And it's been there for 450 years.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Apr 20, 2020
Arranging your own abduction - Odelia de Morada
On 3 January 1589, Odelia de Morada arranged her own abduction from Dordecht to save her from marriage to a Spanish Catholic cousin.
Kristin Bundesen, PhD
- Apr 17, 2020
Which Elizabeth? Elizabeth Knollys Leighton, the Court of Admiralty, and the British Library Archive
The many Elizabeths in Elizabethan England. Elizabeth Knollys Leighton, niece to Queen Elizabeth is one of them.