Claire Ridgway is a well-known writer of history books about the Tudor dynasty, with a particular focus on the life of the Boleyn family. Since 2009 she has run the websites TheAnneBoleynFiles.com and Elizabethfiles.com. Claire is also the founder of The Tudor Society.
The Tudor Society
With members from all around the globe, The Tudor Society was founded in 2014 and has quickly become the go-to place for Tudor enthusiasts because of the high quality of the unique articles, the Tudor focused magazines, and the experts it attracts.
The members have access to absolutely everything on the website, currently including lots of magazine back issues, hundreds of hours of video and all of the monthly expert lectures and hundreds of weekly quizzes.
The Anne Boleyn Files
In 2009, Claire set up her Tudor history website, www.TheAnneBoleynFiles.com, and it rapidly grew into a major website for the study of the Tudor period.
Where she wanted to share her journey into the annals of history with other people who have an interest in Anne Boleyn and the Tudor period, and thought that a blog would be the perfect forum.
Also fully admitting to being addicted to Anne Boleyn and Tudor history, and she is on a crusade to debunk the myths surrounding Anne Boleyn and educate the world about the REAL Anne Boleyn.
24 July - A converted priest loses his life #shorts
On this day in Tudor history, 24th July 1594, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Catholic priest John Boste was executed in Durham.
Find out more about Boste and what ...led to his brutal end in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway.
Other "on this day" events for 24th July:
July 24 - Richard Hesketh and his plot to depose Elizabeth I
July 24 - Mary, Queen of Scots abdicates -
Claire is the founder of the Tudor Society, an online membership site for those who love Tudor history. There, you can learn from Claire and many other expert historians and authors, enjoy Tudor-focused magazines and live Q&A sessions with experts, and have access to all kinds of talks, articles, quizzes, virtual tours and more. Try it with a 14-day free trial - https://www.tudorsociety.com/signup/
Claire has written some bestselling Tudor history books:
24 July - A converted priest loses his life #shorts
On this day in Tudor history, 24th July 1594, in the reign of Queen [...]
On this day in Tudor history, 24th July 1594, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Catholic priest John Boste was executed in Durham.
Find out more about Boste and what ...led to his brutal end in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway.
Other "on this day" events for 24th July:
July 24 - Richard Hesketh and his plot to depose Elizabeth I
July 24 - Mary, Queen of Scots abdicates -
Claire is the founder of the Tudor Society, an online membership site for those who love Tudor history. There, you can learn from Claire and many other expert historians and authors, enjoy Tudor-focused magazines and live Q&A sessions with experts, and have access to all kinds of talks, articles, quizzes, virtual tours and more. Try it with a 14-day free trial - https://www.tudorsociety.com/signup/
Claire has written some bestselling Tudor history books:
Claire is the founder of the Tudor Society, an online membership site for those who love Tudor history. There, you can learn from Claire and many other expert historians and authors, enjoy Tudor-focused magazines and live Q&A sessions with experts, and have access to all kinds of talks, articles, quizzes, virtual tours and more. Try it with a 14-day free trial - https://www.tudorsociety.com/signup/
Claire has written some bestselling Tudor history books:
22 July - Baron Scrope, a royal councillor #shorts
On this day in history, 22nd July 1437 or 38, soldier and royal [...]
On this day in history, 22nd July 1437 or 38, soldier and royal councillor John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, was born.
Find out more about Scrope and his ...service to the Yorkists, and later imprisonment, in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway.
Claire is the founder of the Tudor Society, an online membership site for those who love Tudor history. There, you can learn from Claire and many other expert historians and authors, enjoy Tudor-focused magazines and live Q&A sessions with experts, and have access to all kinds of talks, articles, quizzes, virtual tours and more. Try it with a 14-day free trial - https://www.tudorsociety.com/signup/
Claire has written some bestselling Tudor history books:
On this day in Tudor history, 21st July 1586, in the reign of Queen [...]
On this day in Tudor history, 21st July 1586, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, explorer Thomas Cavendish set sail from Plymouth. Where was he going and why? And ...how would he break Sir Francis Drake's record?
Find out more in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway.
20 July - Philip of Spain prepares to marry Mary I #shorts
On this day in Tudor history, 20th July 1554, Philip of Spain, son of [...]
On this day in Tudor history, 20th July 1554, Philip of Spain, son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, arrived in England to prepare for his marriage to Queen Mary ...I.
Find out more in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway.
Here's a link to a video on their marriage - https://youtu.be/289MSTDoZHA
On this day in Tudor history, 19th July 1543, in the reign of King [...]
On this day in Tudor history, 19th July 1543, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Mary Boleyn died.
Mary Boleyn is known for being Henry VIII's mistress at one point, ...and you can find out a bit more about her in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway.
On this day in Tudor history, 18th July 1565, in the reign of Queen [...]
On this day in Tudor history, 18th July 1565, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the queen's close friend and loyal servant, Kat Ashley, died.
Find out more about Kat ...(also known as Katherine Ashley, Katherine Astley and Katherine Champernowne) in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from Claire Ridgway.
Mary I was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his first wife, [...]
Mary I was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and she was Queen of England from July 1553 to November 1558, but how ...much do you know about her?
In this latest edition of her "facts about..." series, historian Claire Ridgway shares 21 interesting facts about Mary I.
Claire is the founder of the Tudor Society, an online membership site for those who love Tudor history. There, you can learn from Claire and many other expert historians and authors, enjoy Tudor-focused magazines and live Q&A sessions with experts, and have access to all kinds of talks, articles, quizzes, virtual tours and more. Try it with a 14-day free trial - https://www.tudorsociety.com/signup/
Claire has written some bestselling Tudor history books:
On this day in Tudor history, 14th July 1514, in the reign of King [...]
On this day in Tudor history, 14th July 1514, in the reign of King Henry VIII, Cardinal Christopher Bainbridge died in Rome. Who was this cardinal? Who claimed to have ...poisoned him and why?
Find out more in this edition of #TudorHistoryShorts from historian Claire Ridgway.
