Hans Holbein is intimately connected with the English royal family. Most people’s mental image of Henry VIII is Holbein’s portrait. And I think the same is true for many other historical figures from Henry’s court. (Incorrect as it may be, in my mind, Holbein just […]

With all of the royal movement and shifting in 2020, I thought that I would find a positive for the modern royal family in my historical wanderings. And not shockingly, I had quite a few to choose from. Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne […]

Ah, the year of 2020 has started off with a bang for the British royal family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced that they will be stepping down from being senior members of the royal family. As of right now, none of us […]

I write about many different areas of history on An Historian About Town, but royal history is usually present somewhere. In my undergraduate degrees, professors tended to be dismissive of royal history. They were mostly trained by Marxists, and so anything to do with an […]

As the holiday season slowly keeps chugging along and picking up steam, Blogmas continues on! And of course, we turn to history. The history of Christmas is a fascinating area of study. People underestimate it, but it can touch on religious history, political history, economic […]