Some Grey Matter Links Page

Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide
Contains a nicely sub-divided listing of various references, both reliable and unreliable, related to Jane Grey and those around her. Also contains a good "blog" that tracks news eminating from the UK that is not often picked up by the US press.

Tudor History.org
This site is devoted to the broader sweep of Tudor history and culture and contains a plethora of categories and sub-categories. An excellent place for the beginner to begin learning about the Tudor period. There is also a Question and Answer 'blog' for submitting all kinds of inquiries on Tudor history.

Tudor Genealogies at TudorPlace.com.ar
Without question the best resource for discovering who is related to whom and how. The site creator lives in Argentina, and has proven to be amazingly thorough and usually quite accurate in his assemblage of genealogies for a significant number of Tudor-era personages.

Hans Eworth.com
Created in December 2009 by Hope Walker, a PhD student working on a catalogue raisonné (comprehensive and detailed list of works) for Hans Eworth, the artist who painted the Fitzwilliam portrait. The site promises to be very informative, since no art history scholar has yet produced a catalogue for Eworth, one of the more important portraitists working in England in the mid-Tudor period.

John Foxe's Actes and Monuments, or Book of Martyrs
Part of the University of Sheffield's ongoing research efforts on the famous text, this site makes Actes and Monuments available in its entirety in transcription. Under 'Critical Apparatus' can be found the means for side-by-side comparison between the various sixteenth-century editions, searching by a variety of categories including personal names, places, dates, periods, and officeholders, as well as editorial commentary.

Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia of 1555
This site (The Philological Museum) is maintained by the University of Birmingham (UK) and the Shakespeare Institute and contains an invaluable and extensive selection of sixteenth-century books that have been transcribed and, when necessary, translated into English. The most significant of these for persons interested in Tudor history is Polydore Vergil's English History.

English Monarchs
A comprehensive listing of all of the monarchs of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, with biographical descriptions, plus information on royalty-related topics such as the Tower of London, the Crown Jewels, and the various Royal Residences.

National History Day
National History Day is not directly connected to Lady Jane Grey nor toTudor /British history, but it is a program about which I have unbridled enthusiasm. It involves middle and high school students at every level, from the local school to the state and national contests, in researching a chosen topic in history. The students then present their results in a format similar to the science fairs of some years ago. Entries are judged by panels of volunteer judges, and winners are eligible to advance to the next level. Each year a new theme is assigned for all competitors. For 2010, the theme is "Innovation in History: Impact and Change." I have served as a judge at every level, from single local schools to state finals, and I am amazed anew each year at the quality of the work produced by the students. I have also assisted students, via the Internet, in researching Lady Jane Grey as a research topic specifically for History Day. This is a program that is well worth 'checking out.'

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Page updated 29 March 2010