Comments on: Happy Birthday Margaret Beaufort! http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/05/30/happy-birthday-margaret-beaufort/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lara http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/05/30/happy-birthday-margaret-beaufort/#comment-269 Lara Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:32:46 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/?p=358#comment-269 Howdy Matthew! I'm always glad to write nice things about the ODNB, it's been a hugely valuable resource for me! Thanks for the additional info, I'm sure some of my readers will find it useful. I'll be sure to pass it on for the folks on my Tudor Q&A blog too! Howdy Matthew! I’m always glad to write nice things about the ODNB, it’s been a hugely valuable resource for me! Thanks for the additional info, I’m sure some of my readers will find it useful. I’ll be sure to pass it on for the folks on my Tudor Q&A blog too!

]]> By: Matthew Hutchings http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/05/30/happy-birthday-margaret-beaufort/#comment-268 Matthew Hutchings Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:44:25 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/?p=358#comment-268 I run the online Oxford DNB - thanks for writing nice things about the project! The Beaufort biography will be available for free until Friday June 6 - all our lives of the day are free for a week. You and your readers may like to know that almost all UK public libraries subscribe to the ODNB, and most allow you to log in from home using just your library card number. To check if you can access the ODNB for free using your library's subscription, visit http://www.oup.com/oxforddnb/info/freeodnb/libraries/. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. I run the online Oxford DNB – thanks for writing nice things about the project!

The Beaufort biography will be available for free until Friday June 6 – all our lives of the day are free for a week.

You and your readers may like to know that almost all UK public libraries subscribe to the ODNB, and most allow you to log in from home using just your library card number. To check if you can access the ODNB for free using your library’s subscription, visit http://www.oup.com/oxforddnb/info/freeodnb/libraries/.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

]]> By: Lara http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/05/30/happy-birthday-margaret-beaufort/#comment-267 Lara Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:27:32 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/?p=358#comment-267 That's quite possible. I seem to remember that she in was in charge of Henry's eduction, which might have left a positive mark on him. Since he also arranged for good educations for all of his children, he obviously saw the value in educating the girls (granted that would also make them attractive on the marriage market, unless the potential husband didn't want a smart wife!). It's really too bad Elizabeth didn't have a chance to know her great-grandmother and her grandfather (Henry VII), since I think she had a lot in common with them. That’s quite possible. I seem to remember that she in was in charge of Henry’s eduction, which might have left a positive mark on him. Since he also arranged for good educations for all of his children, he obviously saw the value in educating the girls (granted that would also make them attractive on the marriage market, unless the potential husband didn’t want a smart wife!).

It’s really too bad Elizabeth didn’t have a chance to know her great-grandmother and her grandfather (Henry VII), since I think she had a lot in common with them.

]]> By: Foose http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/05/30/happy-birthday-margaret-beaufort/#comment-266 Foose Sat, 31 May 2008 02:59:43 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/?p=358#comment-266 Great link! And very informative biography. I always wonder if Henry's taste for active, intellectual, assertive women (at least initially with Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, and towards the end, with Catherine Parr) was shaped by exposure to Margaret. She was probably a prominent figure in his early life, especially after his mother died. Great link! And very informative biography. I always wonder if Henry’s taste for active, intellectual, assertive women (at least initially with Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, and towards the end, with Catherine Parr) was shaped by exposure to Margaret. She was probably a prominent figure in his early life, especially after his mother died.

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