Irish soldiers and peasants Albrecht Durer Original Title: Irische Kriegsleute und Bauern Date: 1521

 Albrecht Dürer's birthday. 

Tudor pikemen

 Wars of Louis Quatorze: British School, 16th century Jephthah's Daughter c. 1560-80

Greensleeves - Music from the Court of King Henry VIII

 Various artists. There is a play 1536 that is causing a stir at the moment.

Battle of Langside 1568

 Battle of Langside - Wikipedia

This looks useful

 Stuart Peachey

Queen Elizabeth I at Tilbury. St Faith's Church, Gaywood.

 Queen Elizabeth I: Speech to the Troops at Tilbury

Speech to the Troops at Tilbury by Queen Elizabeth

 Elizabeth I (2005 TV series) - Wikipedia

Speech to the Troops at Tilbury - Wikipedia

Armada campaign Osprey Elite

 A book that was very timely was this one which came out in 1988. John Tincey and Richard Hook. My copy is a bit grubby as it's an ex Library book and cost me about 50p. Richard Hook is one of my favourite Osprey artists.

https://www.scribd.com/document/475984071/Osprey-Elite-series-15-The-Armada-Campaign-1588-pdf

The Armada Campaign, 1588 (Osprey: Elite Series, No. 15) : Tincey, John, Hook, Richard: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Spanish Armada Ladybird

 A new addition for my modest Ladybird books collection. Art by Peter Dennis. I actually had this - I bought it in 1988 as we were doing events for the period and I liked the artwork but lost it along the way so I was dead chuffed when Susan picked it up for me just now. 

The Borgias Season 1: Episode 7 Clip - Lucca | SHOWTIME

 The Borgias (2011 TV series) - Wikipedia I haven't seen it. Was it any good? Nice artillery in this clip. 

Cardinal Della Rovere and French forces attack the city of Lucca. All episodes of The Borgias are now streaming with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan.

Steel Fist miniatures German Peasants' War

Steel Fist Miniatures
 

Elizabethan Light Horsemen in Ireland.

 Thanks to Stephen Tindle for this. Issue 39 of Military Illustrated contained an article by John Tincey with colour plate by Christa Hook about Elizabethan Light Horsemen in Ireland.

Volume I - Zeughaus Verlag Clothing & Weapons of the Dürer Period 1480 - 1530,

 Clothing & Weapons of the Dürer Period 1480-1530, Volume I

\this looks good. Thanks to Charles. Bit expensive for me though.

The Nine Years War 1593-1603 Part 2 The turning point at Kinsale 1598-1603

 The Nine Years War (1593-1603), sometimes known as Tyrone’s Rebellion, was one of the most devastating and brutal conflicts to sweep the island. Never would the English Crown come so close to losing its grip on Ireland. It was brought on by a combination of English misrule, Irish ambition and the fortuitous creation of political ties with Spain. A confederation of Irish lords led by the charismatic and exceptionally gifted Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone, swept from one victory to another. Part 2 of this series examines how the English recovered from the brink of defeat.

The victory of Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone, over the English at the Battle of the Yellow Ford sparked a fire that consumed the English plantation in Munster and significantly weakened the English position in Ireland. Queen Elizabeth’s favourite, the Earl of Essex, was sent to restore control, but his blundering left Crown authority on the island near to collapse. However, the arrival of Charle Blount, Lord Mountjoy, at the start of 1600, transformed English fortunes. After seven years of near-continuous setbacks, Mountjoy turned the tide against Tyrone’s confederation.

Unlike his predecessors, Mountjoy did not underestimate his enemies, developing an island-wide strategy to break up Tyrone’s network of alliances. Moreover, he restored order and confidence in the Crown’s army by replicating many of the military reforms of the Irish. Supported by able men such as Sir George Carew, Mountjoy pushed back on Irish gains and brought the war to Tyrone’s Ulster heartlands. Mountjoy’s strategy was costly in English lives, but his success was undeniable as his unrelenting campaigns gained ground from Tyrone. The fate of all sides converged when a Spanish landing of 4,000 troops at Kinsale led to a ferocious winter siege and the pivotal Battle of Kinsale. Mountjoy triumphed on Christmas Eve 1601, breaking Tyrone’s military power forever, but the war was not done. Its bloodiest phase was still ahead, as English armies brought scorched earth and massacres to the Irish as never before. Only after Ulster was wasted and Ireland wracked by famine did Tyrone finally submit in 1603, ending the war and completing the Tudor conquest.

Trossfrau (Kampfrau) and Landsknecht

 Trossfrau (Kampfrau) and Landsknecht

Article in English.

STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH Official Trailer (2024)

 Steve Stanley watched this and found it very enjoyable.

Stockholm Bloodbath is a 2023 film directed by Mikael Håfström, with an ensemble cast featuring Sophie Cookson, Emily Beecham and Claes Bang. It is produced by Helena Danielsson for Viaplay Studios. Set in Stockholm in 1520, a power struggle between the Swedes and the Danes ends in the massacre that became known as the Stockholm Bloodbath.^[1]

The English Soldier of 1544 PAUL CORNISH Painting by ANGUS McBRIDE

 Article here M I Past Present 1992 46. : SKORPIO : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Henri IV - Complete French Telefilm (2010) - Historical Drama - Julien BOISSELIER, Marta CALVÓ

 Has English subtitles. Henri 4 (film) - Wikipedia

In 1563, Calvinist Protestantism has arrived in France, but the Catholic reaction is not long in coming and the small but steadily growing Protestant population is suppressed in French society. However, the Huguenots, particularly in Southern France and in the small Kingdom of Navarre near Spain, resisted. Catherine de' Medici, the actual ruler of France, wants to counter this. Her two sons, Charles IX and Francis, Duke of Anjou show weakness in this fight and Henry, the young prince of Navarre, vital strength. Catherine de' Medici has to give in and makes Henry an offer of peace, which he, tired of fighting, accepts. This peace also means that Margot, the daughter of the Medicis, married in Paris with Henry. But even during the wedding celebrations, the Catholics strike: They cause a bloodbath among the Protestant wedding guests who have traveled. About 20,000 Huguenots die on this Bartholomew night.

Landsknecht

 

By Redanthalas Workshop and Guides (5) Facebook where there are guides how to make the kit.

'I am a crafter based in Czech Republic'

London Trained Bands 1588 by Richard Hook and John Tincey

 Thanks to Stephen Tindle.