Today, 24th April, is St Mark’s Eve, the day before the Feast of St Mark the Evangelist, one of Christ’s apostles and the man who is said to have written the Gospel of Mark. In medieval and Tudor times, St Mark's Eve was the night to divine who you were going to marry.
How did people go about divining their future partner?
Find out in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History". https://youtu.be/EH0DDFQgSuM
24th April is the first day of The Fall of Anne Boleyn Countdown series of videos that I did last year and you can find out all about what happened on 24th April 1536 in this video - https://youtu.be/jRx9pKlmABQ
Also on this day in Tudor history, 24th April 1558, fifteen-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, got married for the first time. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/Xe3v6dVwwac
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