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So this week I talked about Benjamin Redding about Boats! Benjamin Redding is a final year PhD candidate in history at The University of Warwick. His research project – under the provisional title ‘Divided by La Manche: Naval Enterprise and Maritime Revolution in England and France, 1545-1642’ – is kindly funded by…

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Resources: Videos: Armada – 12 Days to Save England available from the BBC Shop in the UK Websites http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/adams_armada_01.shtml#five http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/uk/armada/back/backd.html http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/spanish-armada/ http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-armada-defeated Books The Spanish Armada The Confident Hope of a Miracle: The True History of the Spanish Armada by Neil Hanson Imprudent King, a New Life of Phillip II by…

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Episode 39 of the Renaissance English History Podcast was on the foreign policy that led to the Spanish Armada. Listen, or read the transcript below.   Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition.  Just for fun. Books Philip II by William Thomas Walsh The Spanish Armada by Robert Hutchinson The Spanish Armada…

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In this episode we look at five famous Tudor portraits, and the message they were sending.  A picture is worth a thousand words, right?  What message do you get from these images? Leave a comment and let me know! For those who prefer to read, the transcript is after the links.…

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This episode was released on December 14, 2015   Enter the giveaway for the book I used to research much of this episode, The Wealden Iron Industry by Jeremy Hodgkinson here:  https://www.englandcast.com/giveaways/the-wealden-iron-industry-giveaway/ Books Industry in the Countryside: Wealden Society in the 16th Century by Michael Zell The Wealden Iron Industry…

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November 2015’s first episode was on fashion in Tudor and Renaissance England.  It’s something that has been requested a number of times, but Lindsay’s text to the listener feedback line (801) 6TEYSKO inspired me to finally do the research and get an episode out about it. So, if you’re going…

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I recently did two shows in partnership with Brittany at History, Bitches, which is a fantastic podcast centered on women’s history. We did two episodes – ghosts and witches – in keeping with the October Halloween theme. Here are some of the resources for the Ghosts: Anne Boleyn’s ghost at…

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