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Tudor Minute July 3: Perkin Warbeck Lands in Kent
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 3. Today in Tudor history, in 1495, Perkin Warbeck landed in Deal, in Kent. Perkin Warbeck’s rebellion was one of the biggest threats that the young Tudor dynasty had to fight off…
Tudor Minute July 2: Happy Birthday Cranmer
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 2. Today is the birthday of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. Born in Nottinghamshire in 1489, he was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and became a Doctor of Divinity in 1526. He became known…
Supplemental: Tudor Music Hour Episode 3: Tudor Music as Propaganda
A few years ago I did a podcast episode on Tudor portraits as propaganda – the Tudors are known for using the great portrait artists like Holbein to further their message of strength and virility. But what about music? Was there a way they used music to spread a message…
Tudor Minute June 29: Death of Lady Margaret Beaufort
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 29. Today in 1509 Lady Margaret Beaufort died. She was Henry VIII’s grandmother, and she lived long enough to watch her son, Henry VII, become King, and to see the first bloodless…
Tudor Minute June 28: Happy Birthday Henry VIII
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 28. Today in 1491 Prince Henry Tudor was born at Greenwich – the third child and second son of Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York. Henry spent his early life…
Tudor Minute June 27: Cornish Rebels Execution
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 27. Today in 1497 two leaders of the Cornish rebellion were executed in London, at Tyburn. Thomas Flamank and Michael Joseph were hanged, drawn, and quartered. The rebellion was an uprising by…
Tudor Minute June 26: Funeral of John Wingfield
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 26. Today in 1596 the funeral of John Wingfield was held. He was a casualty in the battle of Cadiz in 1596 when the English and Dutch managed to capture and sack…
Tudor Minute June 25: Catherine of Aragon’s Betrothal to Prince Henry
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 25. Today in 1503 Catherine of Aragon was betrothed to Prince Henry of England. Of course this is a year or so after the death of her first husband, Henry’s brother, Arthur.…
Tudor Minute June 22: Execution of Bishop John Fisher
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 22. Today in 1535 Bishop John Fisher was executed for not supporting Henry VIII, speaking out in favor of Catherine of Aragon, and not recognizing Henry as the Supreme Head of the…
Supplemental: Tudor Music Hour Episode 2: The Music of Orlando Gibbons
Celebrating the music of Orlando Gibbons, one of the later Elizabethan/Jacobean composers who provided a bridge between the generation of Tallis, and the great Henry Purcell. We look at some of Gibbons’ madrigals, sacred music, and instrumental music. Remember you can listen to the show live every Sunday at 9am…
Episode 106: Midsummer in Tudor England
Episode 106 is all about celebrating the longest days of the year for our Tudor friends. The days are longer, the sun is higher in the sky, and the seeds are sown. Now it’s time to build a bonfire, and party! How did the Tudors party on June 21? Listen…
Tudor Minute June 21: Catherine of Aragon at the Legatine Court
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 21. Today is the day when Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon both appeared before the Legatine Court and Cardinal Campeggio, which was ruling on the validity of their marriage. Henry spoke…