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This week in Tudor News: June 1 Edition
The news cycle is fast, and it’s hard to keep up with our favorite interests and topics! That’s why once a week I make up this post with the top stories that have caught my attention. Hidden Poisons of the Royal Court How noble lords and ladies, terrified of poison,…
Tudor Minute June 1: Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 1. Today in 1533 Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen. Chronicler Edward Hall tells us the following: On 1 June Queen Anne was brought from Westminster Hall to St Peter’s Abbey in procession,…
Tudor Minute May 31: Happy Birthday Lady Margaret Beaufort
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 31. Today is the birthday of one of my favorite women in Tudor history – Lady Margaret Beaufort, born today in 1443. The mother of Henry Tudor, she paved the way for…
Tudor Minute May 30: Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 30. Today in 1536 Henry married his third wife, Jane Seymour, in a ceremony in the Queen’s Closet in York Place officiated by Archbishop Cranmer – you can only imagine how Cranmer…
Tudor Minute May 29: First day of Anne Boleyn’s coronation
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 29. Today was the first day of Anne Boleyn’s coronation, in 1533. Just a week before Archbishop Cranmer had pronounced Henry VIII’s marriage with Katherine of Aragon annulled, and then subsequently declared…
Tudor Minute May 28: Spanish Armada sets sail for England
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 28. Today in 1588, the Spanish Armada set sail for England. It had been a long time coming. The original plan was to invade even a year before, but Francis Drake’s attack…
Tudor Minute May 25: Diet of Worms Ends
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 25. Today in 1521 the Diet of Worms, which had been convened by the Holy Roman Emperor to rule on the religious stirrings that Martin Luther had caused by his 95 Theses…
Episode 104: Elizabeth and the Pretender, Don Antonio of Portugal
Episode 104 looks at Elizabeth’s relationship with the Portuguese Pretender, Don Antonio, when Philip II of Spain took the Portuguese throne. What does a Portuguese succession crisis have to do with Elizabeth? Listen to the episode to find out. (Remember, if you like this show on Tudor Astronomy, there are…
Tudor Minute May 24: Rebellion against Henry VII
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 24. Today in 1487 The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel was crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI. In an attempt to threaten Henry VII’s throne, he was…
Music for a Royal Newlywed Christmas
Many of you were awake at weird hours on Saturday to watch a Royal Wedding. I kind of wanted to make a joke about how Henry VIII liked royal weddings so much he had six of them. It did make me think about the music of royal weddings, though. In…
Tudor Minute May 23: Annulment of Henry VIII’s Marriage to Catherine of Aragon
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 23. Today in 1533 Archbishop Cranmer ruled that Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon was well and truly void. “My lord of Canterbury gave sentence this day at 11 o’clock in the…
Tudor Minute May 22, 1538: John Forrest Execution
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 22. Today in 1538 John Forrest, a Franciscan friar, was executed for daring to denounce moves to make the king head of the Church. A strong opposer to the English Reformation, Forrest…