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Tudor Planner Giveaway
Yes, in case you’ve missed it, I’ve created a Tudor Planner. A weekly and monthly planner filled with all kinds of Tudor history goodness, as well as listening suggestions with an exclusive Spotify playlist, you can learn more about it and order at TudorPlanner.com. I’m giving away 2 copies of…
Episode 061: Anne of Cleves
Transcript Below! This is an episode for Hannah, who, in addition to the fact that she shares a name with my daughter, is also one of this podcast’s most loyal listeners. She requested an episode on Anne of Cleves, and I couldn’t turn her down. The Agora Podcast of the…
Episode 060: Sarah Gristwood on Game of Queens
Thanks to Sarah Gristwood for taking some time out to talk to us about her new book, Game of Queens. It looks at Europe’s ruling women in the 16th century – there are a surprising amount! Learn more about Sarah at her website: http://sarahgristwood.com/ Purchase some of Sarah’s books here. They are…
Episode 059: Tudor Times on Anne of Denmark
Book Recommendation Unnatural Murder: Poison At the Court Of James l (affiliate link on Amazon) Anne of Denmark at the V&A Inigo Jones on my blog Read the Tudor Times Feature: http://tudortimes.co.uk/person-of-the-month/anne-of-denmark
Tudor Times Shop Launch Giveaway
Tudor Times is launching a new shop filled with wonderful decor and home goods inspired by Tudor architecture and people. To celebrate, they are offering a giveaway of a set of 4 Elizabeth I Quote mugs. Learn more and enter here! https://www.englandcast.com/giveaways/win-a-set-of-4-elizabeth-i-quote-mugs-from-the-tudortimes-shop/
Episode 58: Strangers in our Midst
This episode looks at what happened when a huge group of refugees fled a religiously motivated war, and flooded into England… in the 16th century. England then, as now, struggled with how to integrate them, and there was an element of fear, and backlash against the refugees, just as there…
Reconsider Richard III (and book giveaway!)
This week we have another special guest episode from the Xander and Erik of ReConsider, a podcast that takes current events and makes the listener think about them in whole new ways. They have us pause and reconsider the propaganda around Richard III, and whether he wasn’t actually, you know,…
Virtual Tours now available!
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Coloring, Tudor Style
Sign up for the newsletter today, and one of the gifts you’ll receive (in addition to extra monthly minicasts) is a set of coloring pages of your favorite Tudor portraits. Curl up by the fire with some tea and crayons, and create some fun masterpieces. When you’re finished, tweet me…
Episode 56: Bessie Blount from James Boulton
This week I have a guest episode from James Boulton of the Queens of England Podcast (http://www.queensofenglandpodcast.com) on Bessie Blount, Henry VIII’s most famous mistress. James’s podcast is my new favorite, and I suggest that you all go over and subscribe to him asap. But listen to this episode first.…
Episode 055: Tudor Times on Thomas More
Tudor Times Person of the Month feature available here: http://tudortimes.co.uk/person-of-the-month/thomas-more Five hundred years after he was executed by Henry VIII for refusing to accept Henry’s break with Rome, and proclaiming himself as the head of the Church of England, Thomas More is still an elusive and enigmatic figure. For some,…
Tudor Times on Margaret Tudor
August’s Tudor Times Person of the Month is Margaret Tudor. Listen to the podcast below, and visit the Tudor Times resources available. Full Biography: http://tudortimes.co.uk/margaret-tudor Guest article on Margaret and the Battle of Flodden: http://tudortimes.co.uk/guest-articles/margaret-tudor-and-the-battle-of-flodden Book review on Sisters to the King: http://tudortimes.co.uk/sisters-to-the-king Order on Amazon UK Sisters to the King (affiliate link) Or…