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Tudor Minute November 2: Bad News for Catherine Howard
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 2. Today in 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer left a letter for Henry VIII in the chapel at Hampton Court giving details about his wife Catherine Howard’s past. Henry had married Catherine thinking…
Tudor Minute November 1: RIP Edmund Tudor
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 1. Today in 1456 Edmund Tudor died in Carmarthen Castle, likely from the plague, though rumors persist that he was poisoned. He was the son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois…
Tudor Minute October 31: The Reformation Begins
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for October 31. Today marks the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther wrote to the Archbishop of Mainz, and the Bishop of Brandenburg, protesting against the sale of indulgences…
Episode 112: The Tower Menagerie
Book Recommendations: The Tower Menagerie: The Amazing 600-Year History of the Royal Collection of Wild and Ferocious Beasts Kept at the Tower of London from Roger Hahn The Tower menagerie: comprising the natural history of the animals contained in that establishment; with anecdotes of their characters and history. Illustrated by…
Tudor Minute October 19: Ferdinand and Isabella Get Married
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for October 19. 1469 – marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella. After her father, King John II of Castile died, Isabella was pressured by her brother King Henry IV to marry King Alfonso V of…
Tudor Minute October 18: Wolsey Surrenders the Great Seal
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for October 18. Cardinal Wolsey surrendered the Great Seal of his office in 1529. He was taking the blame for the long delay in Henry’s marriage to Katherine of Aragon ending in a divorce.…
Tudor Minute October 17: Death of Sir Philip Sidney
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for October 17. Sir Philip Sidney died in 1586.Sir Philip was born in 1554 in Kent, and he is remembered for his poetry, but also as a national hero for defending the Protestants in…
Tudor Minute October 16: Death of two Oxford Martyrs
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for October 16. Death of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridby in 1555 – they were two of the three famous Oxford Martyrs, along with Archbishop Cranmer, commemorated by John Foxe. The Oxford Martyrs were…
Tudor Minute October 15: Prince Edward is Christened (and Jane is healthy)
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for October 15. Today in 1537 Henry and Jane Seymour’s son Edward, the future Edward VI, was christened in Hampton court. Thomas Cranmer performed the rites in front of a crowd of several hundred.…
Tudor Music Hour October 14: The Music of John Ward
This week we listened to the music of John Ward with this fantastic 2014 Phantasm album with the choir of Magdalen College Oxford. Listen to Phantasm here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4tApluztlcir8bcgv2jyzg?si=OmHXI0IiT2OJaaMf300Q2w That album I played isn’t on Spotify – you can listen to other Ward music here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4yOXpbJVIVxjoGJSC4nzQY?si=JlFbHSlyQfKC3Jel4dje5Q Or buy the album on…
Tudor Minute October 12 – Happy Birthday Edward
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for October 12. Today in 1537 Henry VIII finally got his longed-for son when Edward was born to Jane Seymour. He was born inside his mother’s room in Hampton Court. Throughout the realm, the…
Tudor Minute October 11 – Henry becomes the Defender of the Faith
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for October 11. In 1521 Henry VIII received the title Defender of the Faith – Fidei Defensor – from Pope Leo X. This was a new title that would belong to the English monarch…