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Tudor Minute August 24: RIP Thomas Digges

Tudor Minute August 24: RIP Thomas Digges

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 24. Today in 1595 Thomas Digges died. He was an astronomer and...

Tudor Minute August 24: RIP Thomas Digges

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 24. Today in 1595 Thomas Digges died. He was an astronomer and...

Tudor Minute August 21: RIP Bishop Sherbourne

Tudor Minute August 21: RIP Bishop Sherbourne

  Today in 1536 Robert Sherbourne, the Bishop of Chichester died. Chichester is a small city in west sussex, and I spent a lovely weekend there staying at a hotel...

Tudor Minute August 21: RIP Bishop Sherbourne

  Today in 1536 Robert Sherbourne, the Bishop of Chichester died. Chichester is a small city in west sussex, and I spent a lovely weekend there staying at a hotel...

Tudor Minute August 20: England gives thanks

Tudor Minute August 20: England gives thanks

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 20. Today in 1588 a special service of thanksgiving for the defeat...

Tudor Minute August 20: England gives thanks

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for August 20. Today in 1588 a special service of thanksgiving for the defeat...

Tudor Minute August 19: Mary Queen of Scots Comes Home

Tudor Minute August 19: Mary Queen of Scots Com...

  Today in 1561 Mary Queen of Scots arrived back in Scotland after having spent over a decade in France. Her husband, Francis II, King of France, had died in...

Tudor Minute August 19: Mary Queen of Scots Com...

  Today in 1561 Mary Queen of Scots arrived back in Scotland after having spent over a decade in France. Her husband, Francis II, King of France, had died in...

Tudor Minute August 18: The reception had barely ended and it all went horribly wrong ... 

Tudor Minute August 18: The reception had barel...

    Today in 1572 the marriage of Henry of Navarre with Margaret of Valois took place in France. Designed to unite the French Huguenots with the Catholics, it wound...

Tudor Minute August 18: The reception had barel...

    Today in 1572 the marriage of Henry of Navarre with Margaret of Valois took place in France. Designed to unite the French Huguenots with the Catholics, it wound...

Tudor Minute August 17: Andrea Ammonio dies of the sweat

Tudor Minute August 17: Andrea Ammonio dies of ...

Today in 1517 Andrea Ammonio died of the sweating sickness. He was a leading humanist scholar, Italian cleric, and became Latin secretary to Henry VII, sent by the Pope. He...

Tudor Minute August 17: Andrea Ammonio dies of ...

Today in 1517 Andrea Ammonio died of the sweating sickness. He was a leading humanist scholar, Italian cleric, and became Latin secretary to Henry VII, sent by the Pope. He...