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Tudor Minute September 11: Gregory Gives Thanks
Today in 1572 Pope Gregory XIII ordered a commemoration both for the defeat of the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571, and th...
Tudor Minute September 10: Elizabeth is christened
Today in 1533 the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth, was christened at the church of observant friars in Greenwich. She was three...
Tudor Minute September 6: The Golden Hinde enters the Pacific
Today in 1578 a ship called the Pelican sailed into the Pacific ocean on a trip that would ultimately lead to a circumnavigation of the globe. A...
Tudor Minute September 5: RIP Katherine Parr
Today in 1548 Katherine Parr died. She was Henry VIII’s final wife, having outlived him, but only for just over a year. Childbed fever caught her...
Tudor Minute September 4: Robert Dudley Dies
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for September 4.
Today in 1588 Robert Dudley, Ear...
Tudor Minute September 2: England in Ireland
Today in 1534 Gerald Fitzgerald the Lord Deputy of Ireland died in the Tower of London. This was the period when England was trying to get a hold...
Tudor Minute August 30: Katherine Parr has a daughter
Today in 1548 Mary Seymour was born. She was the daughter of Katherine Parr to Thomas Seymour. There are plenty of rumors that Katherine Parr ha...
Tudor Minute August 29: RIP Lucas de Heere
Today in 1584 Lucas De Heere died. De Heere was a Flemish portrait painter, poet, and writer who was a leading artist of the Tudor court after fle...
Tudor Minute August 28: Mary Warned about Mass
Today in 1551 Edward VI’s Lord Chancellor Richard Rich visited Edward’s Half sister Mary to tell her she needed to stop celebrating the Catholic ...
Tudor Minute August 27: RIP Josquin
Today marks the death, in 1521 of Josquin des Prez, and while this isn’t directly Tudor related, the music of Josquin greatly influenced our Tudor...
Tudor Minute August 26: Anne enters confinement
Today in 1533 there was a great ceremony held for Anne Boleyn as she went into confinement, pregnant with what everyone hoped would be a boy who...
Tudor Minute August 23: Stephen Gardiner rises again
Today in 1553 Mary Tudor made Stephen Gardiner her Lord Chancellor.