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Tudor Minute July 29: Battle of Gravelines
Today in 1588 England fought the Spanish Armada in the battle of Gravelines, the decisive battle of the invasion, off the coast of Spanish held Flanders. The Armada was first...
Tudor Minute July 29: Battle of Gravelines
Today in 1588 England fought the Spanish Armada in the battle of Gravelines, the decisive battle of the invasion, off the coast of Spanish held Flanders. The Armada was first...
Tudor Minute July 28: RIP Thomas Cromwell
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 28. Today in 1540 Thomas Cromwell was executed. His story has become...
Tudor Minute July 28: RIP Thomas Cromwell
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 28. Today in 1540 Thomas Cromwell was executed. His story has become...
Tudor Minute July 27 RIP Jane Lumley
Today in 1578 Jane Lumley died at age 41. Born into nobility (she was the daughter of the 19th Earl of Arundel) she was cousins with Lady Jane Grey, and...
Tudor Minute July 27 RIP Jane Lumley
Today in 1578 Jane Lumley died at age 41. Born into nobility (she was the daughter of the 19th Earl of Arundel) she was cousins with Lady Jane Grey, and...
Tudor Minute July 24: Mary Queen of Scots abdic...
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 24. Today in 1567, while imprisoned at Lochleven Castle in...
Tudor Minute July 24: Mary Queen of Scots abdic...
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 24. Today in 1567, while imprisoned at Lochleven Castle in...
Tudor Minute July 23: Printer John Day Dies
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 23. Today in 1584 John Day died. He was an English Protestant...
Tudor Minute July 23: Printer John Day Dies
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 23. Today in 1584 John Day died. He was an English Protestant...
Tudor Minute July 22: RIP Henry Fitzroy
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 22. Today in 1536 Henry VIII’s illegitimate son by Bessie Blount, Henry...
Tudor Minute July 22: RIP Henry Fitzroy
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 22. Today in 1536 Henry VIII’s illegitimate son by Bessie Blount, Henry...