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Tudor Minute December 6: Happy St Nicholas Day
Today is St. Nicholas Day, a day devoted to children in the Tudor period. During the feast of St. Nicholas, a boy from the choir would be chosen as the...
Tudor Minute December 6: Happy St Nicholas Day
Today is St. Nicholas Day, a day devoted to children in the Tudor period. During the feast of St. Nicholas, a boy from the choir would be chosen as the...
Tudor Minute December 5: Mary Queen of Scots is...
Today in 1560, Mary, Queen of Scots, became a widow for the first time when her husband, King Francis II of France, died, age 15. He died of an infection...
Tudor Minute December 5: Mary Queen of Scots is...
Today in 1560, Mary, Queen of Scots, became a widow for the first time when her husband, King Francis II of France, died, age 15. He died of an infection...
Tudor Minute December 4: The Pope strips Cranme...
Today in 1555 the Pope in Rome handed down a sentence on the Protestant Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, saying that he was stripped of his archbishopric, and all of his ecclesiastical...
Tudor Minute December 4: The Pope strips Cranme...
Today in 1555 the Pope in Rome handed down a sentence on the Protestant Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, saying that he was stripped of his archbishopric, and all of his ecclesiastical...
Tudor Minute November 29: RIP Cardinal Wolsey
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 29. Today in 1530 Cardinal Wolsey died in Leicester Abbey. Three weeks...
Tudor Minute November 29: RIP Cardinal Wolsey
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 29. Today in 1530 Cardinal Wolsey died in Leicester Abbey. Three weeks...
Tudor Minute November 26: Happy Birthday Henry ...
Today is the anniversary of Henry Fitzroy and Lady Mary Howard, married at Hampton Court Palace. Henry was the acknowledged illegitimate son of Henry VIII with his mistress Bessie...
Tudor Minute November 26: Happy Birthday Henry ...
Today is the anniversary of Henry Fitzroy and Lady Mary Howard, married at Hampton Court Palace. Henry was the acknowledged illegitimate son of Henry VIII with his mistress Bessie...
Tudor Minute November 22: RIP William Butts
This is your Tudor Minute for November 22. Today in 1545 William Butts died. He served as King Henry VIII’s physician, serving at his court from 1528 until he died....
Tudor Minute November 22: RIP William Butts
This is your Tudor Minute for November 22. Today in 1545 William Butts died. He served as King Henry VIII’s physician, serving at his court from 1528 until he died....