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Tudor Minute May 1, 1517: Evil May Day Riots
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 1. Today in 1517 we saw the Evil May Day Riots. Two weeks previously a Dr Bell preached a sermon against immigrants who were coming to England to take the jobs of…
This week in Tudor News: April 27 Edition
The news cycle is fast, and it’s hard to keep up with our favorite interests and topics! That’s why once a week I make up this post with the top stories that have caught my attention. How Anne Boleyn Lost Her Head In 1536, England’s King Henry VIII accused his…
Tudor Minute April 30 – Henry & Anne Have a Public Argument
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 30. Today in 1536 we have a report of a famous argument that Anne and Henry had in the gardens at Greenwich Palace. Henry and Anne’s planned trip to Calais together was…
Episode 102: Education in Tudor England
Episode 102 is about Education in Tudor England. Listen here, or keep going down for the transcript. Links: Learn more about John Skelton here: http://www.skeltonproject.org/ Roger Ascham’s The Schoolmaster https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Schoolmaster Roger Ascham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ascham Richard Cox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cox_(bishop) The Education of Mary Tudor https://heathervoight.com/2011/08/15/the-education-of-mary-tudor/ Edward VI’s education http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/kingedward.htm Edward’s Diary https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/edward-vi-diary Book…
Tudor Minute April 27, 1536: Start of Anne’s Downfall
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 27. Today in 1536 things started heading downhill very quickly for Anne Boleyn. Archbishop Cranmer, and other clergy and nobles were summoned to London for a Parliament in June, for what most…
Tudor Minute April 26, 1536: Matthew Parker watches over Elizabeth
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 26. Today in 1536, Anne Boleyn was starting to suspect that things were going badly for her, and she asked her chaplain, Matthew Parker, to watch over her daughter, Elizabeth, should anything…
Tudor Minute April 25, 1544: Katherine Parr published a book
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 25. Today in 1544 Queen Katherine Parr published a book. Psalms or Prayers was a translation of Bishop Fisher’s Latin Psalms, published around 1525. She went on to publish Prayers or Meditations…
Halley’s Comet in Tudor England
In April of 1066 William of Normandy was assembling a fleet to cross the Channel, and work his way into the succession crisis that was brewing in England. On April 24 a comet raced through the sky, and sky-viewers throughout Europe reported it as a bad omen for England. William…
All About Elizabeth Barton, Maid of Kent
Friday was the anniversary of the execution of Elizabeth Barton. She is fairly well known in popular culture, and made appearances in The Tudors and other tellings of the story of Henry’s relationship with Anne Boleyn. But a lot of that is based on the high drama, and tabloid nature…
Tudor Minute April 24, 1558: Happy wedding anniversary Mary Queen of Scots
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 24. Today is the wedding anniversary in 1558 of Mary Queen of Scots and Francis, the dauphin of France, in Paris. She was 14, and he was 15. Mary had spent most…
Tudor Minute April 23: Happy Birthday Shakespeare
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 23. Today is both the birthday and the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Born in Stratford upon Avon, he is remembered as one of the greatest writers in English, inventing…
This week in Tudor News: April 20 Edition
The news cycle is fast, and it’s hard to keep up with our favorite interests and topics! That’s why once a week I make up this post with the top stories that have caught my attention. Mary Tudor – Queen of England | Biography Jacqui Rossi talks about the tumultuous…