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Tudor Minute January 14: A Coronation and a Lov...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for January 14. Today in 1559 Elizabeth I left the Tower for Westminster where...

Tudor Minute January 14: A Coronation and a Lov...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for January 14. Today in 1559 Elizabeth I left the Tower for Westminster where...

Tudor Minute January 11: Get Your Lottery Ticket

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for January 11. Today in 1569 the very first English lottery was drawn at...

Tudor Minute January 11: Get Your Lottery Ticket

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for January 11. Today in 1569 the very first English lottery was drawn at...

January 10: Happy Birthday Margaret of Austria

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for January 10. Today is the birthday of Margaret of Austria, born in 1480....

January 10: Happy Birthday Margaret of Austria

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for January 10. Today is the birthday of Margaret of Austria, born in 1480....

Tudor Minute January 9: Columbus Meets Mermaids

Today in 1493 Christopher Columbus, sailing near the Dominican Republic, saw three mermaids, and said they were “not half as beautiful as they are painted.” Of course they weren’t mermaids,...

Tudor Minute January 9: Columbus Meets Mermaids

Today in 1493 Christopher Columbus, sailing near the Dominican Republic, saw three mermaids, and said they were “not half as beautiful as they are painted.” Of course they weren’t mermaids,...

Tudor Minute January 4: Columbus sails for home

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for January 4. Today in 1493 Christopher Columbus left the new islands he had...

Tudor Minute January 4: Columbus sails for home

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for January 4. Today in 1493 Christopher Columbus left the new islands he had...

Tudor Minute: Luther excommunicated

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for January 3. Today in 1521 Pope Leo X issued the Papal Bull that...

Tudor Minute: Luther excommunicated

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for January 3. Today in 1521 Pope Leo X issued the Papal Bull that...