The Tudor Fair Blog
Tudor Minute December 6: Happy St. Nicholas Day
Tudor Minute December 6 Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 6. 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…
Tudor Minute December 5 – Mary Queen of Scots is widowed
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 5. 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: Archbishop Cranmer is sentenced
Tudor Minute December 4: Archbishop Cranmer is sentenced Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 4. Today in 1555 the Pope in Rome handed down a sentence on the Protestant Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, saying that he was stripped of…
Tudor Minute December 1: Happy Birthday Margaret of Austria
Tudor Minute December 1 – the birth of Margaret of Austria. Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for December 1. Today in 1530 Margaret of Austria died. She is remembered as one of the group of women rulers that were…
Tudor Minute November 30 – Happy Birthday, Philip Sidney
Tudor Minute November 30 TRANSCRIPT: Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 30. Today in 1554 Philip Sidney was born. He was a poet, writer, scholar, courtier, and soldier. He is most famous for his poetry, like The Countess…
Old Music Wednesday: Music from the Eton Choirbook
The Choir of Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, have just released a new album from their exploration of the Eton Choirbook. One of the most famous liturgical manuscripts in England, the Eton Choirbook is a manuscript dating from the very early 16th century. It is one of the best examples of early…
Tudor Minute November 29: RIP Cardinal Wolsey
Tudor Minute November 29 Today in 1530 Cardinal Wolsey died in Leicester Abbey. Three weeks earlier his world had come tumbling down around him when the Earl of Northumberland arrested him for treason, and he left his home to head to London to be tried. He had dysentery, which delayed…
Tudor Minute for November 28: Happy Birthday Margaret Tudor
Tudor Minute November 28: TRANSCRIPT Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for November 28. Today in 1489 Margaret Tudor was born to Henry VII and Elizabeth of York in Westminster. She was named for Henry’s mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, and…
Tudor Minute for November 27 – William Shakespeare and Anne Hatheaway
The Tudor Minute for November 27 – For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss, And is a pattern of celestial peace. (1 Henry VI 5.5.63-6) Today in 1582 eighteen year old William Shakespeare and Anne Hatheaway, who was…
Episode 093: Tudor Times on Katherine Parr
Episode 093 is another joint episode with Tudor Times on Katherine Parr. Visit Gainsborough Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainsborough_Old_Hall Sizergh Castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizergh_Castle_and_Garden Books: (with Amazon affiliate links) Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII by Linda Porter Tudor Times http://tudortimes.co.uk/people/katherine-parr
Supplemental Episode: Travis goes to Wittenberg
In this episode, Travis Dow of the History of Germany Podcast headed off to Wittenberg to witness the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the cathedral door. It’s the culmination of our Reformation Month celebrations, and I’m so excited to share this audio…
Episode 092: Nathen Amin on Tudor Wales
Nathen Amin is the founder of The Henry Tudor Society, and is the author of several books including Tudor Wales: Full-Colour Guide to the Many Places in Wales Associated with This Famous Dynasty. I’m so thrilled to be teaming up with him for a tour to Tudor Wales this coming May.…