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Watching the Tudors Season 2 Episode 1: Everything is Beautiful
Watching The Tudors Season 2 Episode 1 Everything is Beautiful: We’re talking about Anne Boleyn’s rise to the throne. We get some interesting foreshadowing here of witchcraft accusations, and there’s a really horrible scene where a cook gets boiled to death (which really happened). Also, this is our first episode…
Throwback Episode 29: Mary Queen of Scots
Episode 29 of the Renaissance English History Podcast was about Mary Queen of Scots. Listen to the show, or read the transcript below. —–Transcript—– (Remember, if you like this show, there are two main ways you can support it. First (and free!) you can leave a review on iTunes. It…
Episode 78: John Knox
Episode 78 of the Renaissance English History Podcast is on John Knox. Listen and read the transcript below. Related episode on Mary Tudor Remember, if you like this show, there are two main ways you can support it. First (and free!) you can leave a review on iTunes. It really…
Throwback Episode 027: Francis Walsingham, Spymaster
Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I’s Spymaster, was the focus of episode 027 from August 2015. Listen below, or read the transcript, and learn more about this elusive, and devout man, who is responsible for keeping Elizabeth safe from Catholic plots. TRANSCRIPT (Remember, if you like this show, there are two…
Throwback Episode 42: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Lady Margaret Beaufort was Henry VII’s mother, so in a sense she gave birth to the Tudor Dynasty. And now that I think about it, the birth of Henry Tudor is famous because it was so difficult for her…she was young (too young to be having children, and in the…
Episode 77: Tudor Crime and Punishment
Listen to the Tudor Crime episode here: Episode 077 of the Renaissance English History Podcast is on Tudor Crime and Punishment. I’ve been wanting to cover this for a while, and all I can say is that there are many times when I think it would be fun to live in…
Episode 076: Alison Weir on Anne Boleyn
Episode 76 of the Renaissance English History Podcast is an interview with historian Alison Weir on her new historical fiction book on Anne Boleyn. Listen here: I was thrilled to have a chance to speak again with Alison Weir, the author of too many books to list here (some of…
Throwback Ep 14: Intro to English Renaissance Music
A throwback to one of the earlier, and more popular episodes I’ve done; an intro to English Renaissance Music Here’s my English Renaissance music playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/hteysko/playlist/3SsafFVJ4eGbW5Onz3I8bY Here are some other musical-related episodes I’ve done on English Renaissance music: David Skinner interview – August 2015 https://www.englandcast.com/2015/09/suzidigby/ – Suzi Digby interview –…
Episode 75: Elizabeth and France
Book recommendation: Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy 1558-1603 by Susan Doran. Remember, if you like this show, you can support it in a few ways. The easiest is to leave a rating on iTunes. You can also become a patron of the show for as little as $1/episode on Patreon.…
Episode 074: Edward, Mary, and France
Continuing our look at Tudor Monarchs, and how they related to France, this episode looks at Edward and Mary. Please remember that if you like this show, the best ways you can help keep it going are to leave a rating on iTunes, or become a patron on Patreon, for as…