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That time when William Byrd made his Catholicis...

William Byrd was a recusant Catholic, which means that he refused to attend the official Church of England services. For most people, that alone would have warranted fines. His association...

That time when William Byrd made his Catholicis...

William Byrd was a recusant Catholic, which means that he refused to attend the official Church of England services. For most people, that alone would have warranted fines. His association...

Tudor Minute June 19: Happy Birthday James VI o...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 19. Today is the birthday, in 1566, of James VI of Scotland/I...

Tudor Minute June 19: Happy Birthday James VI o...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 19. Today is the birthday, in 1566, of James VI of Scotland/I...

Tudor Minute June 18: Legatine Court opened in ...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 18. Today in 1529 the Legatine Court opened in Blackfriars. This was...

Tudor Minute June 18: Legatine Court opened in ...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 18. Today in 1529 the Legatine Court opened in Blackfriars. This was...

Episode 105: Historian Alison Weir on Jane Seymour

  Episode 105 saw historian Alison Weir return to the show to talk about the third book in her Six Tudor Queen series, A Haunted Queen, about Jane Seymour. Buy...

Episode 105: Historian Alison Weir on Jane Seymour

  Episode 105 saw historian Alison Weir return to the show to talk about the third book in her Six Tudor Queen series, A Haunted Queen, about Jane Seymour. Buy...

Tudor Minute June 8: The Death of Elizabeth Woo...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 8. Today we mark the death, in 1492, of Elizabeth Woodville, in...

Tudor Minute June 8: The Death of Elizabeth Woo...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for June 8. Today we mark the death, in 1492, of Elizabeth Woodville, in...

Monkbot: 16th century AI

We think about Artificial Intelligence as a uniquely 21st century invention, but recently I heard, in passing, about Monkbot, a 16th century robot. Monkbot now lives in the Smithsonian, but...

Monkbot: 16th century AI

We think about Artificial Intelligence as a uniquely 21st century invention, but recently I heard, in passing, about Monkbot, a 16th century robot. Monkbot now lives in the Smithsonian, but...