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Episode 104: Elizabeth and the Pretender, Don A...

Episode 104 looks at Elizabeth’s relationship with the Portuguese Pretender, Don Antonio, when Philip II of Spain took the Portuguese throne. What does a Portuguese succession crisis have to do...

Episode 104: Elizabeth and the Pretender, Don A...

Episode 104 looks at Elizabeth’s relationship with the Portuguese Pretender, Don Antonio, when Philip II of Spain took the Portuguese throne. What does a Portuguese succession crisis have to do...

Tudor Minute May 24: Rebellion against Henry VII

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 24. Today in 1487 The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel was crowned in Christ...

Tudor Minute May 24: Rebellion against Henry VII

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 24. Today in 1487 The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel was crowned in Christ...

Music for a Royal Newlywed Christmas

Many of you were awake at weird hours on Saturday to watch a Royal Wedding. I kind of wanted to make a joke about how Henry VIII liked royal weddings...

Music for a Royal Newlywed Christmas

Many of you were awake at weird hours on Saturday to watch a Royal Wedding. I kind of wanted to make a joke about how Henry VIII liked royal weddings...

Tudor Minute May 23: Annulment of Henry VIII’s ...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 23. Today in 1533 Archbishop Cranmer ruled that Henry’s marriage to Catherine...

Tudor Minute May 23: Annulment of Henry VIII’s ...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 23. Today in 1533 Archbishop Cranmer ruled that Henry’s marriage to Catherine...

Tudor Minute May 22, 1538: John Forrest Execution

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 22. Today in 1538 John Forrest, a Franciscan friar, was executed for...

Tudor Minute May 22, 1538: John Forrest Execution

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 22. Today in 1538 John Forrest, a Franciscan friar, was executed for...

Tudor Minute May 21, 1527: Happy Birthday Phili...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 21. Today is the birthday of Philip II of Spain, in 1527,...

Tudor Minute May 21, 1527: Happy Birthday Phili...

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 21. Today is the birthday of Philip II of Spain, in 1527,...