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Tudor Minute September 22: Happy Birthday Anne ...
Today in 1515 Anne of Cleves was born. She is most famous for being Henry VIII’s fourth wife, the one he deemed too ugly for him. The marriage was...
Tudor Minute September 22: Happy Birthday Anne ...
Today in 1515 Anne of Cleves was born. She is most famous for being Henry VIII’s fourth wife, the one he deemed too ugly for him. The marriage was...
Tudor Minute September 21: Happy Anniversary Ro...
Today in 1578 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, married Lettice Knollys. Ever since the death of his wife, Amy Robsart, under suspicious circumstances a decade and a half earlier, Dudley...
Tudor Minute September 21: Happy Anniversary Ro...
Today in 1578 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, married Lettice Knollys. Ever since the death of his wife, Amy Robsart, under suspicious circumstances a decade and a half earlier, Dudley...
Tudor Minute September 18: Happy Birthday Henry...
Today in 1535 Charles Brandon and his wife, his ward Katherine Willoughby, had a son called Henry. Charles Brandon was famous for having married Henry VIII’s sister Mary...
Tudor Minute September 18: Happy Birthday Henry...
Today in 1535 Charles Brandon and his wife, his ward Katherine Willoughby, had a son called Henry. Charles Brandon was famous for having married Henry VIII’s sister Mary...
Tudor Minute September 17: RIP Heinrich Bullinger
Today we mark the death, in 1575, of Heinrich Bullinger, one of the leading Swiss Protestant Reformers. He was born in 1504, and interestingly, his story overlapped with that of...
Tudor Minute September 17: RIP Heinrich Bullinger
Today we mark the death, in 1575, of Heinrich Bullinger, one of the leading Swiss Protestant Reformers. He was born in 1504, and interestingly, his story overlapped with that of...
Tudor Minute September 16: Henry's Great Progress
Today in 1541 Henry VIII was on his famous Progress to the North, and entered the city of York where the most important people in the city begged forgiveness...
Tudor Minute September 16: Henry's Great Progress
Today in 1541 Henry VIII was on his famous Progress to the North, and entered the city of York where the most important people in the city begged forgiveness...
Tudor Minute September 15: Wolsey is Archbishop...
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for September 15. Today in 1514 Thomas Wolsey was appointed Archbishop of York...
Tudor Minute September 15: Wolsey is Archbishop...
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for September 15. Today in 1514 Thomas Wolsey was appointed Archbishop of York...