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Tudor Minute July 13: Happy Birthday John Dee

Tudor Minute July 13: Happy Birthday John Dee
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 13. Today in 1527 John Dee was born.  ...

Tudor Minute July 12: Robert Aske Executed

Tudor Minute July 12: Robert Aske Executed
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 12. Today in 1537 Robert Aske was exec...

Tudor Minute July 10: William of Orange assasinated

Tudor Minute July 10: William of Orange assasinated
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for July 10. On July 10 in 1584 William of Oran...

Tudor Minute May 22: RIP John Forrest

Tudor Minute May 22: RIP John Forrest
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 Franci...

Tudor Minute May 21: Happy Birthday Philip II

Tudor Minute May 21: Happy Birthday Philip II
Today is the birthday of Philip II of Spain, in 1527, to Charles V - the Holy Roman Emperor - and Isabella of Portugal - in Valladolid, in Spain....

Tudor Minute May 20: Chapuys writes a report

Tudor Minute May 20: Chapuys writes a report
  Today we read about fallout from the execution of Anne Boleyn, which happened yesterday. The Imperial Ambassador Eustace Chapuys wrote this rep...

Tudor Minute May 16: Archbishop Cranmer visits Anne

Tudor Minute May 16: Archbishop Cranmer visits Anne
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 16. Today in 1536 Archbishop Cranmer vis...

Tudor Minute May 15: Anne Boleyn's Trial

Tudor Minute May 15: Anne Boleyn's Trial
Today in 1536 Anne Boleyn was tried in front of nearly 2000 spectators in the King’s Hall in the Tower of London. The Queen defended herself hono...

Tudor Minute May 14: The Creeping Parliament

Tudor Minute May 14: The Creeping Parliament
  Today in 1571 Scotland saw the Creeping Parliament. This was part of the civil war that consumed Scotland after Mary Queen of Scots abdicated, ...

Tudor Minute May 13: Mary and Charles marry a Third Time

Tudor Minute May 13: Mary and Charles marry a Third Time
Today in 1515 we celebrate the third marriage of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon. The reason they were married three times was thanks to the drama...

Tudor Minute May 8: Elizabeth Signs the Act of Uniformity

Tudor Minute May 8: Elizabeth Signs the Act of Uniformity
Today in 1559 Elizabeth I signed the Act of Uniformity. This was part of the Elizabethan religious settlement and compromise which left no one fu...

Tudor Minute May 7: James I arrives in London

Tudor Minute May 7: James I arrives in London
  Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for May 7. Today in 1603 James I arrived in Lo...