Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors
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Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors
Renaissance England was a bustling and exciting place...new religion! break with rome! wars with Scotland! And France! And Spain! The birth of the modern world! In this weekly podcast I'll explore one aspect of life in 16th century England that will give you a deeper understanding of this most excit...
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Katherine Parr Was Held Hostage Before She Ever Met Henry VIII
Before Katherine Parr became Henry VIII's sixth wife, she spent eight years at Snape Castle in North Yorkshire as Lady Latimer. In January 1537, armed...
What If Mary Tudor's Baby Was Real? | Tudor Alternate History
What if Mary I's phantom pregnancy in 1555 had been real? In this episode, I trace what happens to Elizabeth, the Church of England, the Spanish Armad...
How Tudor People Actually Got Their News (It Was Chaotic)
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Before newspapers, before coffeehouses, Tudor England had...
Why Smart Tudor Women Chose the Convent (And What Henry VIII Took From Them)
When Bridget of York, youngest daughter of Edward IV, chose a life at Dartford Priory over marriage to a Scottish prince, most people assume she had n...
So You Want to Survive Henry VIII's Court (Good Luck)
The Tudor court was one of the most glamorous, exciting, and genuinely terrifying places in the world. And the people who lost their heads there were...
The Queen Henry V Called a Witch (And Why He Was Lying)
In 1419, Joan of Navarre, dowager queen of England and stepmother to Henry V, was arrested for witchcraft and necromancy. There was no trial. Her inco...
What If Reginald Pole Had Just Shut Up? (Margaret Pole's Survival)
Margaret Pole was 67 years old when Henry VIII had her executed. She wasn't plotting. She wasn't scheming. She was an old woman in the Tower whose son...
A Galley Slave, A Massacre, and Henry VIII Being Winched Onto A Horse
We think of the Tudor period as velvet and poetry and dramatic executions. We do not think of it as siege warfare. That's a mistake.
In t...
What If Katherine Howard Had Culpepper's Baby?
Katherine Howard is remembered as the tragic teenager who lost her head at seventeen. But what if she didn't have to?
In the winter of 15...
He Betrayed His Brother to Save Himself. Then He Had to Live With It.
In 1538, a man named Geoffrey Pole was arrested and taken to the Tower of London. He hadn't plotted against Henry VIII. He hadn't raised an army. He'd...
The York Sisters: Five Women, One Dynasty Collapse
Everyone knows the Princes in the Tower, but what happened to their sisters? After Bosworth, five daughters of Edward IV faced a new Tudor king who ne...
Why Americans Fall in Love with Britain with Jonathan Thomas of Anglotopia
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The Tudors Didn't Know How It Would End Either
We talk a lot about living through uncertain times, especially now. New technology nobody fully understands. Institutions that keep changing the rules...
What’s in a Tudor Woman’s Bag? Court Essentials vs. Servant Survival
If you emptied the pockets of a Tudor woman in 1535, what would spill out?
In this episode, we’re opening the drawstring purses, apron fo...
The Times Mary Tudor Almost Fled England
There were moments in Mary Tudor’s life when escape seemed like the safest choice. Imperial ambassadors discussed secret routes to the coast. Ships wa...
How the Tudors Celebrated Valentine’s Day (Love, Letters, and Candlemas Traditions)
Did the Tudors celebrate Valentine’s Day? And if so, what did it actually look like before chocolates, roses, and greeting cards?
In this...
How Tudors Started the Day: Morning Routines in the 1500s
What did a typical morning look like in Tudor England?
There were no alarm clocks, no hot showers, and no coffee waiting in the kitchen....
From Pancakes to Fasting: Shrovetide and Lent in Tudor England
Late February was one of the hardest times of year in Tudor England. Food stores were running low, the weather was damp and cold, and spring still fel...
The Marriage That Could Have Saved Mary I | Tudor Alternate History
What if Mary I had listened to her people instead of her heart?
When Mary Tudor took the throne in 1553, she was a survivor who had beate...
Arbella Stuart’s Escape: Disguised as a Man, Chased by the Crown
Arbella Stuart was born with royal blood, raised under watch, and treated as a possible queen her entire life. She never claimed the throne, but her l...
How Cold Were Tudor Houses? The Reality of Life Without Heat
If you’ve ever visited a Tudor palace in winter and wondered why it feels so cold inside, the answer is simple: it always was.
In this ep...
What If the Gunpowder Plot Had Succeeded? England After November 5, 1605
In November 1605, the Gunpowder Plot came terrifyingly close to reshaping England’s future. This episode explores what would have happened if Parliame...
The Death and Funeral of Henry VIII: Ritual, Power, and a Vanishing Tomb
When Henry VIII died at Whitehall Palace in January 1547, England faced a dangerous moment. His heir was nine years old, power was about to shift, and...
Women Who Anchored Empire: Ireland, Roanoke, and the Jamestown Brides | Tudorcon Talk
What role did women actually play in England’s early colonial experiments?
In this Tudorcon 2025 talk, Colleen Parker explores the overlo...
The King in the Mill: The Strange Death of James III
In the summer of 1488, a King of Scots lay dying in a flour mill, allegedly murdered by a man disguised as a priest. But how did James III - a man who...
What Was Wolsey Thinking? The Slow, Fatal Unraveling of Henry VIII’s Greatest Minister
At the height of his power, Thomas Wolsey stood at the center of Europe’s grandest spectacle - the Field of Cloth of Gold. Ten years later, he was alo...
What If Elizabeth I Had Married Early? One Decision That Changes Everything
Elizabeth I’s decision not to marry shaped the entire character of her reign. But what if she had chosen differently, early on, when the pressure was...
A Monster Winter Storm, Tudor Style: How People Coped Without Forecasts
As a major winter storm is hitting much of the United States, it’s hard not to think about how dependent we are on forecasts, alerts, and advance warn...
What Was Katharine Parr Thinking? The Conversation That Almost Got Her Arrested
In the final years of Henry VIII’s reign, even conversation could be dangerous.
Katharine Parr was not simply a dutiful queen consort. Sh...
How to Die in Tudor England
When we think about death in Tudor England, we usually picture executions, plague, or war. But for most people living in 16th-century England, death c...
What If Anne Boleyn Had Become Henry VIII’s Mistress Instead of Queen?
What if Anne Boleyn had agreed to become Henry VIII’s mistress instead of his queen? This thought experiment explores how a single private decision mi...
The Forgotten History of Breakfast (The Tudors Didn’t Eat It Like We Do)
Breakfast feels ancient. It isn’t. In Tudor England, breakfast was optional, lightly eaten, and sometimes frowned upon. No bacon, no eggs, no fixed ho...
Episode 323: What the Tudors Really Thought About History
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The Tudors did not see history as distant or neutral. They believed...
Thomas Cromwell in 1540: The Year He Knew He Was Finished
In early 1540, Thomas Cromwell was still powerful, but he knew something had shifted.
Today we look at the final year before Cromwell’s fall, no...
The One Choice That Could Have Changed Tudor England Forever
What if Catherine of Aragon had agreed to an annulment in 1527?
Today we explore a Tudor what-if with enormous consequences. If Catherine...
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[YouTube Drop] A Day in the life of a Yeoman Farmer
In this minicast, we spend twenty-four hours with a yeoman farmer and his family, the solid middle of Tudor society. From waking before dawn to fieldw...
A Tudorcon 2025 Talk: The Magic of Holbein
This talk was recorded live at Tudorcon 2025.
In this lecture, Mallory Jackson explores the work of Hans Holbein the Younger, the artist whose p...
Juana of Castile: The Queen Who Was Never Allowed to Rule
Juana of Castile is remembered by history as “Juana the Mad,” but that label explains far less than it hides. In this episode, we step away from biogr...
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[YouTube Drop] Henry Beaufort
Henry Beaufort is rarely the most famous Beaufort, but he may have been the most influential.
A son of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, Bea...
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[YouTube Drop] Three Twelfth Nights at the Tudor Court (1512–1582)
At the Tudor court, Twelfth Night was more than the end of Christmas. Using specific recorded celebrations from across the sixteenth century, this min...