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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509 টি এপিসোড![[YouTube Drop] Something Different: A Tudor Autumn Romance](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1760470984062-582d1908-e9a8-4ca5-8cce-c27e64f8994b.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Something Different: A Tudor Autumn Romance
Today’s episode is something a little different: a cozy Hallmark-style Tudor romance set at Michaelmas, complete with cinnamon, parish gossip, and a b...
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[YouTube Drop] Tudor Executions
In this minicast, we’re diving into Tudor justice: the wild world of public punishments that doubled as community entertainment. From “respectable” no...
![[YouTube Drop] Mary of Hungary](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1760297151248-a17b047f-e73b-4648-aac8-250ab74da989.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Mary of Hungary
Mary of Hungary was more than just a Habsburg princess. She ruled Hungary as regent and governed the Netherlands on behalf of her brother, Emperor Cha...
![[YouTube Drop] The Illness That Almost Changed Tudor History](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1760121506638-cc69d779-cbf0-4566-a517-ff8a3e27e654.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] The Illness That Almost Changed Tudor History
In October 1562, 29-year-old Queen Elizabeth I fell seriously ill with smallpox at Hampton Court Palace, and for a few terrifying days, it looked like...
![[YouTube Drop] Ophelia's Fate](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1760030004059-168365a4-2ac9-443e-818e-3e264ae0a943.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Ophelia's Fate
Taylor Swift’s new album references “the fate of Ophelia”, but who was Ophelia, and why does her story still matter? In this episode, we look at Shake...
Episode 311: Fair Rosamund
Rosamund Clifford (“Fair Rosamund”) was Henry II’s mistress, remembered more in legend than in fact. This episode traces her real story, the myths of...
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[YouTube Drop] Chapuys and Tudorcon Recap!
Imperial ambassador Eustace Chapuys spent nearly two decades at Henry VIII’s court, recording the gossip, arguments, and scandals that defined the Tud...
Episode 310: The Parr Family
The Parr family rose from Kendal gentry to the heart of the Tudor court, producing Henry VIII’s last queen, Catherine Parr. This episode follows their...
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[YouTube Drop] Strange Deaths in Tudor England
Tudor England was full of dangers, and some deaths were downright bizarre. From accidents with oxen and brewing vats to poisoned mushrooms and infamou...
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[YouTube Drop] Thomas Cromwell’s Mysterious “Lost Years”
Before he became Henry VIII’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell spent nearly twenty years in obscurity. From fighting as a mercenary in Italy to working...
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[YouTube Drop] Shakespeare’s Midnight Heist
In 1598, Shakespeare’s company secretly dismantled their old playhouse, The Theater, and carried the timbers across the Thames to build the Globe. Thi...
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[YouTube Drop] Ben Jonson’s Deadly Duel
In 1598, playwright Ben Jonson (rival and friend of Shakespeare) faced actor Gabriel Spencer in a duel at Hoxton Fields. Spencer was killed, and Jonso...
Episode 309: The Seymours
The Tudors get all the glory, but no family in England gambled more than the Seymours. They went from quiet country gentry to the heart of Henry VIII'...
![[YouTube Drop] Katherine Pole](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1758647283298-672fb175-3850-4ed0-ac49-095478532a84.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Katherine Pole
Her grandmother was beheaded. Her father was executed. Her uncle exiled. But while so many of her relatives fell to Tudor paranoia, Katherine Pole not...
![[YouTube Drop] The Death That Saved a Queen](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1758566185863-0dabeeba-090d-4f1c-a80e-a4622785b4a0.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] The Death That Saved a Queen
A queen's death changes everything. When Marie of Guise, the powerful mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, died in 1560, it sparked rumors of poisoning. Bu...
![[YouTube Drop] The Queen Raised in Chaos](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1758476443433-8e2a5d06-831c-419f-b7ff-4423ce3a97a3.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] The Queen Raised in Chaos
You know the name, but do you know the full story? Katherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, is famous for her tragic end. But the real story is...
![[YouTube Drop] The Funniest Tudor Beliefs](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1758302419702-336bb6de-7cef-4824-9a1d-a025663e2207.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] The Funniest Tudor Beliefs
The Tudors weren’t just political power players, they were also deeply superstitious. In this video, we look at the strangest beliefs of the era: stra...
Interview: Three Queens with Rosamund Graves
Playwright Rosamond Graves joins me to talk about her new play Three Queens, premiering at the Gamut Theatre in Harrisburg, PA. The play imagines Mary...
Episode 308: John of Gaunt & Katherine Swynford
In this episode, we trace the scandalous yet enduring relationship between John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, from mistress and governess to Duches...
![[YouTube Drop] Tudor Self-Help](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1758034464517-85af6736-e3b3-47c2-97ac-24650864b85f.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Tudor Self-Help
Forget modern self-help books: the Tudors had their own guides for living well. In this episode, we look at advice from Thomas More, Erasmus, Roger As...
![[YouTube Drop] Clocks and Timekeeping in Tudor England](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1757954182114-1e5c8a01-6f1c-4b97-9ccc-180ce07c3423.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Clocks and Timekeeping in Tudor England
In Tudor England, time was shifting from the rhythms of the sun and church bells to the tick of mechanical clocks. This episode explores how the Tudor...
![[YouTube Drop] What if Henry IX had lived?](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1757870555600-999a9f92-4a75-4a7a-8c56-71dc342bfc2e.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] What if Henry IX had lived?
In 1511, Henry VIII’s son, Henry Duke of Cornwall, lived to adulthood. As King Henry IX, he married into the Spanish Netherlands and led England into...
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[YouTube Drop] 🕷️ Spiders and the Tudors:
It’s autumn, and the spider webs are everywhere. But in Tudor England, spiders weren’t just pests. They carried layers of meaning: omens of luck, reme...
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[YouTube Drop] Anne Herbert
Another one from the Members Only vault from a few years ago.
Meet Anne Herbert, sister of Catherine Parr, who played her own important role in...
Episode 307: The Howard Family
The Howard family rose from Bosworth’s ashes to become one of the most powerful dynasties of Tudor England, producing queens, poets, and traitors. In...
![[YouTube Drop] Henry VIII's Last Will](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1757432321579-060c593f-08ce-43ce-a9a9-3b929ea7bf08.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Henry VIII's Last Will
Henry VIII’s final will was meant to control the Tudor succession, but it left a legacy of confusion. Signed with a dry stamp instead of Henry’s own h...
![[YouTube Drop] Elizabeth I Is Born](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1757337744468-8ac9a7e9-3a53-4820-9df0-8a0ade5fd831.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Elizabeth I Is Born
On September 7, 1533, Anne Boleyn delivered her first child, a daughter named Elizabeth. Henry VIII had planned for a son, but instead England welcome...
![[YouTube Drop] The Coffeehouse Revolution](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1757261017605-1c537a50-226f-41a6-9996-189b4d5f17ad.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] The Coffeehouse Revolution
How did coffee change England forever? In this episode, we trace the rise of coffee houses from Oxford’s first shop in 1650 to London’s bustling Cornh...
![[YouTube Drop] How the Reformation Invented Restaurants](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1757183271150-9520086b-1a45-4a97-b27a-74297e73b6fa.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] How the Reformation Invented Restaurants
When did people first start eating out in England, and how did the Reformation play a role? This episode traces the rise of taverns, cook shops, and o...
![[YouTube Drop] Susan Bertie](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1757001082967-8fc3a3ab-a028-4734-bce5-4e097462debf.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Susan Bertie
The countess who raised a poet: Susan Bertie helped shape Aemilia Lanyer while dodging royal side-eye and surviving two widowhoods. Quick story, big r...
Episode 306: The Greys
The Grey family turns up again and again in late medieval and Tudor history, from Elizabeth Woodville’s first marriage, to Lady Jane Grey’s nine-day r...
![[YouTube Drop]: Scandalous Love Marriages](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1756838407374-ab0e55d6-17d7-4ffb-949a-fb8a9f61a43d.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop]: Scandalous Love Marriages
Some Tudor women ignored duty and married scandalously - choices that shocked their families, infuriated kings, and sometimes changed history. In this...
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[YouTube Drop] John Perrot
Going back through the archives... let's discuss John Perrot. Was he Henry VIII's son? Who knows. But he definitely was a pretty ruthless character in...
![[YouTube Drop] Jane Seymour: Was She Really Henry VIII’s Only True Love?](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1756648224076-51e31a20-acb6-43b1-a099-ae5b5a893f23.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Jane Seymour: Was She Really Henry VIII’s Only True Love?
Jane Seymour is often remembered as Henry VIII’s one true love, the wife who gave him a son and the queen he chose to be buried beside. But was she re...
![[YouTube Drop] Henry VIII’s Mind](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1756489672290-d62281d4-2313-4bad-a93a-08b5b70d6882.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Henry VIII’s Mind
Archaeologist AJ Dair joins me to talk about Henry VIII through the lens of psychology and mental health. We discuss his upbringing, the impact of his...
Episode 305: Queens, Nuns, and Heiresses
In this episode, we turn from the famous princes in the Tower to their lesser-known sisters... the daughters of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. Fro...
![[YouTube Drop] Surprisingly Wholesome Tudor Love Stories](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1756318591899-274e7bae-f9ac-46f3-accd-5a8f7c4f67b1.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Surprisingly Wholesome Tudor Love Stories
Not every Tudor marriage ended in disaster. In this episode, we look at the rare good guys of Tudor England: from William Cecil’s partnership with Mil...
![[YouTube Drop] Stephen Gardiner: The Tudor Survivor](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60edc3598a822b6646c6cd77/1756148276102-95267d2c-4e46-409d-bb69-2600e47fef36.jpeg)
[YouTube Drop] Stephen Gardiner: The Tudor Survivor
Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, outlasted Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I. a feat few could match in Tudor England. In this episode, we trac...
This Week in YouTube August 24
We're back with another This Week in YouTube where we highlight some recent content from my YouTube channel. This week: The Disturbing Fate of Katheri...
Lutes, Spies, and Rock and Roll
Grammy-nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane and Richmond guitarist Andrew McEvoy join me ahead of their Tudorcon2025 concert to talk Tudor music, the sur...