Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors
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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 491
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
Episode 163: Women Pirates
In this episode we look at a few stories of Elizabethan women who sailed the seas for booty and adventure!
Show notes at englandcast.com/womenpirates
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Episode 162: Tudor Weddings ❤️
It's that time of the year. Time to talk about love. And marriage. Let's talk about how the Tudors got married. Arranged marriages. Courting. Vows. Negotiations. And more.
Happy V-Day - hope you're ge…
Episode 161: Sea Shanties
In case you haven't noticed, Sea Shanties are having a Moment. In this episode we look at the history of Sea Shanties. Show notes will be up at englandcast.com/seasongs
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Music Credits:
Wellerman by Be…
Episode 160: Elizabeth and China
Connecting the dots between a piece of porcelain, a 1602 dinner party at Robert Cecil's, the Rainbow Portrait, and a letter that only got as far as Baffin Island. And it all leads to China. Globalism…
Episode 159: Let's Trade Stuff with Iceland!
In this episode we check out the Tudor relationship with Iceland. Did you know Henry VIII had the opportunity to buy Iceland not once, not twice, but three times?!
Show notes will be up at englandcast…
Supplemental: Tudor Christmas Carols
In this episode we look at four wonderful Christmas carols that our Tudor friends would have known and loved.
Happy Christmas!
Music Credits:
Boars Head Carol:The Boar's Head Carol by TheBirdSings is li…
Supplemental: Brigitte Webster in the TLC talking about getting ready for winter
Episode 157: The Rough Wooing
Henry VIII wanted to invade France. But he also had to handle Scotland. Also, Mary Queen of Scots entered the picture. And thus began, the Rough Wooing.
Show notes will be up at englandcast.com/wooing…
Supplemental: Chat with James Boulton on the Tudor Queen Consorts
Friend of the Show James Boulton stopped by the Tudor Learning Circle the other week to chat about the Queen Consorts starting with Elizabeth of York, and all the Wives. Find his new podcast The Othe…
Episode 156: Medieval and Tudor Wool Trade
Supplemental: Nathen Amin at Tudorcon2020
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Episode 155: A Tudor Home Tour - the Bathroom
Continuing our tour of the Tudor home, we chat about bathrooms. Medieval bath houses, moveable toilets, great houses of easement, and feasting in the tub. Also, I try really hard to not make toilet j…
Supplementary: A Chat with our Friendly Neighborhood Shakespeare
Episode 154: A brief history of Alchemy
Double double, toil and trouble - tis the season to make potions! But did you know there's a long history and deep mystical history with the art of alchemy? Let's dig in!
Show notes will be up at engl…
Episode 153: Tim Darcy Ellis on Juan Luis Vives
Supplementary: Sample Episode One of the Kickass Tudor Women Course
Episode 152: The Tudor Home Tour - the Bedroom
In episode 152 of the Renaissance English History Podcast we continue our tour of the Tudor home with the Bedroom. We talk about the sleeping habits of the Tudors, beds as furniture, rituals that hap…
Supplementary:A Michael Radi as part of #TudorfytheQuarantine
Back in March I did a series of episodes when the lockdowns were first beginning. Michael Radi stopped by to talk about his musical, The King's Legacy, and share some music. Join my free group at Tud…
Episode 151: A Year in the Life - 1580
In this episode we do another Year in the Life - this time looking at the year 1580. Earthquakes! The Marriage Game! And Greensleeves. It was a Big Year. Show notes will be going up at englandcast.co…
