Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Grammy-nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane and Richmond guitarist Andrew McEvoy join me ahead of their Tudorcon2025 concert to talk Tudor music, the surprising ties between rock, folk, and the lute, an…

We're back with another This Week in YouTube where we highlight some recent content from my YouTube channel. This week: Did the Tudors Fear Friday the 13th; Why Edward IV’s Marriage to Elizabeth Wood…

Tudor England… and Florida? In this episode, I chat with Misty Biruk about the surprising Elizabethan connections to the American Southeast; from Protestant forts near Jacksonville to the legend of a…

Paris, August 1572: the bells ring before dawn, and by nightfall thousands of Huguenots are dead. The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre shocked Europe, hardened Elizabethan England’s view of Catholic po…

The Cliffords ruled northern England for 500 years through loyalty, lawsuits, and superior castle-building skills. From the legendary "Shepherd Lord" who hid in the Lake District for 24 years to Lady…

Mary I’s household wasn’t just filled with courtiers... it was a circle of allies who had stood by her through years of disgrace, danger, and political uncertainty. In this episode, we meet the women…

We're back with another This Week in YouTube where we highlight some recent content from my YouTube channel. This week: The Mob That Hunted Anne Boleyn, Margaret Clifford - The Tudor Heiress Who Was …

From jilting one fiancée for her aunt’s fortune, to pocketing a ring from Margaret of Austria, to arranging marriage to an eight-year-old heiress, Henry VIII’s best friend had a talent for mixing rom…

They were royal... sort of. From John of Gaunt’s scandalous affair to Margaret Beaufort’s political genius, the Beaufort family shaped the Wars of the Roses and put the Tudors on the throne, despite …

hey sailed to France as children with Mary, Queen of Scots, four noble girls, all named Mary.

Mary Beaton, Seton, Fleming, and Livingston became her closest companions, and they stayed with her throug…

Today we’re looking at a royal scandal you’ve probably never heard of: in 1419, Joan of Navarre - the Dowager Queen and stepmother to Henry V - was arrested for witchcraft. Not because she was guilt…

We're back with another This Week in YouTube where we highlight some recent content from my YouTube channel. This week:What Happened to Anne Boleyn’s Mother?; Did Henry VIII Ever Regret the Execution…

For centuries, sharing a bed with friends, family and even strangers was totally normal. From royal sleepovers to flea-bitten inn beds, this episode dives into the forgotten history of communal sleep…

You know Lady Jane Grey, but what about her sisters?

In this episode, we explore the hidden lives of Katherine and Mary Grey: two Tudor women caught between love and loyalty, royal blood and royal pun…

In the final weeks of Henry VIII’s reign, one of England’s most powerful nobles was executed (not for rebellion, but for tweaking his coat of arms).

This episode tells the story of Henry Howard, Earl …

What do you do when your parent loses their head?

This video looked at the children of traitors, from Gregory Cromwell to the young Poles, and how some survived, and even thrived, after scandal.

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