Tudor History with Claire Ridgway
On this day in Tudor history podcasts from Claire Ridgway.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 1041
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Cromwell, Wolsey and Wolf Hall
Thank you so much to Emilie and the super cute Nathaniel the dog for asking about the real relationship between Thomas Cromwell and his master, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.
Were the two men as close as …
00:11:13 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
An interview with Claire Ridgway
In this interview journalism students, Merel and Emma, ask historian Claire Ridgway about the Tudor Society, including questions such as: “why did you (claire) start the Tudor Society”, “Do you (Clai…
00:12:37 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
A monk who embraced reform, a translator & soldier, and Black Will Herbert
In this first part of This Week in Tudor History for the week beginning 15th March, historian and author Claire Ridgway looks at the life and career of a bishop who started out as a monk but whose co…
00:11:12 |
Sun 14 Mar 2021
A pope who was kind to Jews, a Catholic martyr, an Elizabethan actor and a bishop who supported Welsh
In the second part of This week in Tudor history, historian Claire Ridgway talks about Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, who became Pope Leo X in 1513 and who was known as a patron of the Arts and his …
00:13:12 |
Wed 10 Mar 2021
A Discovery of Witches and the School of Night - did it exist?
Thank you to Real Tudor Lady for the excellent question on the TV series "A Discovery of Witches" which is adapted from The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness.
You can see this podcast as a video …
00:16:40 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
An outspoken reformer, Lady Margaret Douglas dies, and a man of "plyable" willow
In the first part of this week in Tudor history, historian and author Claire Ridgway introduces an outspoken reformer whose works were burnt, she talks about the death of Henry VIII’s niece, Lady Mar…
00:13:25 |
Sun 07 Mar 2021
12 Facts about Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford
Most history lovers know that Jane Boleyn (née Parker), Lady Rochford, was the wife of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, the sister-in-law of Queen Anne Boleyn and that she was executed with Catherine Ho…
00:06:27 |
Fri 05 Mar 2021
A mathematician, Call Me Risley, and a scapegoat
In this second part of This week in Tudor history, historian Claire Ridgway introduces mathematician and inventor William Oughtred, tells you about the life of Thomas Wriothesley, the man known as “C…
00:16:47 |
Thu 04 Mar 2021
Teasel's Tudor Trivia - Tudor Fabrics
In this edition of Teasel's Tudor trivia, Teasel the dog and author and historian Claire Ridgway talk about the different fabrics that were used to make clothes during the medieval and Tudor period -…
00:12:19 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
A Grand Prior, Anne of Denmark, Margaret Tudor's third marriage and Mary Boleyn's son
In the first part of her “This week in Tudor history” for the week beginning 1st March, historian Claire Ridgway is going to be introducing you to Thomas Tresham, grand prior of the Order of St John …
00:12:03 |
Sun 28 Feb 2021
Catherine Howard's Execution - Fan Q&A
A big thank you to Naomi for her question regarding the executions of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, and Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford.
In Showtime's "The Tudors" series, it shows Jane Bole…
00:08:32 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
A literary patron and her husband, a chaplain dies at sea, and a pragmatic reformer pleases nobody
In this second part of This week on Tudor history for the week beginning 22nd February, historian and author Claire Ridgway introduces a literary patron and her husband, a clergyman who ended up dyin…
00:15:13 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
10 facts about Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth Boleyn was, of course, the mother of Queen Anne Boleyn, aunt of Queen Catherine Howard and grandmother of Queen Elizabeth I, but she's quite a shadowy historical figure.
Find out more abo…
00:04:59 |
Tue 23 Feb 2021
Broken leg kills translator, Elizabeth of York's funeral, and an earl implicated in murder
In the first part of This Week in Tudor history for the week beginning 22nd February, historian and author Claire Ridgway talks about a translator killed by a broken leg, the lavish funeral of Elizab…
00:12:18 |
Sun 21 Feb 2021
Did Anne Stanhope, Edward Seymour's wife, really have scandalous affairs?
In this edition of Tudor Fan Q&A, historian and author Claire Ridgway answers a question about a character featured in Showtime's "The Tudors" series.
You can see this podcast as a video at the follo…
00:08:49 |
Thu 18 Feb 2021
A murdered French duke, Margaret Douglas's bad news, a Tudor countess, and Lady Katherine Grey
In this second part of “This week in Tudor history” for week beginning 15th February, historian Claire Ridgway tells us how the death of a French duke led to an awful massacre, and how the imprisoned…
00:13:44 |
Wed 17 Feb 2021
The last monk to be Archbishop of Canterbury, a famous Reformer and an earl who wept for Elizabeth
In this first part of This Week in Tudor history for week beginning 15th February, Claire is going to tell you about the last monk to become Archbishop of Canterbury; the man who wrote one of the mos…
00:14:18 |
Sun 14 Feb 2021
Mad people can be executed, a miscarriage of justice, problematic prophecies and William Waste All - February 8-14 Part 2
In this second part of This Week in Tudor History for the week beginning 8th February, historian Claire Ridgway talks about two parliamentary acts that allowed a king to execute his wife and to execu…
00:12:54 |
Wed 10 Feb 2021
Did Charles Brandon have a French mistress? - Tudor Fan Q&A
In this edition of "Fan Questions", questions asked by her YouTube viewers, historian Claire Ridgway answers a question about Showtime's "The Tudors" series.
Annette from Michigan, US, wanted to kn…
00:06:39 |
Mon 08 Feb 2021
A man who refused a title, Lady Jane Grey's reprieve, and a naughty earl with a magic ring
In this first part of "This Week in Tudor History", historian Claire Ridgway introduces a chap named John, one of the many johns in his family, who turned down a title; explains why Lady Jane Grey's …
00:07:24 |
Sun 07 Feb 2021
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