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
Which colours did Anne Boleyn like?
In this edition of her series on "Questions about Anne Boleyn", Claire Ridgway, author of "The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown" considers which colours Anne Boleyn liked.
You can see this podcast as…
00:07:27 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
A princess marries, a queen faces death, and a spy and lawyer die - 1-7 February Part 2
In this second part of "This week in Tudor history" for the week beginning 1st February, historian and author Claire Ridgway talks about Tudor events and people associated with 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th …
00:12:39 |
Wed 03 Feb 2021
An alchemist, the Princes in the Tower's doctor, and a duke who suffered a rigged trial
In this first part of "This week in Tudor history" for the week beginning 1st February, historian and author Claire Ridgway talks about Tudor events and people associated with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Februa…
00:15:57 |
Sun 31 Jan 2021
11 things you might not know about George Boleyn
OK, so this isn't really a question about Anne Boleyn, but Claire Ridgway, co-author of "George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat", thought she'd share with you 11 facts about George Boleyn, …
00:13:02 |
Fri 29 Jan 2021
Elizabeth I's guardian, a Master of Swans, a king's death announced and more! -- Jan 25-31 Part 2
In the second part of "This Week in Tudor History" for 25-31st January, historian and author Claire Ridgway talks about events that happened on 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st January in the reigns of the …
00:15:18 |
Wed 27 Jan 2021
4 Ways to make you talk - Tudor-style - Teasel's Tudor Trivia
In this latest edition of Teasel's Tudor Trivia, Teasel the dog supervises while her owner, author and historian Claire Ridgway, introduces us to 'ways of making people talk Tudor-style', in other wo…
00:07:19 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
A priest in Little Ease, death from plague, and heretics meet their ends - January 25 - 31, Part 1
On 25th January 1540, Jesuit priest and martyr, St Edmund Campion, was born in London. Although he was close to the Earl of Leicester and William Cecil at one point, he ended up being thrown into the…
00:18:15 |
Sun 24 Jan 2021
Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn: Were they close?
In this latest edition of Questions about Anne Boleyn, Claire Ridgway, author of several books on the Boleyns, considers the question she's often asked "Were Anne and Mary Boleyn close?"
What do we…
00:21:45 |
Fri 22 Jan 2021
This week in Tudor History, January 18-24, Part 2
Part 2 of "This week in Tudor History" covers Tudor history events from 22nd to 24th January
Find out all about these Tudor events from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History" and s…
00:15:55 |
Thu 21 Jan 2021
This week in Tudor History, January 18-24, Part 1
Part 1 of "This week in Tudor History" covers Tudor history events from 18th to 21st January.
Find out all about these Tudor events from Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History" and…
00:17:10 |
Sun 17 Jan 2021
Get involved in Claire's videos
Tim came up with an idea of how Claire can get her viewers actively involved in her YouTube videos, and Claire wants to give it a try.
Do you want to be featured in a video? Do you have a burning q…00:03:42 |
Thu 14 Jan 2021
This week in Tudor History, January 11-17 - Part 2
This second part of this week's "This week in Tudor History" covers events that took place in the Tudor period on 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th January. Find out all about these Tudor events from Claire …
00:10:44 |
Wed 13 Jan 2021
This week in Tudor History, January 11-17: Part 1
This week, Claire Ridgway, author of "On This Day in Tudor History", is dividing the week into two parts, and this first part covers Tudor events that took place on 11th, 12th and 13th January.
11t…
00:13:21 |
Sun 10 Jan 2021
Was Anne Boleyn a Commoner?
Anne Boleyn became King Henry VIII's official queen consort following their marriage in 1533, and it's often said that she was a commoner and even an ambitious social climber. But what class of socie…
00:04:56 |
Thu 07 Jan 2021
This Week in Tudor History January 4-10
In her new series for 2021, historian Claire Ridgway looks at Tudor events a week at a time. This talk covers events from the Tudor period which took place on January 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and…
00:18:08 |
Sun 03 Jan 2021
Some New Year News and the death of a king
Happy New Year!
Today, Claire explains what you can expect from her in 2021. Don't worry, it's still lots of Tudor history for you, but she's mixing things up a bit.
Claire also talks about King …
00:07:20 |
Thu 31 Dec 2020
December 31 - "The Gunner" Sir William Skeffington
On this day in Tudor history, 31st December 1535, in the reign of Henry VIII, Sir William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland, died at Kilmainham in Dublin.
Skeffington had become known as "the Gun…
00:06:04 |
Wed 30 Dec 2020
December 30 - An outlaw scholar from Spain who died of the plague
On this day in Tudor history, 30th December 1552, in the reign of King Edward VI, Spanish humanist scholar, translator, author and Protestant apologist, Francisco de Enzinas died at Strasbourg from t…
00:07:32 |
Tue 29 Dec 2020
December 29 - Elizabeth I's rogue and champion
On this day in history, 29th December 1605, in the reign of King James I, forty-seven-year-old Tudor nobleman George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, Yorks…
00:08:18 |
Mon 28 Dec 2020
December 28 - A Lord Keeper of the Great Seal who supported learning
On this day in Tudor history, the feast of Childermas, 28th December 1510, lawyer, administrator and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Sir Nicholas Bacon, was born. Bacon was the father of the famous ph…
00:07:45 |
Sun 27 Dec 2020
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