The Medici Pope Who Ignited the Reformation
On March 11, 1513, Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici became Pope Leo X, a ruler who would shape the Renaissance papacy with grandeur, patronage, and controversy. A lover of art and luxury, Leo transforme...
10 Mar 20254min
The Tudor Survivor Who Bent Like Willow
William Paulet and how he served FOUR monarchs & kept his head In Tudor England, where one wrong move could mean the Tower, how did one man manage to serve four monarchs and die peacefully in his 90s?...
9 Mar 20256min
What If Catherine of Aragon Had Gone to a Nunnery?
What if Catherine of Aragon had stepped aside and entered a nunnery? Could it have saved her daughter Mary’s legitimacy? Would Anne Boleyn have had a son? And most importantly—would England have remai...
8 Mar 20257min
Did Elizabeth I Poison Herself? The Truth About Tudor Makeup!
Did Elizabeth I really poison herself with lead makeup? It’s a Tudor myth! While Venetian ceruse—white lead makeup—did exist, there’s no real evidence the Queen actually used it. So where did this gho...
7 Mar 20255min
Treason, Faith & Betrayal
Germain Gardiner and the Prebendaries' Plot In the 1540s, England was a nation in religious turmoil, and those who resisted Henry VIII’s supremacy over the church risked everything. I uncover the ...
6 Mar 20256min
Henry VIII’s Loyal but Ruthless Servant
On 6th March 1547, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton and former Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, suffered a dramatic fall from power, losing the Great Seal of his Lord Chancellorship. But was ...
5 Mar 20255min
The Man Who Gave Us the × Symbol
Imagine a world without the × symbol for multiplication, sin and cos in trigonometry, or even the slide rule—a tool that shaped centuries of science and engineering. Meet William Oughtred, the Tudor-e...
4 Mar 20253min
The Tragic Fate of Christopher Bales
On this day in Tudor history, 4th March 1590, Christopher Bales met a brutal and unjust end on the streets of London. His crime? Simply being a Catholic priest. Under Elizabeth I’s strict anti-Catholi...
3 Mar 20254min
