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 Boley...
26 Feb 20218min
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 dying...
24 Feb 202115min
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 abou...
23 Feb 20214min
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 Elizabe...
21 Feb 202112min
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 follow...
18 Feb 20218min
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 ...
17 Feb 202113min
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 most...
14 Feb 202114min
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 execut...
10 Feb 202112min
