Parallel Lives: Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I
In this episode of Dr. Emma & Me, we explore one of history’s most iconic mother - daughter pairings: Anne Boleyn and her daughter, Elizabeth I. Elizabeth was still a toddler when her mother was execu...
12 Feb 1h
A Life She Never Chose: Mary of Modena and the Courage to Endure
In this episode, we step into the glittering yet deeply unstable world of the Restoration court through the life of Mary of Modena - a woman whose destiny could not have been further from her original...
10 Feb 59min
What-If Elizabeth I HAD Died From Smallpox? (Off the Record)
In the autumn of 1562, England held its breath. Queen Elizabeth I lay gravely ill with smallpox, her life uncertain, her kingdom unprepared for what might come next.But what if she hadn’t survived?In ...
8 Feb 53min
Parallel Lives: Anna of Cleves & Katherine of Aragon
Two queens. Two foreign brides. Two marriages to Henry VIII—yet wildly different legacies.In this episode of Parallel Lives, Dr. Emma and I place Anna of Cleves and Katherine of Aragon side by side to...
5 Feb 1h 5min
The Greatest Tudor Villain: Sir Richard Rich
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, rose from relatively modest beginnings to become one of the most powerful - and controversial - figures of the Tudor age. A skilled lawyer and political operator, Rich pr...
3 Feb 57min
What-If Richard, Duke of York Had Become King?
We know him best as the father of Edward IV and Richard III, and as the husband of Cecily Neville. But in October 1460, everything changed. The Act of Accord named Richard, Duke of York, heir to the t...
1 Feb 1h 6min
Parallel Lives: Philip IV of Spain & Diego Velázquez,
One ruled one of the most powerful empires of the seventeenth century. The other shaped how that power would be seen - then and now.In this episode of Parallel Lives, we explore the intertwined lives ...
29 Jan 1h 3min
The Human Cost of Power: Women, Blood, and Legacy
Why are we still so obsessed with the Tudors after five centuries?In this week’s Tuesday Historian Chat, I’m joined by historian and author Elizabeth Goff to explore the women, myths, and memories tha...
27 Jan 1h
