King John II: What If Lady Jane Grey Had Been Lord John Grey?
What if Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days Queen, had been born a boy—Lord John Grey? Would England’s history have been completely rewritten? In 1553, the Protestant King Edward VI skipped over his Catholi...
10 Jan 202515min
Tudor Scandal, of Course! What happens when a Tudor bad boy meets a powerful Habsburg duchess?
In 1513, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk—Henry VIII’s best friend and notorious rogue—caused an international incident by flirting with Margaret of Austria, a duchess and regent of the Habsburg Nethe...
9 Jan 20256min
Did Christopher Columbus Really See Mermaids?
In 1493, Christopher Columbus recorded a bizarre sighting in his journal: his crew claimed to have seen three mermaids rise out of the sea! But instead of the beautiful creatures of legend, they descr...
8 Jan 20257min
A Queen Cast Aside for Another - And it's not Catherine of Aragon
In 1499, King Louis XII of France had his 22-year marriage annulled to marry Anne of Brittany, one of the most powerful women in Europe. But what drove Louis to discard his first wife, Queen Joan (Jea...
7 Jan 20258min
Two Queens, One Tower
What do Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, and the Tower of London have in common? Balthasar Guercy, an Italian physician who served both queens—and found himself imprisoned for his controversial belie...
6 Jan 20256min
A Literary Genius or a Tudor Scoundrel
Kidnapping, violence, treason… Not exactly what you'd expect from the man behind one of the most influential literary works of Elizabethan England! But George Puttenham’s life was anything but ordinar...
5 Jan 20254min
The Serpent Queen: Myth or Mastermind?
Was Catherine de' Medici truly the sinister puppet master behind a seductive squad of spies, or has history been far too cruel to this powerful queen? Dive into the fascinating—and often misunderstood...
4 Jan 20256min
Faith, Rebellion, and Controversy
On this day in Tudor history, 4th January 1519, reformer Martin Luther met with papal envoy Karl von Miltitz in an attempt to reconcile with the Catholic Church. But could Luther, the man who sparked ...
3 Jan 20255min
