Tudor Gift Giving and New Year's Gift Rolls (ep 178)
After-Christmas blues? Not in Tudor England. The celebrations were just beginning on December 25! Gifts were exchanged on New Year's Day in an extravagant ceremony, bringing joy, politics, and histori...
27 Dec 202335min
Celebrate Christmas, Tudor Style! With James Taffe (ep 177)
Celebrating Christmas was a big event in Tudor times, just as it is today. Dr.James Taffe joins us to explore the fascinating ways Tudors experienced everything from joy to gluttony to melancholy duri...
20 Dec 202347min
More Thoughts on the Princes in the Tower with Nathen Amin (ep 176)
Recent discoveries sponsored by the Richard III Society have opened new discussions about the Princes in the Tower. Nathen Amin weighs in about the likelihood the boys survived. Carol Ann Lloyd www.c...
13 Dec 202354min
How Hans Holbein "Created" Henry VIII with Franny Moyle (ep 175)
The Tudors are one of the most well-known of the English royal dynasties for several reasons: the larger than life characters, the multiple marriages and Virgin Queen, and the extraordinary portraits....
29 Nov 202342min
Civil Wars and a Kingdom without a King with Miranda Malins (ep 174)
With a country that's mostly a monarchy, it's tempting to skip over the gap between Charles I and Charles II. But those years of reimagining government changed things forever. Historian Miranda Malins...
15 Nov 202345min
Double, Double, Kings in Trouble: James I, Lear, and Macbeth (ep 173)
Double, double, toil and trouble is not so far removed from what becomes a modern chant, remember, remember the 5th of November. As always, history shows us what’s possible. And in 1605 and 1606, Shak...
1 Nov 202345min
Visiting Kings, Queens, and Castles in Cumbria (ep 172)
Join me for a tour of British history through the kings, queens, and castles in Cumbria! We'll see history play out in one of the most beautiful areas of England. Carol Ann Lloyd www.carolannlloyd.co...
18 Okt 202325min
The Marriage that Shook Europe with Julia Fox and John Guy (ep 171)
Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn changed the Tudors and England. But it went further than that. Authors Julia Fox and John Guy join me to discuss the international implications of Henry and Anne's...
11 Okt 20231h
