2021-03
2021-03
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
In the second part of This week in Tudor history, historian Claire Ridgway talks about Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, who became Pope Leo X in 1513 and who was known as a patron of the Arts and his generosity to Jews, Christopher Bales, a Catholic priest and martyr from Elizabeth I’s reign; Richard Burbage, an Elizabethan actor who was friends with William Shakespeare, and Arthur Bulkeley, a Tudor bishop who supported reform and the use of the Welsh language in sermons.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/IlgVzgw-GAw
11th March 1513 - Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici was proclaimed Pope Leo X.
12th March 1564 - The baptism of Roman Catholic priest and martyr Christopher Bales.
13th March 1619 - Death of Elizabethan actor, friend of William Shakespeare and theatre builder, Richard Burbage.
14th March 1553 - Death of Arthur Bulkeley, Bishop of Bangor, at his home in Bangor.
Other Tudor history events for these dates:
March 11 - William Warner, our English Homer - https://youtu.be/oFCIFbDA3Cg
March 11 - The wonderful deathbed words of an Elizabethan poet - https://youtu.be/91dsiYAHuEE
March 12 - The hidden remains of a treacherous monk - https://youtu.be/evs7ZvC2OoE
March 12 - The death of Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn - https://youtu.be/KhiuvNMUiyY
March 13 - A young horse causes the death of an old earl - https://youtu.be/U8HrJwKWpH0
March 13 - The hangings of conspirators Henry Cuffe and Sir Gelly Meyrick - https://youtu.be/igmANyHYDTw
March 14 - A man who served 4 monarchs and kept his head - https://youtu.be/_Lrjhj8v-So
March 14 - A mumbling judge causes problems - https://youtu.be/w2UTIzSv5uw
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Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
A Discovery of Witches and the School of Night - did it exist?
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Thank you to Real Tudor Lady for the excellent question on the TV series "A Discovery of Witches" which is adapted from The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:https://youtu.be/zoYQO5FQxcI
Real Tudor Lady wanted to know if the School of Night, which included men such as Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), Thomas Hariot, George Chapman, Matthew Roydon and Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, really existed.
In this video, historian Claire Ridgway gives a brief overview of these men, looks at the origin of the School of Night theory, and examines whether these men were linked and whether they were part of an established group.
Here are links to Claire's videos on Marlowe and Ralegh:
February 26 – Christopher Marlowe – a rather colourful character! - https://youtu.be/QnT2Qp7RuXc
June 1 - Christopher Marlowe's death and inquest - https://youtu.be/sdttnBCIIJU
Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh) - https://youtu.be/ISexLsnGKug
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Claire RidgwayHistorian and author, founder of the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Societywww.theanneboleynfiles.comwww.tudorsociety.comhttps://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFileshttp://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles
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Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
In the first part of this week in Tudor history, historian and author Claire Ridgway introduces an outspoken reformer whose works were burnt, she talks about the death of Henry VIII’s niece, Lady Margaret Douglas, and how it was surrounded by rumour, and gives an overview of the life and career of a Tudor administrator who claimed he survived in politics in such turbulent times because he “was made of the plyable willow, not of the stubborn oak”.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/ztJkKmh2Odo
8th March 1569 - Death of evangelical reformer and Member of Parliament Richard Tracy at Stanway in Gloucestershire. Henry VIII and his council ordered the burning of his works in 1546.
9th March 1578 - Death of sixty-two-year-old Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, niece of Henry VIII, mother of Lord Darnley and grandmother of King James VI/I. Her death was surrounded by rumours of poisoning.
10th March 1572 - Death of nobleman and administrator William Paulet, 1st Marquis of Winchester, at his home Basing House in Hampshire. He was said to be 97 years of age. Pauley managed to serve Henry VIII and all three of his children, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, and said it was down to him being "made of the plyable willow, not of the stubborn oak”.
Lady Margaret Douglas - https://youtu.be/XhLKtBDLO5c The burial of Lady Margaret Douglas - https://youtu.be/fuWfShWK-rY
Other Tudor history events for these dates:
March 8 - Henry VIII receives a leopard - https://youtu.be/SdGY8OHBS6A
March 8 - Sir Nicholas Carew's sticky end - https://youtu.be/jRx9pKlmABQ
March 9 - Frances Radcliffe, Countess of Sussex, and her most rare gifts both of mind and body - https://youtu.be/SPyMoYQ7kLQ
March 9 - Mary, Queen of Scots' secretary is murdered in front of her! - https://youtu.be/xrry1M7NC70
March 10 - John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford and his role in the Wars of the Roses - https://youtu.be/T1gRn3pz2AA
March 10 - Henry VIII and a nasty jousting accident - https://youtu.be/EHgU6KxiVAU
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Claire RidgwayHistorian and author, founder of the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Societywww.theanneboleynfiles.comwww.tudorsociety.comhttps://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFileshttp://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles
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Saturday Mar 06, 2021
12 Facts about Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford
Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Most history lovers know that Jane Boleyn (née Parker), Lady Rochford, was the wife of George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, the sister-in-law of Queen Anne Boleyn and that she was executed with Catherine Howard in February 1542, but in this talk, historian and author Claire Ridgway shares 12 lesser-known facts about Jane...
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/ZCHUZJ90_RE
Jane Boleyn - Did she help bring down Anne Boleyn? - https://youtu.be/aL2QqvKNTLA
January 21 - The Act of Attainder against Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn - https://youtu.be/jxxcTAxn0_k
February 9 - Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, is taken to the Tower - https://youtu.be/53HVn-dfMyk
13 February - The Executions of Catherine Howard and Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford - https://youtu.be/4nGL47QKe4k
Catherine Howard's execution - What happened? - https://youtu.be/jZsmPArUBTg
The George Boleyn Interviews Part 3: Was George Forced into Marrying Jane Parker? - https://youtu.be/A-CGVk70WVM
Book recommendations:
Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford by Julia Fox
George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat by Clare Cherry and Claire Ridgway
Jane Parker: The Downfall Of Two Tudor Queens? by Charlie Fenton
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Claire RidgwayHistorian and author, founder of the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Societywww.theanneboleynfiles.comwww.tudorsociety.comhttps://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFileshttp://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles
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Friday Mar 05, 2021
A mathematician, Call Me Risley, and a scapegoat
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
In this second part of This week in Tudor history, historian Claire Ridgway introduces mathematician and inventor William Oughtred, tells you about the life of Thomas Wriothesley, the man known as “Call me Risley” in Hilary Mantel’s novels, and shares about Germaine Gardiner, a bishop’s nephew who was executed as a scapegoat.
You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/OxmJtyiWnz4
5th March 1575 - Baptism of mathematician William Oughtred at Eton College. Oughtred is responsible for developing a straight slide-rule, a gauging rod and various sundials. He also introduced the "×" symbol for multiplication and the abbreviations "sin" and "cos" for the sine and cosine functions.
6th March 1547 - Former Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, lost the Great Seal of his Lord Chancellorship and was confined to his home at Ely Place for abusing his authority.
7th March 1544 - Germaine Gardiner and priest John Larke were hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch believes that Germaine was a scapegoat for the actions of his uncle and master, Bishop Stephen Gardiner.
The American Oughtred Society - http://www.oughtred.org/
Other Tudor history events for 5th, 6th and 7th March:
March 5 - Tobacco comes to Europe - https://youtu.be/D1mtHYLJtXc
March 5 - Thomas Seymour and 33 counts of treason - https://youtu.be/YNPqZ5fHNh8
March 6 - The Dissolution of the Monasteries - https://youtu.be/aELw2ss-xM8
March 6 - Juan Luis Vives and the young Mary I - https://youtu.be/B18CK9M_glg
March 7 - The Pope threatens Henry VIII - https://youtu.be/Y-N3cSyx4dA
March 7 - The Great Comet - https://youtu.be/acdhc-kzXnM
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Claire RidgwayHistorian and author, founder of the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Societywww.theanneboleynfiles.comwww.tudorsociety.comhttps://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFileshttp://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles
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Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Teasel's Tudor Trivia - Tudor Fabrics
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
In this edition of Teasel's Tudor trivia, Teasel the dog and author and historian Claire Ridgway talk about the different fabrics that were used to make clothes during the medieval and Tudor period - linen, wool, lawn, buckram, silk, velvet, taffeta, satin, sarsenet (sarcenet), damask, cloth of gold, cloth of silver, cloth of tissue and caffa, as well as the furs, ermine and miniver.
It is highly recommended that you view this podcast as a video at the following link:
https://youtu.be/yaT9dPqDvrE
Videos mentioned:
Which colours did Anne Boleyn like? - https://youtu.be/AhfdKtqKxBQ
What did Tudor children wear? - Part 1 – Tudor babies - https://youtu.be/wj0ONpmSt10What did Tudor children wear - Part 2 - Toddlers - https://youtu.be/A-7sJeCqeSA
Teasel's Tudor Trivia - What did Tudor children wear - Part 3 - Girls and Boys - https://youtu.be/dQbI0Z1Jlv0
Further reading:
The Tudor Tailor
Rosalie Gilbert's Medieval Woman website - https://rosaliegilbert.com/fabricnames.html
See cloth of silver at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/213111
Velvet at https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/velv/hd_velv.htm, https://trc-leiden.nl/trc-digital-exhibition/index.php/velvet/item/173-a-brief-history-of-velvet , http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/workbox/exttex16.htm
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Claire RidgwayHistorian and author, founder of the Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Societywww.theanneboleynfiles.comwww.tudorsociety.comhttps://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFileshttp://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles
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