Episode 186 – Tudor Treason with Dr Dan Gosling

Guest Bio

Dr Dan Gosling is Principal Legal Records Specialist at The National Archives, expert in the records created by the central law courts and the litigants bringing cases into these courts. His PhD (University of Leeds, 2016) examined statute interpretation in the late medieval and early modern periods. He is co-author of the recently released book A History of Treason: The Bloody History of Britain through the Stories of its Most Notorious Traitors (2022).

You can follow Dan on his Twitter profile @TheGozfather

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National Archives Blog

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https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/compassing-and-imagining-treasonous-words/

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Dan Gosling about Tudor Treason.

Tune in to hear Natalie and Dan discuss:

– A history of treason

– What constituted treason

– Punishments for men and women

– Key changes made to the treason laws during the sixteenth century

– Acts of Attainders

– ‘Treason: People, Power & Plot’, a major new exhibition on now at The National Archives

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