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Episode 174 – Women’s Voices from the Past with Professor Suzannah Lipscomb (All Things Sixteenth-Century Women)

Guest Bio Suzannah Lipscomb is Emeritus Professor at the University of Roehampton, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a columnist for History Today. She is also well-known as a broadcast historian, having written and presented numerous documentary series and is the host of the podcast Not Just the Tudors, from History Hit. Suzannah is the author of five books on the sixteenth century. She published her first book 1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII in 2009 (Lion Hudson), … [Read More...]

Episode 173 – Elizabeth I and the Wider World with Professor Nandini Das

Guest Bio Nandini Das is Professor of Early Modern English Literature and Culture at Oxford University, Fellow of Exeter College, and Honorary Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool, UK. Exploring both literature and cultural history, she has published widely on Renaissance literature and cross-cultural encounter. Her next book on the first English embassy to India will be out with Bloomsbury in 2022. A BBC New Generation Thinker, she regularly presents television and … [Read More...]

Episode 172 – The Secret Codes of Sixteenth-Century Women with Vanessa Braganza

"Symbols and ciphers… [have] the power to liberate people’s voices."~ Vanessa Braganza Guest Bio Vanessa (‘V.M.’) Braganza is a public intellectual and book detective, and a PhD candidate in English at Harvard. Her research has been profiled in the New York Times, The Timesof London, and Smithsonian Magazine.Her writing has appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, Mental Floss, and the LA Review of Books. Her academic work has appeared in a variety of scholarly journals and volumes, including … [Read More...]

Episode 171 – Shaping Femininity with Dr Sarah Bendall

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Sarah Bendall about shaping femininity. Visit Dr Bendall's official website. Find out more about your host at Natalie Grueninger's official website. Join 365 Days with Anne Boleyn! https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2022/02/13/365-days-with-anne-boleyn-an-intimate-journey-of-discovery Buy Talking Tudors merchandise at https://talkingtudors.threadless.com/ Support Talking Tudors on Patreon! Musical break courtesy of Jon … [Read More...]

Episode 170 – Women of the “Middling Sort” with Professor Catherine Richardson

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Professor Catherine Richardson about women of the "middling sort". Find out more about the Middling Culture project here. Find out more about your host at Natalie Grueninger's official website. Join 365 Days with Anne Boleyn! https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2022/02/13/365-days-with-anne-boleyn-an-intimate-journey-of-discovery Buy Talking Tudors merchandise at https://talkingtudors.threadless.com/ Support Talking Tudors on … [Read More...]

Episode 169 – Sixteenth-Century Women Artists with Dr Breeze Barrington

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Breeze Barrington about 16th-century women artists. Visit Dr Barrington's official website. Find out more about your host at Natalie Grueninger's official website. Join 365 Days with Anne Boleyn! https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2022/02/13/365-days-with-anne-boleyn-an-intimate-journey-of-discovery Buy Talking Tudors merchandise at https://talkingtudors.threadless.com/ Support Talking Tudors on Patreon! Musical break courtesy … [Read More...]

Sixteenth-Century Hungarian Women

A Guest Post by Orsolya Dunai To an untrained eye; 16th- century Hungary was flourishing under a cultural growth. The Renaissance was at its zenith as artists produced paintings, sculptures, music and literature. The Reformation crawled through the population with its tentacles of theology. While Hungary’s commodity trades market climbed to its peak due to an abundance of gold and silver deposits. Underneath this radiant glow; the reality was gritty darkness.  Hungary was being massacred … [Read More...]

All Things Sixteenth-Century Women

Over the next two months I’ll be exploring the lives of sixteenth-century women through a series of podcast episodes and video lectures. The first podcast episode has already been published! The wonderful Kate McCaffrey and I chatted about some of the outdated and problematic narratives and portrayals that surround the Tudor queens. Listen here: https://talkingtudors.podbean.com Sandra Vasoli kicked off the video lecture series with an excellent presentation entitled ‘Vittoria … [Read More...]

Episode 168 – Rival Queens: An Outdated Narrative

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Kate McCaffrey about some of the outdated and problematic narratives and portrayals that circulate today about the Tudor queens. Visit Kate McCaffrey's official website. Find out more about your host at Natalie Grueninger's official website. Join 365 Days with Anne Boleyn! https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2022/02/13/365-days-with-anne-boleyn-an-intimate-journey-of-discovery Buy Talking Tudors merchandise … [Read More...]

Who Was Anne Joscelyn? In search of Anne Boleyn’s forgotten lady-in-waiting

A Guest Post by Sylvia Barbara Soberton In my recent book Ladies-in-Waiting: Women Who Served Anne Boleyn, I explore the roles of women in Queen Anne’s household. When Anne Joscelyn’s name first popped up in the 1532 New Year’s Gift list, I began a frantic search for this woman in primary sources. Who was she? Why hadn’t I heard about her before in connection with Anne Boleyn’s household? What kind of relationship did she share with the Queen? Anne Joscelyn first drew my attention as … [Read More...]

Our Enduring Fascination with the Tudors

On 16 July Talking Tudors turns 4! To mark the occasion, I invited a number of historians to share their thoughts on why the public is insatiable when it comes to the Tudors. Why do they still captivate the imagination of millions of people worldwide? You'll find a number of responses on my YouTube channel and contributions by Dr Wendy J. Dunn, Dr Estelle Paranque, Dr Linda Porter, Michael I. Ohajuru and Jack Beesley below. Here's to the next four years of Talking Tudors! Why … [Read More...]

Episode 165 – Devil-Land: England Under Siege with Clare Jackson

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Clare Jackson about her latest book, 'Devil Land'.  Visit Clare's official website. Find out more about your host at Natalie Grueninger's website. Join 365 Days with Anne Boleyn! https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2022/02/13/365-days-with-anne-boleyn-an-intimate-journey-of-discovery Buy Talking Tudors merchandise at https://talkingtudors.threadless.com/ Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the … [Read More...]