House of Tudor: Recent Episodes
Jack Dytham
Join me, Jack, as I explore the 16th century's monarchs, councillors, clergy, merchants and the world in which they lived! Every fortnight there is a brand new episode.
Land of Rebellions Series Part III: How did Henry VIII undermine the position of the Church to such an extent that he sparked the largest popular uprising not only under the Tudors but since the Peasant's Revolt of 1381?
Land of Rebellions Series Part II: How did the English respond to taxation reforms and ever greater financial demands under the first two Tudors?
This supplemental is the speech given by Henry VII to his troops before the Battle of Stoke in 1487.
This week we'll be thinking about what a rebellion actually is and examine the threat posed to Henry VII by the wave of dynastic rebellions at the start of his reign
In the summer of 1520, two of Europe's most prestigious monarchs met in the most lavish and extravagant summit between the two nations in history. Henry VIII and Francis I secured an alliance treaty of immense proportions, and immense failure, or so it has been portrayed. To understand how this summit came about, how it was organised, it's outcome and long-term implications, I'll be unpicking the entire story.
Bishop Foxe is October's Person of the Month! In this episode I'll give a brief narrative of his life and discuss his achievements.
WoTR Part V - This week we'll see out the end of the Wars of the Roses and follow Henry Tudor's rise from an exiled and attainted young man, to the founder of England's most infamous dynasty.
WoTR Part IV - This week we'll delve into the weeks following Edward IV's death and the case of the Princes in the Tower.
WoTR Part III - This week we’ll be looking at how Edward won his crown for a second time and at his second decade as king as a whole.
WoTR Part II - This week we’ll be looking at the early years of Edward IV's reign and the Lancastrian Readaption.
WoTR Part I - This week we’ll be looking at the road to the conflict and its first battles, at court and in the field.