The Tudor Minute Podcast
1) Tudor Minute December 5: Mary Queen of Scots becomes a widow
Today in 1560, Mary, Queen of Scots, became a widow for the first time when her husband, King Francis II of France, died, age 15. He died of an infection from his ear, and his brother Charles succeede...Show More
2) Tudor Minute January 8, 1536: Henry and Anne Wear Yellow
Today is the day in which Henry and Anne famously wore yellow to celebrate the death of Katherine of Aragon, which happened yesterday, the seventh. Sources vary on exactly what was worn, and by whom.
3) Tudor Minute January 5: Henry Gets Instructions
Today in 1531 Pope Clement VII wrote to Henry in England telling him that if he remarried he would be excommunicated.
4) Tudor Minute January 4: Columbus Sails Home
On January 4, 1493 Christopher Columbus left the new islands he had stumbled upon in the Caribbean to return back to Spain. He had left Spain in August 1492 attempting to find an all water route to As...Show More
5) Tudor Minute December 21: RIP Jasper Tudor
Today in 1495 Jasper Tudor died. He was the uncle of Henry Tudor, Henry VII, and it was largely due to his work protecting his nephew that Henry survived and was able to become King.
6) Tudor Minute December 14: RIP James V
Today in 1542 James V of Scotland died, after becoming ill when his army was defeated at the Battle of Solway Moss about three weeks before. He had already taken to his bed when his wife, Marie of Gui...Show More
7) Tudor Minute December 11: Aftermath of Executions
Today in 1541 London was reeling from the executions of Thomas Culpepper and Francis Dereham, that happened yesterday. Dereham had been arrested after Thomas Cranmer let Henry know that his fifth wife...Show More
8) Tudor Minute December 8 – Happy Birthday, Mary Queen of Scot
It’s been a week of Mary, Queen of Scots, and that’s set to continue today, as it’s her birthday. She was born in 1542, the daughter of James V of Scotland, and his wife Marie of Guise, from France. S...Show More
9) Tudor Minute December 7: Happy Birthday Henry Stewart, Lord
Today is the birthday of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, who was the grandson of Margaret Tudor by her second husband, Archibald Douglas. While he had a claim to both the English and Scottish thrones, he...Show More
10) Tudor Minute December 4: The Pope strips Cranmer of his Arch
Today in 1555 the Pope in Rome handed down a sentence on the Protestant Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, saying that he was stripped of his archbishopric, and all of his ecclesiastical dignities.