Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

In this episode, we look at where the coup (with Lady Jane Grey as a figurehead) went so wrong. Jane had the army. Jane had the government. And yet Mary won. Why? Let's discuss!Tudorcon tickets at https://www.englandcast.com/Tudorcon to come in person or https://www.englandcast.com/TudorconFromHome to come from home!

In this youtube video from today, we're looking at the forgotten illegitimate children of the Tudor world, from Charles Brandon’s secret family to the rumored Tudor bloodline behind Bishop Stephen Gardiner. Let me know what you think about these YouTube drops! Leave a comment, or email help@tudorfair.com

In this video, we’re exploring the secret spaces built into Tudor houses from hidden staircases to priest holes tucked behind fireplaces. These were survival tools in an age of religious persecution and political paranoia.What do you think about the extra episodes? Are we fans? Yay or nay? Let me know - help@tudorfair.com.

We're back with another This Week in YouTube where we highlight some recent content from my YouTube channel. This week: Top 5 Tudor Mistakes: Blunders That Cost Lives, Crowns, and Countries; The Doomed Dukes of Buckingham. Make sure you're subscribed at https://www.youtube.com/@hteysko so you don't miss all the content we put out!Support the podcast for even more exclusive contenthttps://www.patreon.com/englandcast

In this Tudorcon 2024 session, dress historian Samantha Bullat dives into the surviving wardrobe accounts from the final months of Anne Boleyn’s life. From velvet and crimson to why she probably never wore a farthingale, this talk brings Anne’s clothing, and her story, to life through fabric, color, and craft.🎟️ Tudorcon 2025 tickets are almost gone! Join us in person (only a few spots left!) or from home at https://www.englandcast.com/Tudorcon or https://www.englandcast.com/TudorconFromHome

Espionage in Tudor England wasn’t all Walsingham and coded letters. In this episode, we meet the undercover herald Roger Machado, the singing spy Petrus Alamire, John Dee and his angelic intelligence… and one sawyer who really shouldn’t have been sent abroad.Related: My 2015 interview with David Skinner: https://youtu.be/VK2zFKXNvTkCome to Tudorcon - https://www.englandcast.com/Tudorcon to come in person or https://www.englandcast.com/TudorconFromHome to come from home.

I'm trying to make it easier for you to get my content in the way you prefer, so I’ll be releasing most of my YouTube videos here on the podcast feed as well. Let me know if you like the format!Queen Elizabeth I’s final days were filled with silence, sorrow, and symbolism. In this episode, I explore her decline at Richmond Palace—her refusal to lie down, the haunting removal of her coronation ring, and the quiet gesture that confirmed her successor. From the thick white makeup she wore to maintain her image, to the lavish funeral that closed the Tudor era, this is the powerful and human end of a remarkable reign.

I want to make it easier for you to get my content in the way you prefer, so I’ll be releasing most of my YouTube videos here on the podcast feed as well. Let me know if you like the format!In this mini episode, meet Margaret Paston, the 15th-century Norfolk matriarch who juggled lawsuits, sieges, and so much family drama—all while writing letters that have survived for over 500 years. We’ll look at her incredible story through her surviving correspondence: managing estates while her husband was away, getting caught in violent local feuds, and battling her in-laws in court.It’s a snapshot of medieval life—and one woman’s fierce determination to hold it all together.

We're back with another This Week in YouTube where we highlight some recent content from my YouTube channel. This week: The House That Couldn’t Stop Rebelling - The Percy Family’s 200-Year War with the Crown; How the Tudors Celebrated Midsummer. Make sure you're subscribed at https://www.youtube.com/@hteysko so you don't miss all the content we put out!Support the podcast for even more exclusive contenthttps://www.patreon.com/englandcast