The History Hive

Join us this week to discuss the life of Katherine Willoughby: nearly the 7th wife of Henry VIII, recorded in a cafe this week so prepare for some background ambience. As always we hope you enjoy, please find us on social media (@tudortalktime on all platforms) and let us know your thoughts.

Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:
Baldwin, D. Katherine Willoughby: the Lincolnshire Lady who nearly married Henry VIII. Lincolnshire Life, April 2015. Available at: https://www.lincolnshirelife.co.uk/heritage/katherine-willoughby-the-lincolnshire-lady-who-nearly-married-henry-viii/ (Accessed: 03.08.23)

Harris, B. J. Women and Politics in Early Tudor England. The Historical Journal, 33(2). pp. 259-281, 1990 (Accessed: 03.08.23)

Nugent, T. L. Anne Lock’s Poetics of Spiritual Abjection. English Literary Renaissance, 39(1). pp. 3-23, 2009 (Accessed: 03.08.23)

This week we make our long awaited return where we discuss the life of France's famous Queen, Catherine de Medici from her childhood to her 14 year long reign of France as Queen Regent.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:
Catherine de Medici, BBC, 2014, (Accessed: 2/8/23)

Mark, Joshua J., Catherine de Medici, World  history encyclopaedia, 22/06/2022, , (Accessed 2/8/2023)

Knecht, R.J., Catherine de’Medici, New York:
Routledge, 2014


Carroll, Stuart, Martyrs and Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe, Oxford University Press 2007

Sutherland, N. M. Catherine de’Medici. Britannica, June 2023. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-de-Medici (Accessed: 03.08.23)

Weir, A. Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley. Ballantine Books: 2003

de Costa, C. (2018). The long barren years of Catherine de Medicis: A gynaecologist’s view of history. [online] O&G Magazine. Available at: 
https://www.ogmagazine.org.au/12/3-12/long-barren-years-catherine-de-medicis-gynaecologists-view-history/.

We are back this week to discuss Mary Boleyn.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:
Bevan, R. Anne’s Sister: 10 Facts about Mary Boleyn. HistoryHit, 19.01.2023 (Accessed: 27.04.2023)
Gairdner, J. Mary and Anne Boleyn. The English Historical Review, 1893. 8(29), pp. 53-60. (Accessed: 29.04.2023)
Norton, E. The Boleyn Women: the Tudor Femme Fatals who changed English History. Amberley Publishing, 2013
Plowden, A. The Other Boleyn Girl. BBC History, 17.02.2011 (Accessed: 27.04.2023)
Ridgeway, Claire, Mary Boleyn, The Tudor Society, 2018, Available at: https://www.tudorsociety.com/mary-boleyn/, (Accessed: 27/4/23)
Solly, Meilan, The Rise and Fall of Tudor England’s Scandalous Boleyn Family, 19th August 2021, Available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rise-and-fall-tudor-englands-scandalous-boleyn-family-180978480/, (Accessed:27/4/23)
Weir, A. Mary Boleyn: The Great and Infamous Whore. Random House, 2011
Wilkinson, J. Mary Boleyn: The True Story of Henry VIII’s Favourite Mistress. Amberley Publishing, 2009

Join us this week as we discuss the life of Queen Isabella I of Castille. In her nearly 40-year reign, she became a figure of both great controversy and power. We will look at some of the most famous events that made her reputation.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie.

Sources used:
Hassner, Ron E., The Cost of Torture: Evidence from the Spanish Inquisition, Routledge Taylor and Francis, 13 May 2020

Highfield, J.R.L.. Isabella I. Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Nov. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isabella-I-queen-of-Spain . (Accessed 4/3/2023)

Isabella of Castille, Brooklyn Museum, Available at: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/heritage_floor/isabella_of_castile  (Accessed 4/3/2023)

Isabella I of Castille: Europe’s greatest queen?, History Extra, 26th November 2019, Available at:https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/isabella-castile-europe-greatest-queen-spain-who-was-she-what-famous-for-columbus/  (Accessed 4/3/2023)

Pendrill, Colin, Spain 1474-1700, Heinemann Educational Publishers, Oxford, 2002

Queen Isabella I of Spain, Queen of Castille, Royal Collection Trust, Available at: https://www.rct.uk/collection/403445/queen-isabella-i-of-spain-queen-of-castille-1451-1504 (Accessed: 4/3/2023)

Join us this week as we discuss the woman who famously rejected Henry VIII. We look into her life and discover more about her.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Belfrage, A. (2013). Christina of Denmark - an exiled princess who never came home. [online] Anna Belfrage. Available at: https://www.annabelfrage.com/2013/09/03/christina-of-denmark-an-exiled-princess-who-never-came-home/  [Accessed 4 Mar. 2023].

Bloks, M. Christina of Denmark - The Young Widow. History of Royal Women, 2015. Accessed: 27.02.23. Available at: https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/the-royal-women/christina-denmarks-love-prince-orange/ 

Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan, Web Gallery of Art, Available at: https://www.wga.hu/html_m/h/holbein/hans_y/1543/03denmar.html (Accessed 24/2/2023)

Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan, then Duchess of Lorraine, The British Library, Available at: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG30123 

(Accessed 24/2/2023)

Darsie, H. R. Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, Lady of Tortona. The Tudor Society, 2017. Accessed: 27.02.23. Available at: https://www.tudorsociety.com/christina-denmark-duchess-milan-lorraine-lady-tortona/?utm_content=cmp-true 

Loxton, Alice, Holbein’s Portrait of Christina of Denmark, Historyhit.com, 22 August 2022, Available at: https://www.historyhit.com/holbeins-portrait-of-christina-of-denmark/  (Accessed 24/2/2023)

Join us this week to explore Edward VI's religious policies, and look at how this was received by the public.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:
Pocock, N. The Condition of Moral and Religious Belief in the Reign of Edward VI. The English Historical Review, 1895. 10(39), pp. 417-444 (Accessed: 22.02.23)

Strong, R. C. Edward VI and the Pope. Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 1960. 23(¾), pp. 311-313 (Accessed: 22.02.23)

Join us this week as we discuss the religious policy of Elizabeth I. We discuss her background and influences as well as the actual details and reactions. This episode also serves as a great revision tool for anyone learning about the Tudors.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:

Baker, R. A. Reviewed Work: Elizabeth I and the Religious Settlement of 1559 by Carl S. Meyer. A Journal of Church and State, 1961. 3(2), pp. 206-208 (Accessed: 07.02.23)

MacMillan, K. R. Zurich Reform and the Elizabethan Settlement of 1559. Anglican and Episcopal History, 1999, 68(3) pp. 285-311 (Accessed: 07.02.23)

Tittler, R. and Jones, N. L. A Companion to Tudor Britain (2009). John Wiley & Sons

Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Tudor Talk Time! Join us this week as we discuss the life of Margaret of Anjou and her role in the Wars of the Roses. Let us know your thoughts or if there is anything you would like to hear about next. Find us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms.

Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources:
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Margaret of Anjou". Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 Jan. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-of-Anjou-queen-of-England. Accessed 31.1.23.

Lee, P. A. Reflections of Power: Margaret of Anjou and the Dark Side of Queenship. Renaissance Quarterly, 39(2). 1986 pp. 183-217. Accessed: 31.01.23

Margaret of Anjou, Queen’s College Cambridge, Available at: https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/visiting-the-college/history/college-facts/foundresses-and-patronesses/margaret-of-anjou (Accessed 31.01.23)

Maurer, H. E. Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England, 2005. Boydell Press. 

Wars of the Roses. Margaret of Anjou. Available at: https://www.warsoftheroses.com/people/margaret-of-anjou/ (Accessed: 31.01.23)

www.englishmonarchs.co.uk. (n.d.) A history of Margaret of Anjou

Join us this week to discuss Mary I's religious policy, in particular, were the burnings actually that bloody?

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:
Bynum, Beth, The Reign of Mary I, 2017, Available at: https://scalar.usc.edu/works/the-reign-of-mary-i/index (Accessed 16/1/2023)
Cavill, P. R. Heresy and Fortune in Marian England. The Historical Journal, 2013. 56(4) pp.879-907

Doran, S. and Freeman, T. S. Mary Tudor: New and Old Perspectives, 2017. Bloosmbury

Duffy, E. Fires of Faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor. The English historical review, 2011. CXXVI(521) pp.928-930

Duncan, S. (2013). “Bloody” Mary? Changing Perceptions of England’s First Ruling Queen. In: Beem, C., Moore, D. (eds) The Name of a Queen. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137272027

Hargrave, O. T. Bloody Mary’s Victims: The Iconography of John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. Historical magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1982. 51(1) pp. 7-21 

Mcilvenna, Una, What inspired ‘Bloody Mary’s’ Gruesome nickname?, History.com, 25 October 2018, Available at: https://www.history.com/news/queen-mary-i-bloody-mary-reformation (Accessed 16/1/2023)

Rounding, Virginia, The Burning Time: The story of the Smithfield Martyrs, 2017, MacMillan, London 

Solly, Meilan, The myth of ‘Bloody Mary’, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 March 2020, Available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myth-bloody-mary-180974221/?scrlybrkr (Accessed 16/1/2023)

Join us this week to discuss the life of Bessie Blount, the first officially recognised mistress of Henry VIII, and her impact on the Tudor dynasty.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:
Jones, Phillipa, The Other Tudors Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards, Metro Books, 2009

License, Amy, The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII: The women’s stories, Amberly Hill Publishing, UK, 2014

Norton, Elizabeth, Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII, Amberly Publishing, Great Britain, 2011

Simpkin, John, Bessie Blount (Elizabeth Tailboys), Spartacus Educational, [Online]. Available at: https://spartacus-educational.com/Bessie_Blount.htm (Accessed: 9/12/2022)

The Tudor Society. (2015). Tudor Society Online Christmas Party – 13 December. [online] Available at: https://www.tudorsociety.com/elizabeth-bessie-blount-by-sarah-bryson/.