Tudoriferous

A family of Scottish pirates, one of whom was the Lord High Treasurer for Scotland.  So make of that what you will.

Oh, and there's a barrel of pickled heads.

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https://tudoriferous.podbean.com/e/cameo-12-john

https://tudoriferous.podbean.com/e/s1-041-margaret-tudor-queen-of-scotland-part-one 

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The humble vegetable that prevented Europe from starving ....

even if it took them a while to shake off their prejudices and actually eat it.

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Great Irish Famine

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Not just a character from literature but a real man....or two men......or lots of men.

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There are hundreds of places in Britain named after the Devil, many with their own explanatory folktale.  We look at the question, given that surely the Devil is a very scary concept, why did people make up stories that made him look a fool?

A truly extraordinary story of survival.  They set off for Florida with 610 people and 80 horses, in the end there were just four people and no horses    ...   so maybe survival isn't the word.

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What happened to the Americas after Columbus inflicted himself on the continent.....and what effect did that have on Europe?  We'll give you a clue, it worked out a lot better for one of them than the other.

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A black, former slave conquistador.  I had no idea such people existed.

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You can't keep a good man down.  Last time we killed him off and yet he rises again.  This time we try to explain some of the beliefs that sent Columbus on his trip in the first place and we look at how he has been viewed throughout history and now.

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If you'd like more information about Prester John, Gone Medieval has done an episode on him https://open.spotify.com/episode/4bm6KPghwwIpnDDf4URD3Q

Related Episodes

Cameo 34 - 1492 And All That - Bartolomé de las Casas. | Tudoriferous (podbean.com)

S1 - 007 - John Cabot | Tudoriferous (podbean.com)

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At last, someone to stand up for the rights of the native peoples.  Back to Columbus next week.  

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Columbus' third and fourth voyages.  Within very few years of finding the Indies, the Spanish are tearing themselves apart.  Columbus has an ignominious journey home followed by a lengthy stay on a paradise island.