Thank you so much to Omar from Leeds for the excellent questions regarding Showtime's The Tudors series. 

 

Omar wanted to know if William Compton and Thomas Tallis, and George Boleyn and Mark Smeaton really had homosexual relationships.

 

Historian and author Claire Ridgway considers whether these storylines were just fictional devices and looks at whether there were any links between these men, and, if so, what the evidence is for them having relationships.

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/G-hby8Myb6o

 

Article on George - https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/george-boleyns-sexuality/

 

Videos;

The George Boleyn Interviews Part 2: Was George Homosexual? - https://youtu.be/SUfINOTBtAE

The George Boleyn Interviews Part 3: Was George Forced into Marrying Jane Parker? - https://youtu.be/A-CGVk70WVM

4 May 1536 - A message of comfort for George Boleyn - https://youtu.be/IGMiJS-5yKE

15 May 1536 - The trials of Queen Anne Boleyn and George Boleyn, Lord Rochford - https://youtu.be/OvB7YhP0VJg

Jane Boleyn - Did she help bring down Anne Boleyn? - https://youtu.be/aL2QqvKNTLA

 

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Claire Ridgway

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