British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics

One way to look at the Wars of the Roses is how the descendants of the mistress knock the descendants of the first wife off the top branch of the family tree. The Wars of the Roses was about the history of a nation and a monarchy. It's also about a family. What was at stake wasn’t simply a series of battles between York and Lancaster. These events shattered the norms that had held the English...

Let's explore history together! This podcast is a journey through history. Meet the Tudors and the Stuarts, the Plantagenets and the Windsors. See how the Mums of the Monarchs rocked the cradle and, in some cases, really did rule the world. Look into the dark corners where spies and double agents are hiding. Indulge in the Regency and watch your back in the Wars of the Roses. Explore Buckingh...

Experience the pageants and ceremonies of the royal coronations of Tudor Queens: Mary I and Elizabeth I! The Tudor dynasty has a high percentage of crowned queens. Never before, and never since, have two back-to-back crowned monarchs been single women. The ceremonies and pageants that made up the coronations of Mary I and Elizabeth I give us great insight into these two half-sisters made and their...