Tudoriferous

Here is a man who thinks that when it comes to marriage you should keep it in the family.  More exploration, more upsetting the good folk of Calicut and an elephant.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - Cameo 72 - Vasco da Gama | Tudoriferous Cameo 71...

Listener discretion is advised.  Da Gama was a terrible individual who did terrible things.  That said, he's also fascinating.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

The first of three trips to Portugal. Exploration, murder, incest, Communism and my appalling Portuguese pronunciation.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - S1 - 025 - Ferdinand of Aragon - Part One | Tudoriferous S1 - 018 - Isabella of Castile | Tudo...

For the 200th episode of Tudoriferous, we present a full performance of "Fulgens and Lucrece" the masterpiece of the first known English playwright, Henry Medwall! Who will Lucrece, the wise and beautiful daughter of Roman Senator Fulgens, marry? Will she choose the noble but morally dubious Cornelius, or the common but upstanding Gaius? And will their servants, the oddly-named A and B, stop makin...

With the death of Edward IV, Dorset's life is plunged into chaos. Will he be the power behind the throne? A despised and morally dubious rebel? An unreliable royal ally? A significant patron? Or just a quiet family man with a sideline in visiting famous prisons? Listen on to discover just how unlucky Thomas Grey can be...   You can find images and a full bibliography on our website - Episode Infor...

Almost a prince, almost a duke, almost a kingmaker, almost a rebel - this man teeters on the edge of history, but will Elizabeth Woodville's son, stepson to Edward IV and brother-in-law to Henry VII, be able to escape from the shadow of his incredibly dramatic family? Maybe if we can just work out what a Marquis actually is...   You can find images and a full bibliography on our website - Episode...

A Life in Ten Battles.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes -  S1-049 Anne de Beaujeu, Part Two | Tudoriferous S1 049 - Anne de Beaujeu, Part Three | Tudoriferous S1 - 022 - Louis XII of France | Tudoriferous CATERINA SFORZA, PART FOUR | Patreon Pietro...

Duke Francis of Brittany's loyal right-hand man or the Svengali to Francis' Trilby?  He quickly came to discover that the nobility doesn't like tailors' sons.....unless they're measuring them up for a suit.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - S1-049...

We've covered all of the popes who ran the Catholic Church during Henry VII's reign (and at least one who didn't), and who better to tell us how we've done than Bry and Fry from "Pontifacts - ranking all of the Popes from Peter to Leo XIV"! Listen on to hear why we let Sixtus IV off far too lightly, why pious men don't make good Renaissance Popes, and why Julius II was just so, so obsessed with Al...

What do you do when a regency ends?  You recreate it in miniature in Bourbon, and you educate all the noble young women to follow in your footsteps....whether they like it or not!   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - S1 - 022 - Louis XII of France | T...

We're in The Mad War.  Breton rebels are seeking sanctuary in France; French rebels are seeking sanctuary in Brittany.....and the King is trying to get himself kidnapped just to get away from his sister. Music by Viacheslav Starostin  from  Pixabay Music by  Geoffrey Burch  from  Pixabay See the cast of characters on Episode Information – Tudoriferous Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes...

The least foolish woman in France.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes  S1 - 035 Charles VIII of France, Part One | Tudoriferous S1 - 022 - Louis XII of France | Tudoriferous Louis XI of France | Patreon Battle Royale: French Monarchs Podcast - Regency...

We've been promising to do her since pretty much the beginning of the podcast......and finally, here she is.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

It turns out that our own beloved C3PO was not as squeaky clean as we'd thought.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

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In our first ever special guest episode, John from the Prime Time: Prime Ministers podcast tells us all about Parliament in the reign of Henry VII. Why was parliament so full of marriage councelors? What do Eleanor of Provence and Liz Truss have in common? What did the members of the House of Commons have to fear from hordes of hungry monks? And why did Penny Mordaunt give a long parliamentary spe...

It's that strange aberration for the period.....a good pope.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes -  Cameo 65 - Pope Sixtus IV | Tudoriferous S1 - 047 Pope Innocent VIII - Part One | Tudoriferous S1 - 040 - Pope Julius II - Part Two | Tudoriferous Cameo...

What a nice man!  Scholar, Franciscan.  Lovely. So what happened when he became Pope....and can we blame THE NEPHEWS?   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - Cameo 66 - Pope Pius III | Tudoriferous S1 - 047 Pope Innocent VIII - Part One | Tudoriferous S1...

We don't have to wait for Walsingham to find out about spies.  Edward IV and Henry VII both had their spy networks.  But who were they, what did they do and what happened when they got caught?   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - Cameo 10 - Roger Mach...

Notary, priest, right-hand man to Cardinal Archbishop Morton... and the first known English playwright (technically). Not bad for a lad from Southwark, especially compared to his brother. Join us for truly hellish theatrical reviews, philosophical vices, unexpected feminism, and the most metatheatrical play you're likely to find before the 20th century...   You can find a full bibliography on our...

Everyone has heard of Shakespeare, but what was going on in the world of drama a century before the height of the Elizabethan Stage? What could the subjects of Henry VII go and see? Why might Ali from the Rex Factor podcast have another reason to dislike St Dunstan? How did community theatre traumatise at least two kings? Who were the most dramatic monks? And which demon should you watch out for i...

This is the story of Pier and Bianca.  You can see examples of their love in the beatiful frescos of Torrechiaro. Just hope the wife doesn't find out.   You can find the images on our website - Episode Information – Tudoriferous Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon Music - W...

The man closest to the King or the man who wants to bring down the dynasty?  Who knows?   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episodes - Cameo 6 - Sir Richard Nanfan | Tudoriferous S1 - 021 - Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank | Tudoriferous

The last week in our series A Month in Naples (Not as Nice as it Sounds) This one had to stand and watch as two rival candidates pushed him aside and took his country.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

The third episode in our series A Month in Naples (Not as Nice as it Sounds). His father has thrown the crown to Ferrantino and legged it to Sicily, leaving his son to face the French. This one isn't as bad as the last two.....up to a point!   Relevant Episode - S1 - 035 Charles VIII of France, Part Three | Tudoriferous   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes and to join our Discord -  Tud...