EPISODE · Sep 12, 2026 · 14 MIN

Burning Lives: The Great Fire’s Forgotten Victims and Tudor Marriages

from The Proper British History Podcast: Kings, Queens, Wars, Empire, Politics, Revolutions, Royalty and the Historical Great Britain · host Podily

The episode explores how the 1666 fire swept through London’s poorest residents, forcing them into poverty and legal upheaval, and then shifts to Tudor politics, revealing how Henry VIII’s brief marriage to Anne of Cleves influenced power struggles in early modern England. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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