Tudoriferous

The first of a two-part series on Maximilian's wives.  This is the loved one.  And we look at all the men she could have married..... and there are a lot of them!   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 Episode - S1 - 023 Emperor Maximilian - Part One | Tudoriferous S1 - 046 Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, Part 1 | Tudoriferous (podbean.com) S1 - 021 - Philip the Fair, Part 1 | Tudoriferous (podbean.com) Charles the Bold, Part One | Tudoriferous on Patreon

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 - King Joao II of Portugal. | Tudoriferous

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 | Tudoriferous (podbean.com)

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 making metatheatrical jokes and chasing her maid Joan for long enough to help? Be warned, we've put the explicit tag on this episode for a reason, the humour of the 1490s was sometimes rather direct...   Thank you so much to the History Podcast Players!   As well as David and Lucy from Tudoriferous, playing A and Joan respectively, this performance features the voices of: B - Michael from Quest for Power Fulgens - Quinn from Nobelesse Oblige Cornelius - Simon from The History of Venice Lucrece - Meredith from The Alexander Standard Gaius - Roberto from Tsar Power, and The History of Saqartvelo Georgia... and Quest for Power too!    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 - Medieval and Early Tudor Drama Cameo 64 - Henry Medwall    

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 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   Relevant Episodes - S1 - 42 - Edward Woodville, feat. The Woodvilles S1 - 042 - Edward Woodville- Part Two Cameo 51 - Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent Cameo 10 - Roger Machado   Image: Detail from an illumination from Volume 6 of the Anciennes Chroniques d'Angleterre by Jean de Wavrin (15th Century)

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 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   Relevant Episodes - S1 - 42 - Edward Woodville, feat. The Woodvilles S1 - 042 - Edward Woodville- Part Two Cameo 51 - Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent   Image: Detail from King Edward IV and His Queen, Elizabeth Woodville at Reading Abbey, 1464 by Ernest Board (1877-1934) Copyright Reading Museum  

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 Aretino - Part One | Patreon

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 Anne de Beaujeu, Part Two | Tudoriferous S1 - 003 - Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke | Tudoriferous

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 Alexander VI. And why didn't they listen to Burchard?   Find Pontifacts here! https://pontifacts.podbean.com/ And on many, many other podcatchers.   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 of Tudoriferous - Pope Sixtus IV Pope Innocent VIII Pope Alexander VI Pope Pius III Pope Julius II (though this one is mostly on the Alum trade - to get properly into Julius II's story, start here with part two)  

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 | Tudoriferous Anne of Brittany, Twice Crowned Queen of France Part 2 | Patreon   Music by Maksym Malko from Pixabay

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 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

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 of Madness 4/5 - Isabeau of Bavaria VS Yolande of Aragon - ft. Queens | Free Listening on Podbean App

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

Wait... who?   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

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 speech about chickens? You might need to cover any young listeners' ears for that one...   Find the Prime Time - Prime Ministers Podcast here: https://shows.acast.com/prime-time, and in all of the usual podcatchers. John kindly shared his Bibliography for his research, which you can find here - 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

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 29 - Silvestro Gigli | Tudoriferous Cameo 28 - Giovanni Gigli | Tudoriferous Cameo 5 - Pietro Torrigiano | Tudoriferous Cameo 2 - Adriano Castellesi | Tudoriferous

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 - 040 - Pope Julius II - Part Two | Tudoriferous

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 Machado | Tudoriferous Conspiracy to Kill Henry VII | Tudoriferous Cameo 49 - Alexander Symson | Tudoriferous

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 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 Mid-episode Transition Music: "Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html 

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 if you start to nod off in church? The show is about to start, so grab your anachronistic popcorn and get ready...   You can find images and a full bibliography 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

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 - Warm Memories - Emotional Inspiring Piano by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

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 - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

The second episode in our series A Month in Naples (Not as Nice as it Sounds). Maybe he didn't have the artistic flair of his dad, but he did have his own certain something....unfortunately it wasn't very nice.   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 episode in our series A Month in Naples (Not as Nice as it Sounds). First Ferrante.  Brutal but with a certain amount of artistic flair.   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

Happy New Year to all our listeners. We hope you enjoy hearing what has been happening on Patreon over the last year.  Next year starts with Michelangelo, so well worth a listen.   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:  Patreon Snippetty Bits 2024 | Tudoriferous Patreon Snippetty Bits 2023 | Tudoriferous Patreon Snippetty Bits 2022 | Tudoriferous

Join us as we rewrite early Tudor history. Happy Christmas, everyone, and see you in the New Year for more of the same.....only better.   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 worst pope who ever poped?  In Part Two we felt he was definitely in the running.   P.S. You will hear a new voice at the end of this episode.  We will explain some impending changes in a special update episode.  All good.  But, in the meantime, meet David.   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 - Early Modern Books - The Malleus Maleficarum | Tudoriferous S1 - 016 - Isabella of Castile | Tudoriferous

The worst pope who ever poped?  In Part One we didn't think so......   Relevant Episodes:  Cameo 25 - Prince Djem | Tudoriferous The Rise and Fall of the Medici Bank | Tudoriferous S1 - 040 - Pope Julius II - Part Two | Tudoriferous S1 - 035 Charles VIII of France, Part One | 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

... and Elizabeth's, obviously, but that would have made for a less snappy title. What sort of parents were Henry and Elizabeth?  How did they cope with the inevitable child mortality?  Does anything in Prince Henry's childhood explain.......anything?   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 Episode - Valentine's Day Special - Henry and Elizabeth | Tudoriferous

Sir John Savage - Henry VII couldn't have done it without him... yes, another one. Dr. Thomas Savage - All the attributes of a true archbishop - corrupt, malevolent and downright violent.   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 Episode - S1 - 044 - Rhys ap Thomas | Tudoriferous

Cecily's family continue to be a worry for her, when they're not being downright insulting. Wish she'd kept a diary.   The images we talk about in Flauntaflaunt can be found on our website - Tudoriferous – The home of the Tudoriferous Podcast   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

Mother of two kings, grandmother of a king and a queen, great-grandmother of Henry VIII, and so close to becoming a queen herself. It's hardly surprising she had such an eventful life. Meet Proud Cis.   "Balloon Game" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   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 Episode - The Irish Connection | Tudoriferous

Happy Halloween.  In this episode we look at where the Devil came from, how he was used and what he looked like. The images are on our website.  Episode Information – Tudoriferous   For more information about the podcast, including a timeline go to Tudoriferous – The home of the Tudoriferous Podcast Join our Patreon family for many more episodes and a Discord channel - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

He steals from the rich and gives to ..... well, it's debated... the poor? Or to Humphrey himself?   For more information about the podcast, including a timeline go to Tudoriferous – The home of the Tudoriferous Podcast Join our Patreon family for many more episodes and a Discord channel - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

He should have been the Roman Emperor, but Sultan Mehmet put a stop to that when he sacked Constantinople.  So how do you pass the time when you no longer have a role in life? Party!!! Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

This is a man who must really have kissed the Blarney Stone.  He committed treason twice...and yet still got away with it. Please be aware all you ornithophobes out there - in this episode Kildare is attacked by a sparrowhawk and Michelle is attacked by woodpeckers!   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 | Patreonn't do without.   The images we talk about in Flauntaflaunt can be found on our website - Tudoriferous – The home of the Tudoriferous Podcast   Relevant Episode - The Irish Connection | Tudoriferous

The Great Earl whom none of the English monarchs wanted, but couldn't do without.   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 | Patreonn't do without.   Relevant Episode - The Irish Connection | Tudoriferous

A prequel to Gerald Fitzgerald, this episode takes a look at why the English were in Ireland in the first place and why they hung on to it despite the lack of any discernible benefits.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

Finding out about Mandukhai was so exciting that I nearly did a little dance around the room!   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon   Relevant Episode - S1 - 053 - 1492 And All That - Christopher Columbus - Part 1A | Tudoriferous

This is where it all began.  Without Henry's victory at Bosworth there would have been no Tudors and, even more alarming, no Tudoriferous.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

Catherine of Aragon's controlling and narcissistic confessor.  Between him and Dona Elvira the poor girl didn't stand a chance.   Relevant Episodes - Cameo 13 - Elvira Manuel | Tudoriferous Torn Between Two Fathers | Tudoriferous   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

Created by Henry VII as his bodyguard, who were they, what did they do and what did they wear while they did it? The Cloth of Gold picture we discuss is on our website. Episode Information – Tudoriferous   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

'The black trumpet'.  Very good at his 'blowings and pipings'.   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

The French lawyer and his most notorious case.

Wales was central both to the Wars of the Roses and to Henry's usurpation/justified taking of the throne.  We revisit some old friends - Jasper Tudor, Catherine de Valois with her dodgy coffin and Mr. Tiptoft.   Relevant Episodes - S1 - 066 - Rhys ap Thomas | Tudoriferous S1 - 003 - Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke | Tudoriferous   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse, bach.   Related Episodes - S1 - 003 - Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke | Tudoriferous The images we talk about in Flauntaflaunt can be found on our website - Tudoriferous – The home of the Tudoriferous Podcast   Join our Patreon family for yet more episodes - Tudoriferous | creating a Podcast discussing the great, good and mad Tudor Era | Patreon