The History of England
Summary: A concise history of England in a weekly podcast. We follow English history all the way from the Anglo Saxon invasions at the start of the 6th Century.
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Elizabeth Chadwick is the author of many fine historical novels, and her most recent is on William's life in the Holy Land. Elizabeth was kind enough to share her insights about the Marshal's life
I chat with historian Nicola Tallis about the life, times and death of Lady Jane Grey. And also there are prizes and things.
After Mary's victory, Jane Grey was imprisoned comfortably in the Tower, and spent her time studying - and had a reasonable expectation of long, if a little dull, life. Until in 1554 Thomas Wyatt and her father Henry Grey, raised rebellion. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
The game played out, the Mary entered London and the Duke was to die. But Northumberland had one more surprise to spring For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Whether Jane and Guildford understood the commotion in the city outside the Tower we do not know, but it was the duty of her father, the Duke of Suffolk, to break the news For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Around the 14th July a ship called the Greyhound sailed into Orwell Haven. Its captain was in gaol in Lowestoft, its crew had smashed open the cash box. Meeting with Sir Henry Jermingham may well have changed the course of history. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Northumberland made good speed towards East Anglia and Mary, and his army swelled with troops and artillery. But in London, the mood was ugly, and Mary was having some success too. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Mary's letter of 10th July brought home an uncomfortable truth that Northumberland had expected to avoid - that Jane must fight for her crown. If an army could be found For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Mary had a decision to make - submit, fight or flee. She took the decision with her household - and they raised the rafters with their cheers. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
On the morning of 9th July 1553 the 16 year old Jane was walking in the Grey manor at Chelsea in blissful ignorance. Then the Duke of Northumberland's daughter, Mary Sidney, came to call For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
The life of Lady Jane Grey to 1553, and the fate of Edward VI is settled as the vultures gather. The first in our series on the succession crisis of 1553. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Edward VI's 'Devise for the Succession' would plunge England into turmoil. Was it his own work, or was it the work of a manipulative and power hungry Northumberland? Here's what happened. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
John Dudley, as Duke of Northumberland for a while dominated the King's Council - and was a man with the imagination to change the rules. And the Edwardian Reformation continued, step by step, to transform religious practice. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Diarmaid MacCulloch brings wonderful scholarship, wit and humanity with a delightfully fresh biography of Thomas Cromwell, shot through with new insights. And I got to meet him! Here is what we talked about.
In 1550 Edward's views on reformation began to harden - and brought him into conflict with his sister. Under pressure from King and Council, Mary decided that she must flee the country for the safety of the firmly Catholic Empire For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy