Tudoriferous

Join us, Michelle, Lucy and David, for a mildly diverting delve into the great, the good, the mad, the brave, the outrageous, the mischievous and the truly preposterous folk of the Tudor Age. Three enthusiastic Tudorphiles discuss each in turn and give them marks out of ten for intrigue, martyrdom, posterity and rise & fall before deciding whether they are Tudorlicious.

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#208
Saturday · 1 hr 12 min
S1 052 - Pope Alexander VI - Part Two
Charles VIII invades Italy.....again. What will Alexander do? Stand up to him with the full weight of the Church behind him? Or will he cower in a fortress like a gibbering wreck? 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: Search : Pope Julius Part Two | Tudoriferous Search : king frederick of naples | Tudoriferous Search : king ferrantino of naples | Tudoriferous Search : charles viii part two | Tudoriferous Who Killed Juan Borja | Tudoriferous Search : felice della rovere | Tudoriferous Caterina Sforza - Part Three | Tudoriferous on Patreon
#207
September 12 · 1 hr 21 min
S1 052 - Pope Alexander VI - Part One
Our first attempt at Alexander wasn't as in depth as we would now do, so I wanted to give him another go. How did this man, whom many would have said was utterly unsuited to the religious life at all, become pope - apart from the obvious? 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 - Search : king ferrante of naples | Tudoriferous Search : king alfonso of naples | Tudoriferous Search : prince djem | Tudoriferous Search : pope sixtus | Tudoriferous Search : pope innocent | Tudoriferous Lucrezia Borgia Part 1 | Tudoriferous on Patreon Piero de' Medici | Tudoriferous on Patreon
#206
September 5 · 34 min
Cameo 76 - Bishop Stillington
The man who really put the cat among the pigeons. 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
#205
August 29 · 1 hr 49 min
S1 051 - Juana of Castile - Part Three
Last week we saw how Juana's husband and father made her life a misery. In Part Three her son joins in. The images can be found on Tudoriferous | 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
#204
August 22 · 1 hr 16 min
S1 051 - Juana of Castile - Part Two
Last week we saw how Juana's husband made her life a misery. In Part Two Dad joins in. 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 Two | Tudoriferous S1 - 019 - Philip the Fair Part 2 | Tudoriferous Cameo 47 - Germaine de Foix | Tudoriferous Torn between two fathers | Tudoriferous Cameo 13 - Elvira Manuel | Tudoriferous
#203
August 15 · 1 hr 20 min
S1 051 Juana of Castile - Part One
Grab your tissues! It's Juana! In the first episode of three we look at Juana's life with her husband, Philip the Handsome. Please be aware that there are upsetting scenes of gaslighting. 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) S1 - 019 - Philip the Fair, Part 1 | Tudoriferous
#202
August 7 · 1 hr 23 min
Tudoriferous/Tsar Power Crossover - Roberto on Early Modern Russia
Recently, on Patreon, we've been looking at Russia, and particularly the life and times of Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow. To give everyone a taste of this fascinating history, and to hear from someone who really knows a lot about Russian history, we've invited Roberto from Tsar Power to tell us all about Early Modern Russia. Why must Russian rulers be so ruthless? What makes 19th century Russian novels so rich and fascinating? And what exactly is the difference between a bow and an affectionate bow? Find out all this and more... Hear more from Roberto on Tsar Power, The History of Saqartvelo Georgia... and Quest for Power! 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
#201
August 1 · 46 min
Fifth Anniversary Episode
Unbelievably today is our fifth anniversary. Five years, two hundred and six episodes on the main feed, seventy four on Patreon. Thank you all so much for listening to us drone on about these people for all this time.
#200
July 24 · 35 min
Cameo 75 - Bianca Maria Sforza.
The second in a two-part series on Maximilian's wives. This is the unloved one. Mind you, very big dowry! (Apologies for the noises off. While we were recording there was a drive past of about fifty vintage tractors!) 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 Caterina Sforza Part 1 | Tudoriferous on Patreon Sigismund of Tyrol | Tudoriferous on Patreon
#199
July 17 · 33 min
Cameo 74 - Mary of Burgundy
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
#198
July 11 · 48 min
Cameo 73 - King Manuel I of Portugal
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
#197
July 4 · 1 hr 13 min
Cameo 72 - Vasco da Gama
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
#196
June 26 · 1 hr 6 min
Cameo 71 - King Joao II of Portugal.
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)
#195
June 19 · 1 hr 56 min
200th Episode Special - "Fulgens and Lucrece" by Henry Medwall
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
#194
June 13 · 1 hr 35 min
S1 050 - Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset, Part Two
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)
#193
June 5 · 1 hr 19 min
S1 050 - Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset, Part One
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
#192
May 29 · 55 min
Cameo 70 - Louis de la Tremouille
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
#191
May 22 · 30 min
Cameo 69 - Pierre Landais
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
#190
May 16 · 1 hr 21 min
Early Renaissance Popes with Bry and Fry of Pontifacts
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)
#189
May 8 · 1 hr 2 min
S1 049 - Anne de Beaujeu, Part Three
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

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