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Jeremy Black, author of over 100 books, including "A Brief History of the British Monarchy," joins host Adam Camac to discuss the history of the British monarchy and the role of the British monarchy today.  The show notes page for this episode can be found at placesandprofiles.com/9.

Delve into centuries of treason in this three part mini-series.

Join us as we uncover stories from across the globe, from plots to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I to enslaved Africans in the Caribbean fighting for their freedom – all explored through a unique selection of history-defining documents, bringing stories of people, power and plot to life.

We know her as the only regnant Queen to never marry, the Virgin Queen, Gloriana. But was Elizabeth I ever involved in a real royal romance?

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We can look all kinds of places to see Tudor politics playing out--Hampton Court, Whitehall, the Tower. Sometimes, we can even look to the playhouse.

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From Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II, accession days and jubilee years have been a cause for national celebration.

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In the premiere episode of A Dangerous Thing, Chip tells us why Elizabeth I never got laid, James gives a little lesson about NASA's Voyager Mission, and the guys get to know each other a little bit more with a few personal "firsts." Plus, some fun topical discussion about Squid Game!

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Kate McCaffrey, the Assistant Curator at Hever Castle, has recently uncovered new evidence on the Book of Hours owned and used by Anne Boleyn. Kate shares her findings and some connections to Elizabeth I.

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Episode Summary: 
Hever Castle was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn. The beautiful castle offers amazing insights into the family and personal life of this famous wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I.

Recently, Assistant Curator Kate McCaffrey uncovered evidence that Anne Boleyn's personal Book of Hours had been passed to family friends who cared for and kept the memento safe after Anne's dramatic fall from favor and violent death. The network of women from the neighborhood of Hever also have important connections to Anne's daughter, Elizabeth I. Kate generously shares her research and insights with us.

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We're back for another season featuring the royals, rebels, and romantics of British History! Season Two will bring some new fun to the podcast.  Here's what's ahead:

• September will be all about Elizabeth I.
• October will delve into the world of witches and other sorcery.
• November will give us a chance to remember, remember lots of rebels and rebellions.
• And December will be a time for festive and famous holiday celebrations!!

We'll also be launching a patron program soon, giving you an opportunity to play a larger role. Stay tuned!

To start us off, here are some questions we're considering  about Elizabeth I.

• Why was she taken out of the line of succession and then put back in again? 
• Why did Edward VI disinherit her instead of just passing over Mary and leaving the crown to Elizabeth?
• Why didn't Mary, who did not like Elizabeth, choose NOT to disinherit her?
• Why did Mary Queen of Scots claim the English throne?
• How did people feel about Elizabeth becoming Queen?

It's all Elizabeth, all month!

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Making secret marriages, creating the right image, navigating court politics, and escaping in disguise—just another Tudor family story!

From her birth in 1575, Arbella had a claim to the throne. As Queen Elizabeth was in her 40s with no plans to marry, the chances of her giving birth were rapidly diminishing. That represented the end of Henry VIII’s descendants. Then there were the descendants of Henry’s elder sister, Margaret Tudor. Margaret’s son had been James V of Scotland; at his death, his daughter Mary became Queen of Scotland. Now she was an essentially a prisoner in England with her son James VI reigning in her stead. Many in England dismissed all these claimants as they had been born in Scotland and therefore were not eligible for the English throne. But Margaret Tudor’s daughter, Margaret Douglas, had been born in England. So had her two sons, Henry and Charles. Henry, Lord Darnley had been murdered in Scotland (where he had become King by marrying Mary Queen of Scots) in 1567. Charles, Earl of Lennox, died a year after Arbella’s birth.

So from the death of her father in 1576, Arbella was considered by some to be the descendant of Henry VII with the best claim to the throne. 

No one had made a better career of marrying her way to wealth and influence than Bess of Hardwick. The Queen could insist on a single life, demanding her court have but one mistress and no master. But for the rest of the country, a favorable marriage was a woman’s greatest path to wealth and security. With her perceived nearness to the English throne, Arbella was seen as a prime target for men all over England and Europe. For more than 10 years, her name was at the center of potential marriage alliances with the major single princes of Europe. Arbella’s family was determined to create the most profitable alliance for her and for themselves.

Bess of Hardwick commissioned the portrait to raise Arbella’s profile at court and on the continent. Queen Elizabeth even said of Arbella, “Look to her; she will be one day even as I am.” But it’s possible Bess had overplayed her hand. Perhaps the ongoing presence of the young, lovely, marriageable Arbella, who was expecting to be named as heir, was too much for Elizabeth to bear. Bess and Arbella were sent away from court from time to time.

As the years went on, Arbella’s chances of succeeding Elizabeth began to fade. She felt exiled at Hardwick, away from court and repeatedly denied the chance of marriage. Her favor with the Queen was diminishing. Could Bess and Arbella clear the path to Elizabeth's throne?

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While we all know that Elizabeth ended her reign peacefully, dying in her bed, that outcome was not guaranteed. From the beginning of her reign, Catholics in England and abroad questioned her right to rule. 

When Mary Queen of Scots came to England in 1568, 10 years into Elizabeth's reign, there was a Catholic option right there! English Catholics, supported by France, Spain, and the Pope, rebelled against Elizabeth and attempted to replace her with Mary Stuart.

This period was a time of a communication explosion in England and Europe. When there are more means of communication, there's an immediate attempt to monitor and control communication. And that, of course, leads to an increase in attempts to hide communication.

The battle between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots was a battle of messages and a battle of ways to hide messages. It's an exciting time, rich with amazing characters and fascinating stories. Here are three of my favorite books about that time:

God’s Traitors: Terror & Faith in Elizabethan England by Jessie Childs. I  found this book incredibly enlightening as a way to get a glimpse into the lives of English Catholics. . I hadn’t really thought about his work in that way, and now I can’t think of any of Walsingham’s actions without remembering his early experience in Paris. I found that such illuminating way of considering his single-minded approach to the rest of the century.

Her Majesty’s Spymaster:  Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage by Stephen Budiansky. One of the things I really appreciate about this book is that it starts with the St. Bartholomew Day’s massacre and looks at Walsingham’s work as Elizabeth’s Spymaster through the lens of that experience.

Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots (also published as The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots: Elizabeth I and Her Greatest Rival) by Kate Williams. There are many great books about Elizabeth I and about Mary Queen of Scots. There are several very good books about the two of them. I really liked Kate Williams’s book because it offers a fresh perspective that makes it easy to relate to these two queens as women and humans as well as queens.

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The Tudor dynasty changed England, Europe, and the world. And the scandals changed the dynasty!

This week we’ll be looking at the top 10 scandals that plagued those who ruled England in the second half of the reign: a boy and two women. That reality was what the Tudors were so desperate to avoid: a child king had been at the heart of the troubles of the Wars of the Roses. Both Richard II and Henry VI had taken the throne as children, and both reigns had ended in disaster. 

Edward wasn’t old enough to rule the country, and that meant years of some kind of regency or council-driven reign, with other men holding power and having the opportunity to make the key decisions. It also opened the door to personal agendas and potential battles within the heart of government. 

And then…two women! Both of them crowned queen on her own, breaking hundreds of years of traditional male rule. No woman before Mary Tudor had been crowned Queen of England. And for her to be followed by another woman! The fact of them on the throne was scandal enough.

But each of these three children of Henry VIII who represent the second half of the Tudor dynasty had plenty of scandals beyond that. 

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In early September 1533, Anne Boleyn was supposed to be getting ready to give the King a son. The birth of a son would justify the actions Henry VIII had taken—setting aside his first wife, going against the wishes of most of his ministers, breaking with the Pope, and establishing himself as Supreme Head of the Church of England. Henry believed God would reward these actions by giving him the son he had wished for since he came to the throne almost 25 years previously.

It seemed God had other plans.

Anne must have realized in that moment that, however she doted on and showered gifts on her little girl, she had failed in her quest to give the King a son. Mother and daughter faced incredible challenges the day Elizabeth was born. Their determination, as well as the fierce and feisty natures they possessed, would guide them through challenges and take them to very different ends.

Mother and daughter lived in different times and played different roles. But their decisions seem connected to me in this way: they made their own way in the world, defying expectations and claiming their power in the ways they could. In Anne Boleyn’s case, it meant holding out for marriage. In Elizabeth’s case, it meant holding out against marriage. In both cases, it meant holding out, and holding on to an inner power and control. Anne Boleyn lost her life because her husband ultimately held the power. Elizabeth was the longest-reigning Tudor and oldest monarch when she died. Perhaps not having a husband was part of that outcome.

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To become a successful dynasty, the Tudors had to create an absolutely unassailable royal image. One of their primary tools was the royal wardrobe.

With the numerous times the crown was seized in the 15th century, the notion of looking the part of King was incredibly important. Edward IV was determined to create an image that would reinforce his place on the English throne, wearing the finest clothing, jewels, and furs. Later, after another seizure of power, Henry VII would need to rely on Fortescue’s advice to create an image of unassailable royalty for himself and his heirs.

After all, the Tudors had to be accepted by their subjects, many of whom had switched allegiance regularly during the Wars of the Roses and didn’t know Henry VII at all. They had to exert power over the nobility. They had to impress foreign powers. They had to create and deliver an immediate and overwhelming message of dominance and royalty. Their regal appearance, conveyed by their wardrobe, was essential to the success of the dynasty. Dress was an important tool to convey power, wealth, and right to reign.

When dynasties change, clothing and jewels are often given away or taken apart to be made into something new. This is certainly true of Tudor clothing and jewels. With a couple of possible exceptions, almost nothing remains from the Tudor dynasty. But because of inventory records and portraits, we are able to get a clear sense of some of how royal dress was used to convey messages of authority and power through the majesty of appearance. It’s hard to imagine a dynasty more successfully accomplishing that mission of creating magnificence.

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Henry VIII was the only King of England to have all three of his children inherit the throne. Typically, all a King’s children would be in the succession until the King died. Not so if the King is Henry VIII! 

Desperate for a son, Henry actually disinherited both of his daughters. He disinherited Mary when Elizabeth born (the First Succession Act was passed in 1534) because he claimed the marriage to Katherine of Aragon was not valid. He disinherited Elizabeth when killed her mother (the Second Succession Act was passed in 1536) because he claimed the marriage to Anne Boleyn was not valid. For several years after he was born, Edward was only heir. Finally, in 1543, Henry enacted the Third Succession Act, which returned Mary and Elizabeth to the succession. 

All these changes affected the children as they grew and then as all three took the throne. Their relationships with Henry, with various stepmothers, and with each other shaped the rest of their lives.

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In politics, being neighbors doesn’t mean being friends. The struggles between the Tudors of England and the Stuarts of Scotland shaped the power dynamic of the two countries and affected the politics of Europe as well.

The inevitable mixture of power and personality with the key players in this group make their battles a struggle for personal as well as political survival. So choose your side—Team Tudor or Team Stuart—and let’s get ready to rumble.

When Henry Tudor took the English throne, he knew he had his job cut out for him: create a dynasty and get other countries around the world to accept him as the King of England. One way to create alliances and demonstrate the growing status of the Tudors was to arrange marriages with prominent royal families. Toward that end, Henry VII arranged two marriages: the marriage of his son and heir (at the time) Prince Arthur to Princess Katherine of Aragon in 1501 and the marriage of his daughter Princess Margaret to King James IV of Scotland in 1503.

We usually focus on Arthur and Katherine, as it gets the Henry VIII marital merry-go-round started. But the marriage of Princess Margaret and King James IV is the one that would ignite the Tudor/Stuart rivalry and lead to power struggles and politics that would reshape England and Scotland for years to come.

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Travel back in time to the birthplace of modern espionage: the court of Queen Elizabeth I and sneak into the world of Tudor Spies!

The chaos in religious policy and its political implications laid the foundation for treachery, betrayal, and deception. And one element made this time, particularly as we move into the reign of Elizabeth I, a hotbed of what was then called “spiery”: that element was literacy. People now had the ability to deliver messages across distances and in large groups.
 
Literacy became a weapon in the war of religion. Once literacy makes communication this widespread, there’s an immediate desire to control it. Enter the spies.

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