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Established in 2018, Talking Tudors is one of the longest-running and most popular independent interview podcasts about the Tudor era. It boasts an international listenership and has been downloaded in excess of 4 million times. In each episode, creator and host Natalie Grueninger speaks with esteemed historians and other experts about a wide range of subjects associated with Tudor England. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the Podbean app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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1Host Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr Stephen Campbell about Leonardo da Vinci’s life, work, and the myths that surround him. They explore his early years in Florence, his Milanese network, anatomical studies, and his later years in France.
The conversation examines common misconceptions, highlights key works such as 'The Last Supper' and the 'Sala delle Asse', and considers why Leonardo’s fragmented biography continues to captivate modern audiences.
Learn more about Dr Campbell
https://arthist.jhu.edu/directory/stephen-j-campbell/
Buy the book!
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691193687/leonardo-da-vinci
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Host Natalie Grueninger welcomes Dr Alanna Skuse to Talking Tudors to explore medicine in Renaissance England. They discuss humoral theory, the medical hierarchy of physicians, surgeons, apothecaries and midwives, and the lively marketplace of practitioners including itinerant bone-setters and domestic healers.
The episode highlights women’s roles in care, real patient cases, early regulation of medical practice, and Alanna’s book 'The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack' — practical insights into how people sought treatment and survived in the Renaissance.
NOT SHAKESPEARE LECTURES
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/not-shakespeare-elizabethan-and-jacobean-popular-theatre
VISIT DR SKUSE'S WEBSITE
https://www.dralannaskuse.co.uk/
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In this episode of Talking Tudors, host Natalie Grueninger is joined by Professor Anne Larson and Professor Steve Maiullo to explore the life, works, and legacy of Anna Maria van Schurman — a multilingual scholar, poet, and theological thinker famed across 17th‑century Europe.
The conversation covers her exceptional education, advocacy for women’s learning, influential correspondence with leading intellectuals, and her later spiritual choices, offering a concise portrait of a pioneering and controversial figure.
LINKS OF INTEREST
https://projectvox.library.duke.edu/
https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/new-narratives
BOOKS MENTIONED
Anna Maria van Schurman, 'The Star of Utrecht': The Educational Vision and Reception of a Savante by Anne Larsen.
'Letters and Poems to and from Her Mentor and Other Members of Her Circle', edited by Anne Larsen and Steve Maiullo.
'Whether a Christian Woman Should Be Educated and Other Writings from Her Intellectual Circle' by Joyce Irwin.
'Republic of Women' by Carol Pal.
CONNECT WITH NATALIE GRUENINGER!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-grueninger-b5899254
Learn more about today's sponsor: Simply Tudor Tours!
https://simplytudortours.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-anne-boleyn-giveaway-2026/
Host Natalie Grueninger speaks with Emma Rutherford and Dr Elizabeth Goldring about the freshly authenticated Nicholas Hilliard portrait miniature, likely depicting Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. The episode covers stylistic and technical evidence, costume comparisons, family provenance, and the discovery of a defaced playing card on the reverse.
Guests discuss the miniature’s emotional context, its possible ties to Shakespeare and the sonnets, and why this intimate find matters for Tudor art, patronage, and literary history.
VISIT THE LIMNER COMPANY https://www.portraitminiature.com/
LEARN MORE ABOUT DR ELIZABETH GOLDRING
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/centrestaff/elizabethgoldring/
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Host Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr Erica Canela about her new book, 'Zealous: A Darker Side of the Early Quakers'. They explore how the English Civil Wars and the rise of print culture spawned a radical, disruptive Quaker movement led by George Fox, its beliefs in direct revelation and social equality, and the often violent reactions it provoked.
The episode traces the movement’s early urgency—marketplace preaching, unlawful meetings, arrests—and follows its later transformation into a disciplined, influential community known for pacifism, business integrity, and social reform.
VISIT DR CANELA'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE https://ericanela.co.uk/
TUDOR TAKEAWAY
'Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn' by Estelle Paranque
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Join Natalie Grueninger and expert guide Sarah Slater for a tour of Hampton Court Palace: its Tudor history, the spectacular Great Hall stained glass, and the spine-tingling ghost stories tied to Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn and the Grey Lady, Dame Sybil Penn.
They discuss eyewitness accounts, a mysterious CCTV figure, EMF readings in the Haunted Gallery, and the palace’s long social and architectural past—plus book recommendations and ways to learn more.
LINKS MENTIONED https://britainsbestguides.org/ https://www.thehistoryguides.com/guides/
BOOKS MENTIONED
'The Palace' by Gareth Russell
'Private Lives of the Tudors' by Tracy Borman
'In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn' by Natalie Grueninger & Sarah Morris
'A Tudor Christmas' by Alison Weir & Siobhan'
'Hampton Court: A Social and Architectural History' by Simon Thurley
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Host Natalie Greninger speaks with historian Sophie Bacchus-Waterman about her new biography, exploring Elizabeth Boleyn’s early life, marriage to Thomas Boleyn, and her long court career within the Howard and Boleyn networks.
The episode highlights Elizabeth’s political astuteness, her close relationship with Anne Boleyn, fresh archival finds (including pay-books and household records), and how the book reshapes our understanding of the Boleyn family.
Follow Sophie Bacchus-Waterman on Insta!
https://www.instagram.com/sophiebwaterman/
TUDOR TAKEAWAY
Digital Bodleian https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/
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In this episode Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr Elizabeth Goldring about her new biography 'Holbein: Renaissance Master'. They trace Hans Holbein’s journey from Augsburg and Basel to Tudor England, his key patrons including Erasmus and Thomas More, his role at Henry VIII’s court, and his lasting impact on portraiture and Tudor culture.
The conversation also highlights archival discoveries, Holbein’s workshop practices, the Greenwich revels, and the painter’s remarkable ability to adapt politically and artistically through changing times.
Learn more about Dr Goldring
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/centrestaff/elizabethgoldring/
The Tudor Heart Appeal
https://www.britishmuseum.org/tudor-heart-appeal
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In this episode of Talking Tudors, Natalie Grueninger talks with Leigh Wakefield about the infamous Pendle Witch Trials of 1612 and their legacy. They explore the rival families at the centre of the accusations, the role of witness testimony—especially that of children—the trial records by Thomas Potts, and the later 1634 case that questioned earlier verdicts.
The conversation also considers how sources were shaped by contemporary agendas, what the evidence can and cannot tell us, and why Pendle remains a powerful part of local heritage and modern interest in witchcraft history.
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https://www.instagram.com/historic_leigh_speaking
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TUDOR TAKEAWAY
Pott's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster
https://archive.org/details/pottsdiscoveryof00pottrich
Host Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr Tabitha Stanmore about cunning folk in Tudor and early modern England — the everyday practitioners of practical magic who offered healing, fortune-telling, love spells and buried-treasure rituals.
They discuss how cunning folk differed from accused witches, the rituals and sources used to study them, surprising historical cases, and the Seven-County Witch Hunt Project that uncovers the lives behind wartime witchcraft accusations.
Visit Dr Stanmore's official website
https://www.tabithastanmore.co.uk/
SEVEN COUNTY WITCH HUNT PROJECT
https://medium.com/@Witches7Hunt
TUDOR TAKEAWAY 'Mother Bombie' by John Lyly
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Host Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr James Freeman about the Curious Cures exhibition at Cambridge University Library, exploring medieval and early Tudor medical manuscripts, household remedies and charms, and how knowledge moved from ancient texts to everyday practice.
Highlights include the digitisation project, the role of physicians, surgeons and domestic healers, manuscripts linked to Elizabeth of York and Henry VII, and how visitors can view the exhibition and digital copies through the Cambridge Digital Library.
Dr James Freeman
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/research-institute/people/james-freeman
Learn more about the 'Curious Cures' exhibition
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/exhibitioncuriouscures
University of Cambridge Digital Library
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/
Join Dr Owen Emmerson & Natalie Grueninger for 'The Rise of a Queen: Anne Boleyn, 1526-1533'
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Host Natalie Grueninger welcomes Ellie Webster to Talking Tudors to explore the life of Mary Shelton: her noble family ties, role at Anne Boleyn’s court, and a brief affair with Henry VIII. The episode focuses on Shelton’s poems and annotations in the Devonshire Manuscript and what they reveal about love, reputation, and women’s voices in the Tudor court.
The conversation also examines Shelton’s links with Mary Howard, Margaret Douglas and Henry Howard, confusion over identities in the sources, and Ellie’s research process. A concise, source-driven portrait that brings an overlooked Tudor courtier and poet into clearer view.
THE ILL FATED WIVES OF HENRY VIII
https://his-ill-fated-wives.wixsite.com/henryviii
ELLIE TALKS TUDORS
https://www.instagram.com/ellietalkstudors
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Host Natalie Grueninger welcomes historian Dr Elizabeth Norton to discuss her new book, 'Women Who Ruled the World', a global history of reigning queens and female heads of state across 5,000 years.
The episode explains the difference between queens consort and reigning queens, highlights 15th–16th century examples (including Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, and Isabel of Castile), and explores common challenges female rulers faced worldwide—misogyny, succession pressure, and the need for strong propaganda and personality.
Dr. Norton also shares research methods, regional comparisons, and why understanding global patterns of female rulership matters today.
Visit Dr Norton's official website
http://www.elizabethnorton.co.uk/
Join Dr Owen Emmerson & Natalie Grueninger for 'The Rise of a Queen: Anne Boleyn, 1526-1533'
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Join Natalie Grueninger and Professor Tracy Borman as they explore the dramatic final days of Elizabeth I, the discovery that William Camden’s account was altered to favour James I, and the many rival claimants who might have inherited the Tudor crown.
This episode examines the political manoeuvring behind James’s accession, the implications of the altered historical record, and how that shift shaped the early Stuart era.
Visit Dr Borman's website
https://www.tracyborman.co.uk/
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Architectural Historian Roberto Prieto-Labrador joins Natalie Grueninger to explore the domestic world of the Tudor middling sort — tradespeople, merchants, and prosperous farmers. They trace architectural changes from medieval open-hall houses to floored, chimneyed homes during the Great Rebuilding, discuss materials, reuse and regional differences, and reveal household practices and apotropaic marks used to ward off harm.
The episode also examines how wills and inventories inform building history, compares English and Spanish domestic layouts, and highlights the Weald and Downland Living Museum as a resource for experiencing historic buildings.
Connect with Roberto on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-prieto-labrador-339169163/
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In this episode of Talking Tudors, host Natalie Grueninger speaks with Kate McCaffrey of Hever Castle about a newly unveiled portrait of William Carey, his role at Henry VIII’s court, and his marriage to Mary Boleyn.
They discuss the portrait’s provenance and artistic origins, Tudor corridor portraits and genealogy displays, Hever’s wider Tudor collection (including Anne Boleyn’s books of hours), and upcoming exhibitions and events that bring the Boleyn circle to life.
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https://www.instagram.com/kateemccaffreyhistorian/
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Host Natalie Grueninger welcomes historian Helene Harrison to explore how Anne Boleyn crafted her image and how it was reshaped after her death. They discuss Anne’s coronation symbolism, self-fashioning, and efforts by Henry VIII’s court to win public favour.
The conversation examines key portraits and artefacts—from the Hever Rose portrait and the Chequers ring to the 1534 medal—and the ongoing debates around their dating and identification.
Helen traces contemporary reactions at home and abroad, Anne’s reappearance in Elizabeth I’s reign, and the clash between Nicholas Sander and John Foxe. She then follows Anne’s evolving legacy through Stuart drama, Victorian myth‑making, and modern screen portrayals, including Anne of the Thousand Days, The Tudors, Wolf Hall, and Six the Musical.
Helene also shares details of her new book, The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn, teases a forthcoming study of Henry VIII’s Great Matter, and offers a lighthearted Tudor-themed reading recommendation.
Visit Helene's blog
https://tudorblogger.com/author/tudorblogger/
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Join host Natalie Grueninger in this fascinating episode of Talking Tudors as she welcomes special guest Georgie Anderson, a PhD researcher at the University of Kent. Georgie delves into her intriguing study on race in medieval Europe, focusing on the portrayal of people of colour in chivalric romances from North Atlantic Europe.
Discover how Georgie's research challenges modern conceptions of race by exploring narratives involving the Black Knight and other figures, revealing a complex tapestry of social interactions and identities from five centuries ago. The discussion includes insights into manuscript analysis, the role of popular culture in the Middle Ages, and the portrayal of race and nobility within Arthurian literature.
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Join host Natalie Grueninger in this captivating episode of 'Talking Tudors' as she delves into the narratives of Edward Seymour's wives with historian and archaeologist, Rebecca Batley. Discover the mysterious life of Catherine Filliol, the enduring allure of Anne Stanhope, and the complex web of intrigue at the Tudor court.
Gain insights into Seymour's rise to power, the enigmatic scandals surrounding his marriages, and the enduring influence of his family during the tumultuous reign of the Tudors. Rebecca Batley sheds light on the lesser-known stories woven into the rich tapestry of 16th-century England.
Visit Rebecca's Substack
https://amymcelroy.substack.com/
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Welcome to another riveting episode of Talking Tudors, hosted by Natalie Grueninger. In this episode, we dive deep into the tumultuous reign of Henry VIII, exploring his tyrannical rule and its profound impact on those around him. Joined by special guest Jackson van Uden, a historian and political theorist, we dissect the infamous moments of Henry's reign, analyse his personal relationships, and compare him to other historical figures.
Discover how Henry's actions have influenced dictators throughout history and the long-lasting effects of his rule. Join us on a journey through the dazzling yet dangerous world of the Tudor court and uncover the complexities and controversies of one of England's most notorious monarchs.
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https://historywithjackson.co.uk/
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what a shame, the audio doesn't work on this one at all for thr guest speaker
I mean no disrespect or any offence, but I couldn't understand a word the guest said. I don't know if it's bad audio, a bad connection or if the guest's accent or voice, but I just couldn't understand her. I'm quite sad about it cause this would've been a great and very interesting episode. I had to skip through it.
I love this podcast!
I LOVE THIS SHOW. But the audio on this episode isn't great. I know the internet isn't always dependable 😊. Just wanted to get my point out there. Keep up the excellent work. much love.