Tudoriferous

Join us, Michelle and Lucy, 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. Two 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.

Syphilis *Mature Content*

To make sense of the Tudor world we have to look into the filthy underbelly. Join us as Syphilis is introduced and spread through Europe. *Note* This episode while clean in language does contain mature content. 

03-27
01:00:00

Conspiracy to Kill Henry VII

Stab him? No. Beat him? No. Strangle him? No. Throw him off a cliff? No.  Then what?! hmmmmm... I know we will get an ointment in a box that we can smear on a door. Sorry, what?

02-13
48:57

Who Killed Juan Borja

With a plethora of sinister characters to choose from have we come to the correct choice?

01-10
47:15

S1 - 032 - Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby

Tiptoeing through the razor wire of the war of the roses and ending up on top when so many failed and died. How?!

02-19
02:31:37

S1 -028 - Don Pedro De Ayala

Spanish ambassador to Scotland? In England? Sorry, he did what to his rooms? Sorry, he did what in the city? Excuse me, you think I should pay the damages?!

11-20
02:06:37

S1 - 025 - LouisXII of France

Father of the People and a very busy man, but does that make him worthy of Tudorlicious?

09-25
02:51:11

S1 - 023 - Edmund de la Pole - 6th Earl of Suffolk

The biggest threat to Henry's reign! A legitimate Yorkist heir with designs on the crown... pardon? Sorry, you're saying he just wants his Dukedom back? Just his Dukedom? ... and the lands?  No! He is the biggest threat to my reign! Really? He just wants his Dukedom back?

07-19
02:37:13

S1 - 018 - Isabella of Castile

From a childhood poverty and insecurity, used as a pawn in marriage and 4th heir to the throne, to a Queen by a coup, bringing Castile under control, attending battles and reforming the church. Arguably one of the most famous Queens of the world. Do her actions with England merit attention? Do they merit the coveted title of Tudorlicious? 

02-27
02:43:31

S1 - 017 - Perkin Warbeck Part 3

We get to the end of Perkin Warbeck the most famous pretender to the Tudor throne. But is that fame justified? You tell us!    

02-06
01:33:32

S1 - 016 - Perkin Warbeck Part 2

Perkin attempts to take the throne... wait, where did he go?

01-30
01:16:12

S1 - 015 Perkin Warbeck Part 1

Round and round and round we go, will we ever find out? No one knows.  So who is Perkin Warbeck? In the first ever first parter, we attempt to map out Perkin's rise to fame as the "Suprise! I'm actually alive!" Richard Duke of York. The younger of the two princes in the tower.

01-25
01:15:25

S1 - 013 - Sir Richard Empson

Was he truly a lawyer? Possibly the term enforcer may be closer...

12-19
01:49:45

S1 -012 - Pope Alexander VI

The Popiest Pope of the Tudor Era or the poopiest? hmmmm only time will tell as we cover the rest of them... But for now, the Borja's have arrived! 

12-05
01:34:58

S1 - 011 Edmund Dudley

Could this be the most evil of the Tudors we cover? I sure hope so!

11-21
02:06:03

S1 - 010 - John de Vere

Traitor, knight, general, prisoner, Earl and councilor ... we definitely can't call him lazy.

11-09
01:37:07

S1 - 008 - Sir Edward Poynings

Sir Edward Poynings, possibly our most divisive episode for the listeners. A hero or a Machiavellian villain? Hmm…

10-24
01:56:25

S1 - 007 - John Cabot

The great explorer and discoverer of Newfoundland... wait what?

10-10
01:30:46

S1 -006 - Arthur Prince of Wales

The Tudor that was supposed to be king but never was. Would he have been the 2nd coming of King Arthur? Was he good enough even as a teenager to deserve the title Tudorlicious?

09-26
01:57:35

S1 - 004 - John de la Pole

It's a famous name in the time of the Tudors but does this John de la Pole deserve that fame?

08-29
01:17:15

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