Music
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Musician Tamsin Lewis, Tudor Music and Partying
Please welcome Tamsin Lewis to the All Things Tudor podcast! Episode 2 – Musician Tamsin Lewis and Tudor Music and Partying (Very timely during Twelfth Night festivities) Listen here: https://pod.fo/e/102c34 In this episode of All Things Tudor, Tudor musician and historian Tamsin Lewis discusses how the Tudors used music during the Christmas Holidays and beyond.…
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Medicine, Magic and Music: Elizabeth I
The last Tudor monarch, Queen Elizabeth I, was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Her early life went from Princess to being declared illegitimate after her mother was executed. At one point, her sister Mary had her placed in The Tower on charges of treason. Elizabeth was never expected to rule England, but…
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Medicine, Magic and Music
Part 2 – Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from December 1542 to July 1567 and Queen Consort of France from July 1559 until December 1560. Mary was the daughter of King James V of Scotland and Marie of…
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Medicine, Magic and Music: The Healing Properties of Music Observed in the Life of Anne Boleyn
PART 1 – ANNE BOLEYN When we think of Tudor England, various images flash through our mind. Kings, many queens, dashing courtiers, spies, and ruthless intrigues enter the mix. Add a dash of Renaissance fashion and religious upheaval and you have a heady, or often headless, concoction of brutality and inspiration. All at the same…