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    Anglo Saxon Seasons - Members Only

    From Iron-bound winter to the bounty of haerfest, the Anglo Saxons and their year

    Shedcast 41f Modernity - Members Only

    The demise of the post war consensus and some reflections

    Shedcast 41e Consenus Politics - Members Only

    Attlee's government established a new shared consensus - which was soon challenged by 'events, dear boy'

    Shorts – Sandwich Spreads - Members Only

    Sandwichs, Picnics and the Marks and Sparks revolution

    Shedcast 41d Politics and War - Members Only

    Two world wars transformed British politics

    Shedcast 41c Reform - Members Only

    From Peterloo to the Boer War, Great Reform Act to the birth of modern party politics

    Shedcast 41b Whigs and Tories - Members Only

    The Rise of party - Whigs and Tories

    Shedcast 41a Representation - Members Only

    While not democracy by any means, Medieval Parliament established its role as representing the whole community of the realm.

    Shedcast 40b Discovering the Nation - Members Only

    In the 18th century, it becomes the fashion to discover our own country. And Dr Syntax sets out

    Shedcast 40a Tourism Rising - Members Only

    From pilgrimage to the antiquarians

    Sh 39d Victorian Rural Life – Challenge and Change - Members Only

    The good times for English farming came to an end in the later 1870s, and hit Oxfordshire particularly hard. Prices for corn and wool fell. In the wake of economic pain, came change

    Sh 39c Victorian Rural Life: Variety and Conflict - Members Only

    Religion was a force both for stability and change, conservatism and radicalism

    Sh 39b: Victorian Rural Life: Household and Labourers - Members Only

      Life in a closed parish may have had some advantages – stability, some perks in cheap and good quality houses. But life wasn’t easy for the vast majority ofRead More

    Sh 39a Victorian Rural Life: Region and Elite - Members Only

      The first of a trilogy in four parts about Victorian Rural life, from the perspective of the Swyncombe Parish. Here we talk about Swyncombe, its region – and theRead More

    Victorian Rural Life: Introduction - Members Only

    A Shedcast series from August, about the rural parish of Swyncombe and what it can tell us of Rural Victorian England

    Swyncombe Parish

    For those of you with an interest in local and social history, I have put together a few images to support a series of Members’ Shedcasts about Victorian Rural EnglandRead More

    Anne and Elizabeth by Leah Garden - Members Only

    A fascinating relationship – what influence did Anne Cleves have when she befriended the young Princess Elizabeth, and did her example shape England’s future? Transcript This article is by LeahRead More

    14th Century Italy with Mike Corradi - Members Only

    What world awaited John Hawkwood in 14th century Italy?

    37b The English at Drink II - Members Only

      The 18th century saw the start of a series of Gin crazes, and the famous English institution of the Pub appears in the 19th century. And we look atRead More

    37a The English at Drink I - Members Only

      ‘Ale doth comfort the heavy and troubled mind’. The story of the English and their drink to the 18th century; a story of nourishment, fellowship and resistance.  

    Sh 36e BCL Modernity and Beyond - Members Only

    The 19th and 20th centuries saw the gradual arrival of universal suffrage and the bogey man – democracy. We look at theories of the British constitution and the once livelyRead More

    Sh 36d BCL Enlightenment and Radicalism - Members Only

      The 18th century saw a sea change in the attitudes towards constitutional reform. Enlightenment ideas drove a desire to define and systematise; and meanwhile the growth of a desireRead More

    Sh 36c BCL Revolutions - Members Only

    It all comes back to the 17th century really. At the start, a king who believes in the absolute divine right of kings, who calls parliament as he requires. AtRead More

    Sh 36b King in Parliament - Members Only

    The 14th to 16th centuries saw the increasingly professionalism of Common law, and the embedding of parliament at the centre of government. Jurists claimed that the people were sovereign, thoughRead More

    Sh 36a British Constitution and Law The Early Middle Ages - Members Only

      We discuss what a Constitution is; and then go in search of one and the development of justice in English Medieval history, from the Anglo Saxons to Edward IIRead More

    Sh 34 John Clare – the Peasant Poet - Members Only

      John Clare was for a while a sensation – a poet who gives us access to nature, and also the lives of England’s villagers and society in a time ofRead More

    Sh 33 Thomas Gresham - Members Only

    Written up as a sort of national patriotic hero by the Victorians, Thomas Gresham was in fact as hard as nails, a deal maker, a money man, a controller. ButRead More

    Sh 31f LLASE Going Nuclear - Members Only

    As lords intensified their demands, as pressure on land increased the search was on for more productive ways to farm the land. One impact was the introduction of open field systems andRead More

    Sh 31e LLASE The Manor - Members Only

      From the 9th century, the need of warfare and resulting taxation drove an ever greater bureaucracy. Meantime trade and population both grew, and towns with it. All these produced profoundRead More

    Sh 32 Christine de Pisan with Caitlin Chapman - Members Only

    Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430) was a prolific and versatile French poet and author. Her diverse writings include numerous poems of courtly love, a biography of Charles V ofRead More

    Sh 31d LLASE Warland - Members Only

    Away from the Inland estates, the Anglo Saxon peasantry and thegnage often held their lands of ancient right, and the land they held defined their public obligations as well asRead More

    Sh 31c Life on the Inland - Members Only

      The arrival of resident landowners and the ever present danger of economic disaster would change the way many lived their lives and create the system of serfdom so centralRead More

    Sh 31b LLASE Life on the Scir - Members Only

      New petty kingdoms and lordships, scirs, began to form around tribal groups and identities, and then to consolidate into Anglo Saxons kingdoms we will  begin to recognise. How were thoseRead More

    Sh 31a LLASE – Settlers - Members Only

      A new series – Life and Landscape in Anglo Saxon England. In this episode, the Anglo Saxon settlement, and early settlements in South Oxfordshire          

    Sh 30 Hero of the People - Members Only

    Robert Kett and the Rebels of Mousehold in Norfolk are part of a proud tradition of English protest

    Sh 29 Religious Conflict and Toleration - Members Only

    How religious toleration come to the West, and why

    Shedcast 28 In Davie’s Shed - Members Only

    An interview with Davie McGirr about Sea Shanties. Well, a chat in a shed in which shanties make a brief appearance.

    Sh 27 Norfolk and Son - Members Only

    Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk was a central figure in Henry VIII’s reign – what made him tick? His son, Henry Howard, was one of England’s most important poets, and bit ofRead More

    Sh 26 Hans Holbein - Members Only

    The life and times of Hans Holbein, who brought Henry VIII's court to life for us

    Sh 25b Katharine Howard Tudor Rebel - Members Only

    Katharine’s is an unusual story. She raised rebellion against Henry’s agents in South Wales, forced her second husband to divorce her, may well have join the Pilgrimage of Grace, andRead More

    25a Elizabeth Grey and the Fair Geraldine - Members Only

    A turbulent life and a spot of poetry

    Sh 24 Placenames III – Towns - Members Only

    How streets get their names

    Shedcast 23c Thomas Cromwell Tyranny and Religion - Members Only

    Did Cromwell help his master implement a tyranny? Was he a genuine evangelical?

    Shedcast 23b Thomas Cromwell Revolution in Government - Members Only

    A Revolution in Government? Or an effective minister strengthening the power of his master, the king?

    Shedcast 23a Thomas Cromwell Rise and Reputation - Members Only

    The extraordinary early life of an extraordinary man - and his reputation across the ages.

    Shedcast 22 Let There be Light - Members Only

    The liberty to think rather than the duty to believe

    Shedcast 21 English Placenames II - Members Only

    The place names of England by theme and time

    Shedcast 20 Place Names I – Going Somewhere - Members Only

    First of 3 episodes about English place names. An Introduction and the origins of Street and Road

    Shedcast 19 Who Killed Anne Boleyn? - Members Only

    Listen to the arguments, (then listen to Claire's!), vote and be entered for the prize draw

    Shedcast 18 Anne Boleyn Through the Ages - Members Only

    Anne Boleyn has been represented as proto-feminist and female role model, manipulative renaissance politician, innocent victim of a brutal miscarriage of justice, and many more. This week, Anne’s reputation fromRead More
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Resources

Transcript

  • Shedcast 18 Transcript

Family Trees

  • Family Trees: Succession in Henry VIII’s will November 30, 2018
  • Family Tree: The House of Tudor June 6, 2017
  • The Family de la Pole October 17, 2016

Maps

Articles

  • The Elizabeth and Jacobean Great House July 16, 2022
  • The Great Rebuilding July 6, 2022
  • Was Edward VI’s Devise for the Succession lawful? December 7, 2018
  • Some opinions about Henry VIII July 19, 2018
  • Anne Askew, Martyr and Author June 24, 2018
  • Catherine Howard: Love letter and Confessions April 2, 2018
  • A contemporary view of the Tudor peerage in 1538/9 March 15, 2018
  • Katherine Howard, Countess of Bridgewater March 4, 2018
  • Thomas Cromwell and his reputation January 16, 2018
  • Anne Boleyn Website links October 14, 2017
  • The Incident at Grafton September 22, 2017
  • Bishop John Fisher September 15, 2017
  • Thomas More: A very brief history June 29, 2017
  • Henry VIII’s Westminster Tournament 1511 June 5, 2017
  • Medieval tournaments illustrated glossary June 5, 2017
  • St Bartholomew the Great June 3, 2017
  • Henry VIII and his Beard May 13, 2017
  • Cardinal Wolsey and the Historians May 12, 2017
  • Cardinal Wolsey: A Timeline May 12, 2017
  • The Minions of Henry VIII April 28, 2017
  • Henry VII’s hatchet men: Empson and Dudley February 25, 2017
  • Early Tudor Court February 5, 2017
  • New Learning: England’s first Humanists January 22, 2017
  • Catherine Gordon and Perkin Warbeck January 8, 2017
  • Medieval Prices and Wages December 14, 2016
  • Mountjoy, Henry VIII’s Humanist Mentor December 10, 2016
  • Henry VII and his loyal Councillors November 27, 2016
  • Henry VII and the historians October 31, 2016
  • Henry VII Character and Portraits October 31, 2016
  • The Family de la Pole October 17, 2016
  • The indispensable John Morton July 17, 2016

Original Sources

  • Bishop John Fisher’s sermon for Margaret Beaufort’s funeral August 1, 2020
  • Speech of Mary I, 1554 March 15, 2019
  • Robert Kett’s Petition, 1549 September 16, 2018
  • Catherine Howard: Love letter and Confessions April 2, 2018
  • Katherine Howard, Countess of Bridgewater March 4, 2018
  • The Six Articles, 1539 February 1, 2018
  • John Colet and the Convocation of 1512 September 3, 2017

Quiz

  • Lady Jane Grey Quiz November 4, 2018
  • Henry VIII Jumbo Quiz July 22, 2018
  • Thomas Cromwell Quiz (Members) January 17, 2018
  • Queen Anne Boleyn Quiz October 20, 2017
  • Anne Boleyn Quiz – the Early Years October 13, 2017
  • The Ladybird matching quiz July 14, 2017
  • Thomas More Prize Quiz (Members) July 2, 2017
  • Thomas More Quiz (Non Members) June 29, 2017
  • Tournament Quiz June 18, 2017

Books

  • Thomas Cranmer: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch March 18, 2019
  • Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch November 13, 2018
  • Young and Damned and Fair by Gareth Russell March 25, 2018
  • Thomas Cromwell by Tracy Borman January 15, 2018
  • Tudors by Peter Ackroyd January 8, 2018
  • Thomas More (Reputations) by John Guy June 30, 2017
  • The Creation of Anne Boleyn June 22, 2017
  • Historical Podcasts you might like April 30, 2011
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