Maria Hayward
Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Southampton
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureEnglish Roman CatholicsHouse of TudorDaughters of kings16th-century English womenAnnulmentDeaths from cancer in EnglandMothers of English monarchsRegents of EnglandDaughters of queens regnantHistory16th-century German painters, German Renaissance painters, German male painters, German printmakers
Catherine of Aragon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish Infanta so prized by the Tudors that, after her first husband the Prince of Wales died, she went on to marry his brother Henry VIII.
13 February 2025
Also featuring: Lucy Wooding, Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer
Holbein at the Tudor Court
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hans Holbein's role in the Tudor Court, painting Henry VIII as he asserted himself as supreme head of the Church during the Reformation.
15 October 2015
Also featuring: Susan Foister, John Guy