Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History Podcast, a part of the Agora Podcast Network.

I am your host, Heather Tesco, and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible

because I believe it's a

pathway to understanding who we are, our place in the universe, and being more deeply in touch

with our own humanity. Today, we are journeying back to a pivotal year in Henry's reign, 1513.

Picture it. The kingdom is a formidable power, a titan of the late

middle ages. It's ruled by a young and ambitious and charismatic monarch Henry VIII, who is yet

to be the infamous figure we often associate with six marriages and the English Reformation.

But before we get started,

your reminder about TudorCon. Okay, so if you can't make it in person to Pennsylvania this year,

September 8 through 10th, we have the online tickets available. So you want to go to Englandcast.com slash TudorCon online to find out all about that to get your ticket to reserve your spot. Use code early bird to save $10 off of your ticket. And I would

suggest that you do it early because we have limits. We have space as to how much we

can do. I know it's like the internet and it's like things are unlimited. And in theory they are,

but there's also just so much that we can keep up with in terms of like questions that come in

and serving people. And, you know, I don't want it to just be like this massive amount of people that we

can't interact with easily and everything like that. So we have some limits as to how much space

there is. And it's a really good deal. So it's $49 without the coupon code. You come live to all

of the talks. They'll all be recorded. So you'll get the recordings. You'll also get the transcripts.

Like, super good deal. You're also going to get a digital goody bag with some free ebooks and all

kinds of good stuff. So, Englandcast.com slash TudorCon online to learn more and reserve your

spot. Somebody asked me the other day how long the recordings will be

available. And I said like kind of forever because I'm basically just going to send out a drop box

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