Amelia Lanier: England's first Female English Poet

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

History

4.6 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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This episode delves into the life of Amelia Lanier, the first woman in England to assert herself as a professional poet. Explore the remarkable journey of this trailblazing figure of the 16th-century English literature, whose work challenged societal norms and opened new horizons for women in the arts.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the Renaissance English History Podcast, a part of the Agora Podcast Network.
0:18.9	I am your host, Heather Tesco, and I'm a storyteller who makes history
0:22.8	accessible because I believe it's a pathway to understanding who we are, our place in the
0:27.4	universe, and being more deeply in touch with our own humanity. I think this is episode 220. Not
0:34.7	sure. Either way, it is on Amelia Lanyer, a woman whose pen challenged the norms and whose
0:43.3	voice echoes throughout the past 400 years. So we are going to talk about Amelia, one of the
0:49.6	very early woman writers in England. Before we get started, though, I want to just say thank you to the
0:58.7	newest members, both of Patreon and my YouTube channel. It's pretty much the same benefits,
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1:12.8	So, welcome to Catherine, to Edith, to Alexandra, to Jennifer, also to Christina, Margaret,
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1:40.1	There was just one last week on Gertrude Courtney. And this week, there's going to be one on William Bird's double life.
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2:14.6	And thank you so much. One of the things that supporters and patrons will get is a discount to 2024 tutor con tickets, both online and in person. And I promise I am going
2:21.1	to have the TudorCon order form up. So many of you have been emailing me about it within two
2:27.0	weeks. I'm actually going down to H. Croft Hall very soon this weekend, next weekend,
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