Episode 038: Portraits and Propaganda

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

History

4.6 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2015

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

You know that image you have of Henry VIII? Yeah, that one. The one with his wide legs, looking right at you? That was a purposeful and deliberate message that the King was sending about his strength, his virility, and the power of his dynasty. In this episode we explore Tudor portraits, what they were saying, and why. See the paintings, and more information in the show notes at http://www.englandcast.com If you like this episode, why not leave a rating or review on itunes, or whatever service you use to listen to it? Thank you! Stay in touch! Twitter: @teysko facebook.com/englandcast 801 6-TEYSKO Thanks for listening, and have a fantastic new year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Heather, and I want to remind you about our very special tours to the UK.
0:05.0	In 2017, we'll be doing tours focusing on the Even Song experience.
0:10.0	The Even Song service comes from Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer from the mid-16th century.
0:15.0	It's been dubbed the Atheist's Favorite Service because it requires so little and it gives so much. It's simply
0:23.1	divine choral music sung in some of the most historic chapels, abbeys and cathedrals in England.
0:29.2	We'll be spending 10 days visiting places like Cambridge, Oxford, Bath, the Cotswolds,
0:36.2	Winchester and Windsor with walking tours, free time to explore,
0:40.3	and then gathering back each afternoon for the Evensong Service if you choose to attend.
0:45.3	It will be 10 days of beautiful countryside, historic cities and villages, and so, so much music. I invite you to go to Englandcast.com
0:56.6	slash tours for full itinerary and pricing information. Again, Englandcast, E-N-G-L-A-N-D, C-A-S-D, Englandcast.com
1:06.6	slash tours. Thanks so much. And now to the show. Welcome to episode of the
1:26.1	Renaissance English History podcast, Portraits and Propaganda in Tudor England.
1:31.1	I'm your host, Heather Tesco, and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible because I believe that it's a pathway to understanding who we are, our place in the universe, and to being more in touch with our own humanity.
1:45.8	So I've got a few things to talk about with you this week before we get started. First, a couple of weeks ago,
1:50.4	I did an episode on the Tudor Navy, and I totally meant to give a shout out to the Maritime
1:55.5	History podcast, and I totally forgot. It was probably some kind of Thanksgiving turkey trip to fan thing happening.
2:03.2	So please, if ships are interesting to you, if maritime history is interesting to you, go to iTunes and check it out.
2:09.7	It's a great podcast. But don't check it out before you listen to this podcast. Like check it out in half an hour when this podcast is over. Okay. Okay, cool. Second,
2:19.7	this is very exciting. I'm working on a book interviewing some of my favorite indie history
2:25.1	podcasters about their time periods, their subjects, and kind of what got them into podcasting as
2:31.5	well. So by indie, I mean people like me who are doing this as a
2:35.7	labor of love in their living room while their kids are napping without the financial support
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