Episode 049: Tudor Times on James I

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

History

4.6 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Queen Elizabeth died leaving the throne to James I, her relative through her aunt who married into Scotland. In this episode Melita Thomas of Tudor Times talks about James, and why he is their Person of the Month. Learn more about James at TudorTimes.co.uk or visit Englandcast.com for the books mentioned in this episode. Thanks so much for listening. Remember you can always get in touch through facebook - facebook.com/englandcast - or twitter @teysko or texting the listener feedback line - +1 801 6TEYSKO. If you like the show, remember to rate it or leave a review in whatever service you're using to listen. It helps new people discover the podcast and see if it's something they'd like to listen to. Thanks so much for all the kind comments, and listenership. Have a great few weeks, and I'll be back soon to talk about Rebellions. 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	Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast. I'm 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 our connection to our own
0:22.0	humanity. This is episode 49. It's another joint episode with Melita Thomas of Tudor Times.
0:29.9	This is the fourth joint episode that we've done together. And I'm so excited to do a lot more
0:35.9	original content with them. Just a quick note that the Renaissance English History Podcast is a proud member of the Agora
0:42.3	podcast network.
0:43.9	The Agora podcast of the month, this month, is The History of China by Chris Stewart.
0:48.8	You can check it out and learn more at the history of China.
0:51.4	Dot WordPress.com or look it up on iTunes or Stitcher or your listening
0:56.6	service of choice. And as always, you can get show notes and more information about the Renaissance
1:02.3	English History podcast at www.englandcast.com, where you can also sign up for my mailing list.
1:10.1	Mailing list subscribers receive extra many casts each month, as well as book giveaways,
1:15.0	news, and lots of other cool stuff.
1:17.4	For this particular episode as well, you can also get lots more information on James
1:22.2	the first at tudor times.co.uk.
1:26.3	So moving on from the admin bit, let's talk about James I first now.
1:32.3	So introducing Melita, Melita is a co-founder and editor of Tudor Times, a website devoted
1:37.9	to Tudor and Stuart History in the period from 1485 to 1625.
1:43.6	You can find it at TudorTimes.co.uk.
1:47.5	Melita, who has always been fascinated by history ever since you saw the 1970s series Elizabeth
1:53.4	R with Glenda Jackson, also contributes articles to BBC History Extra and Britain Magazine.
2:01.6	So, Melita, can you tell us a bit about James's life? I know it was a very full life. Can you
2:07.8	just give us the highlights? It certainly was a full life. He's been rather neglected by
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