Episode 064: Tudor Times on Bess of Hardwick

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

History

4.6 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In this episode Melita Thomas talks about Bess of Hardwick, the Tudor Times Person of the Month. Since I had already done an episode on Bess in October 2015, we jumped right in to talking more specifically about land ownership and widows rights in Tudor England, so if you don't know much about Bess, I'd encourage you to listen to the other episode - I'll link to it in the show notes at Englandcast.com. Please remember to rate the show on iTunes if you like it - it makes a huge difference in others being able to find the podcast as well. Thanks! 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	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 humanity.
0:22.2	This is episode 64. It's another joint episode with Melita Thomas of Tudor Times, and it's on
0:28.3	Bess of Hardwick. Just a quick note that the Renaissance English History podcast is a proud member of
0:33.7	the Agora podcast network. The Agora podcast of the month is The History of Egypt podcast, which you
0:40.1	can find on iTunes, any other podcast-y sort of place, and Egyptian History Podcast.com. So check that out.
0:48.2	Remember, you can always get links to more information on each show, resources, and sign up for the
0:52.9	mailing list for extra mini-casts and goodies
0:55.3	at Englandcast.com. So moving on from that admin bit, let's talk a little bit about Bess of
1:01.7	Hardwick. One thing about this episode is that Bess was the Tudor Times person of the month this
1:07.3	month, but she's also someone I had done an episode on in October of 2015.
1:13.1	So to avoid rehashing all of the basics of her life, we jumped right into talking about
1:18.4	the roles women had with regard to land ownership, the way they could run their finances,
1:23.9	and the options that they had as widows. To listen to the podcast on the basic facts of Bess's Life, feel free to go back to the archive,
1:31.7	and I'll also put a link on the show notes for this episode.
1:35.3	So now let me introduce you to Melita Thomas of Tudor Times.
1:39.0	Melita is a co-founder and editor of Tudor Times, a website devoted to the Tudor and Stuart
1:44.0	History in the period from 1485 to 1625.
1:49.0	You can find it at TudorTimes.co.uk.
1:52.0	Melita, who has always been fascinated by history ever since she saw the 1970s series Elizabeth R with Glenda Jackson,
2:00.0	also contributes articles to BBC History Extra and Britain magazine.
2:04.7	We started the interview with me asking Melita what made Bess so special and why she chose her as the person of the month.
2:13.7	Can you tell me a little bit about Bess and why you chose her as the person of the month?
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