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 being in touch with

our own humanity. This is episode 71, and we're continuing to talk about France, specifically

Henry VIII's relationship with France. But before I get started, a few reminders. First,

please check out the Agora Podcast Network, of which this podcast is a proud member.

Check out all the podcasts at agorapodcastnetwork.com. Also, you guys, we're coming up on 75

episodes here soon. This is episode 71, and then the next one is on the field of cloth of gold,

then two more episodes on France,

which takes us to 75. And I want to do something super special for it. So I'm thinking about a Q&A

ask me anything session. So you can go ahead and send questions a while via Twitter at Tesco,

T-E-Y-S-K-O, or the Facebook page, Facebook.com slash Englandcast, or to my email, hello at

Heather Tesco, T-E-Y-S-K-O.com. You can ask me about anything. Music, sports, I'm really into

the Indian Premier League cricket, for example. Motherhood, Spain, travel,

whatever you'd like, I'm an open book. So start thinking about sending in those questions,

and I will be recording the episode in a few more weeks. I would love it if you would ask

questions about choral music. Be super cool. Also, remember I have another podcast watching the Tudors, where my husband

and I watch the tutors, him for the first time, and we talk about what was real, what wasn't,

and I groan a lot at the Thomas Tallas storyline. I just, I just can't handle it. Check that out.

It's all at englingcast.com. So now we're still on France and how Henry the 8th felt about the country.

A few episodes ago when we started this series, I talked about Henry the seventh foreign policy,

and this episode we're going to look at Henry the 8th.

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