Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History Podcast, a part of the Agora Podcast Network.

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 more deeply in touch with our own humanity.

This is episode 96, and it's the first in a two-part series on the European reaction to the threat

of the Ottoman Turks, specifically the siege of roads

and how England reacted to it. But first, I need to thank my patrons who helped to keep this show

independent. I have amazing patrons. Thank you to Elizabeth, Kathy, Yergan, that's my dad. Olivia, Al,

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head on over to tudorfare.com, which is my online shop filled with all kinds of great

tutor goodness, like pendants featuring quotes from Henry the 8th's love letters to Anne Boleyn,

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of amazing Tudor women. There's also a collection of items that are perfect for Women's History

Month, like The Future has always been female t-shirts with an original Elizabeth I first

sketch. So you can check it out at tudorfare.com. So recently, while doing some reading,

I came across a letter by Sir Nicholas Roberts that described meeting the Ottoman Emperor

Suleiman the Magnificent as the Siege of Rhodes was ending. Nicholas Roberts was one of the

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