Episode 109: Divorce in the Middle Ages (aka was there precedent for Henry's request)

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

History

4.6 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week, we look at the Big A. Annulment. There is a narrative that Henry was doing something really outrageous when he wanted to end his marriage to Katherine. When instead, he was actually doing something pretty normal. This week we look at divorce and annulments in Medieval England to show that what Henry was asking for was actually something that was very common, and what made it such a big deal was how much it was fought against, and that he didn't get what he was asking for. Show notes at Englandcast.com. Remember to check out the Tudor Radio Network at tudorradionetwork.com And if you like this show, please leave a rating on itunes or apple podcasts. It makes a huge difference in other people being able to find the show! Thank you!!! 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.
0:12.0	I'm your host Heather Tesco.
0:13.0	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 having a deeper
0:22.1	connection to our own humanity.
0:24.0	This is episode 109.
0:27.9	Can you believe that?
0:29.0	And I know I haven't been here in a while because I kind of took August to get ready for
0:33.0	the Tudor Summit.
0:34.1	If you haven't participated in the Tudor Summit yet, it's so much fun.
0:38.3	It's basically a two-day event that happens live every six months.
0:43.3	We just had it September 3rd, 2nd and 3rd, and we get together leading podcasters,
0:49.3	historians, authors, bloggers, all kinds of cool people to give talks on their particular subject.
0:53.3	So for this past one,
0:54.7	we had Claire Ridgway talking about the fall of Catherine Howard. We had Janet Wartman talking about
0:59.5	Edward Seymour. We had James Peacock, the founder of the Anne Boleyn Society, talking about
1:04.8	Anne Boleyn. Historian Lauren Johnson talked about the year 1509, which was when Henry the 8th came to
1:10.1	power. So it's super cool.
1:12.8	We have 10 people. And you can still get the talks. You won't be participating live, but you
1:17.3	can still get the talks at tudorsummit.com. So that's how I spent August, was getting ready for that.
1:22.7	And now I'm back with you. And this week, we're going to talk about something that I've always been
1:28.6	really interested in, which was, was there a precedent for Henry the Eighth's divorce with
1:33.5	Catherine Varagon? Because, you know, you often hear like Henry the Eighth invented divorce or
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