Episode 118: Will you be my Valentine?

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

History

4.6 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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This week, grab a mug of mead, turn up the Tallis, and let's get in the mood to talk about... the history of Valentine's Day! And also, how our Tudor friends would have celebrated. Because if you're going to celebrate the day a saint was killed by Romans, why not add some Tudor history to your candy love hearts? Remember, if you like this show, the number one way you can help it grow is to leave a rating on iTunes. It just takes a second, it's free, and it makes a huge difference. Show notes at Englandcast.com. Tudorcon info at Tudorcon.info And thanks for your listenership! 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, a part of the Agora Podcast Network.
0:12.8	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
0:21.7	deeply in touch with our own humanity. This is episode 118, and it's all about Valentine's Day
0:28.2	in medieval and Tudor England and the history of Valentine's Day in general. But first, I want to
0:33.5	remind you or share with you that our plans for TudorCon are moving on a pace. So if you're
0:38.7	thinking about your trips this coming year and where you want to go and the events you want to go to,
0:44.7	remember TudorCon. It's the world's very first ever TudorCon is happening in Pennsylvania in
0:50.1	October, October the 18th to 20th. You can learn more, learn more about the speakers and the events.
0:56.0	There's going to be a medieval feast. We're going to have a medieval party. It's going to be
0:59.4	really awesome. Eight months away. So we are excited. And so you can go again to tudercondot
1:06.4	info to get all of the stuff you need for that. So it is the season of Lerve, and everywhere you go,
1:13.2	the shops are filled with red and pink and white hearts and cheesy messages. So did our
1:18.3	tutor friends celebrate Valentine's Day? And if so, how? And in what context? Let's discuss.
1:27.0	First, it's important to remember that all holidays like this
1:29.8	were celebrated in the context of the church year. So holiday literally means holy day, of course.
1:34.9	And it's important to remember that on February 2nd, we actually saw the final celebration of
1:39.6	Christmas. So we've still been in the Christmas season up until February 2nd, which is a very holy time, a time of great remembrance, meditation.
1:48.0	We saw the final celebration of that with Candlemas.
1:51.0	And Candlemas on February 2nd is when the baby Jesus was presented at the temple in Jerusalem.
1:58.0	And it's described in the Gospel of Luke.
2:00.0	We get a lot of stuff from this,
2:01.9	including the idea of purification of women after six weeks after childbirth. So this was also
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