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

I'm your host, Heather Tusco, 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 135, and it's the second on a series of episodes on Tudor London. Today we're

going to talk about the rivers of London and London Bridge. So just a couple of quick bits of

admin. We have TudorCon tickets still on the early bird price until the end of the year, actually

until the 7th of January because we keep the 12 days of Christmas here, just like they did in the Tudor period. actually until the 7th of January, because we keep the 12 days of

Christmas here, just like they did in the Tudor period. So until the 7th of January, we have the Tudor

con tickets for October 2nd through 4th. TutorCon is three days of learning and feasting and new

friendships in beautiful Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, October 2nd through 4th. So go to Englandcast.com

slash TudorCon 2020 to see a video of last year. Well, this past one and testimonials and

learn more about it, see speakers, everything like that. Also, if you're looking for fantastic

tutor holiday gifts, you can still go to

Tudorfair.com. Some holiday deadlines are coming up for some of the stuff because it is made to order.

So you have to get your orders in by about the 10th or so, 10th to 12th of December in order to have

Christmas delivery. So check out Tudorfair.com for all of your Tudor holiday gift

giving needs. So let's move on and talk about Tudor London. And in this little mini-series,

I'm talking specifically about what 16th century London was like for our Tudor friends. This is the

second episode and it's sort of this feature on life in 16th century cities

with several episodes on Tudor London. And like I said last time, I am talking about landmarks,

but I'm doing it in the context of their impact on the lives of real people because that is what

I'm most interested in here. Landmarks and buildings are interesting only to me insofar as the stories

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