Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast, a proud 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 so much more deeply in touch with our own humanity.

This is episode 157, and we are going to talk about the rough wooing.

This is when Henry VIII thought he could bully love. He could bully love into being formed.

We'll talk about that in a minute, but one quick admin note,

are you looking for a wonderful gift for the Tudor lover in your life?

If so, what about a TudorCon ticket for next year?

TudorCon 2021 is happening.

Three days of Tudor-themed talks, music, bonding with your new Tudor best friends, and fun in beautiful Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Lancaster County in October is perhaps one of the most beautiful places.

And it's happening October 1st through 3rd, I think I said.

You can find out all the details at Englandcast.com slash TudorCon 2021.

So listen, I have fewer than 30 tickets left. I think I have 27 as I'm recording this.

So they're probably going to sell out. And so this is like a perfect gift for

the tutor lover in your life. And if you want to have something to put under the tree, because you

don't get like a physical ticket, as long as you get your TudorCon ticket by around, let's say

December 18th or so, then I will send a card to the recipient. So you have something

that you can put under the tree to say, hey, you're coming to TudorCon. Hooray, we can't wait to

see you. So again, Englandcast.com slash TudorCon 2021. And when you do get your ticket,

if you want me to send a card, please send me an email to so that I'm able to do that.

Okay. Awesome. It's going to be so much fun. It's just going to be so much fun. I can't wait.

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