Episode 226: Royal Mistresses
Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors
Heather Teysko
4.6 • 624 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Love Month continues with this dive into Royal Mistresses. From Bessie Blount's role in shaping Tudor succession to Mary Boleyn's discreet liaisons and the comparative power dynamics of Diane de Poitiers in France, uncover the stories of the women who operated from behind the throne, wielding soft power in a world dominated by kings.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friend, and welcome to the Renaissance English History Podcast, a part of the |
| 0:11.8 | Agora Podcast Network and the original Tudor History Podcast, podcast podcasting Tudor England since |
| 0:18.6 | 2009. I am your host, Heather Tesco. |
| 0:23.1 | I'm so glad you're here with me. |
| 0:24.7 | I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible |
| 0:26.6 | because I believe it's a pathway to understanding who we are, |
| 0:30.2 | our place in the universe, |
| 0:32.0 | and being more deeply in touch with our own humanity. |
| 0:35.7 | This is episode 225, I believe. It's Love Month still. Love Month is still going on. |
| 0:44.1 | And we're talking about all things related to Valentine's and love and nerve and stuff like that. |
| 0:50.1 | So today we are talking about Royal Mistresses. Just a quick note, members and patrons of this show get extra episodes. They've been getting extra love month episodes. They also get cool things like discounts at my merch shop. Depending on what level they're out, they get a free e-course last month. It was on the Wars the Roses, an audio course this month. We're doing one on Henry the 7th and his rise in |
| 1:17.8 | consolidation of power. And I want to say hi to the newest member of the YouTube channel, |
| 1:22.1 | who is Beverly. Hello, Beverly. And to the newest patrons, Gretchen. Hi, Kristen, hello Kristen, and Lisa. Hello, Lisa. |
| 1:33.2 | So if you would like to also get extra content, other cool things, depending on what level |
| 1:39.8 | you're at, you get a free TudorCon streaming ticket, all kinds of cool stuff. You can go to |
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| 1:55.9 | just click join this channel and you can pick the level that's right for you and the perks that you want. |
| 2:02.4 | Members also get author chats once a month and this month we are chatting with Janet |
| 2:07.3 | Wirtman who is going to be talking at TudorCon about Douglas Howard, who of course had a thing |
| 2:14.6 | with Robert Dudley. So lots going on in my membership world. All right, my |
| 2:19.8 | friends, let us get into it talking about royal mistresses. The Tudor period, of course, was marked by |
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