Sex Life of Henry VIII

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

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🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When we think of Henry VIII we think of a big, blood thirsty tyrant.

But was there more to this caricature of a king then we give him credit for? Joining Kate today to help us get to know this man better is the fantastic Tracy Borman, author of Henry VIII and the men who made him.

Why did Henry love his daily horoscopes? How did his hypochondria affect his sex life? And was he in, in fact, a bit of a prude?

This episode was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Hello my lovely betwixters it's me Kate Lister I am here you are here the guest is here and raring to go but before we can proceed together I have to give you the fair days warning because this is an adult podcast spoken by adults to other adults about adult things in an adult way covering a range of adult subjects and you should be an adult too.
0:19.0	And if you can't take off all of those boxes, they've begun with you, off off with you don't be writing as angry
0:24.4	letters because fair dues you have been warned but while you're here oh
0:29.5	lo loveliest of betwixters I wonder if you could do me the teeniest, tiniest, babyest favour. What would that be Kate? Well, it is that time of year again. It is time for the British
0:39.7	Podcast Awards Listeners Choice. And that's where you come in if you go to
0:45.2	W.W. dot British Podcast Awards dot com forward slash voting and click on betwixt
0:50.5	the sheets you would be voting for us and I think we can do it this year we
0:54.9	were so close last year we made top 10 let's marshal all of our efforts and let's see
1:00.4	if we can do it this year and for those of you that have already voted Gold Star thank you very much right on with the show Welcome one and all to another fantastic Tudor jousting match for Twixters.
1:19.4	It's impressive, but to be honest, this is all about pomp and ceremony as much as it is about any kind of sporting prowess.
1:26.0	It's all very macho, it's all very extra.
1:30.0	These events are masculinity writ large, what with all the knights and their gleaming armour,
1:34.9	their decorative flags and all they're peacocking about.
1:38.7	Seriously guys, just take off the cod pieces and we can see you as a bigger lance and we'll just save everyone a lot of bother.
1:45.8	But then we wouldn't have this fabulous spectacle, would we? If this was just a willy-waiving match,
1:50.1	it would all be over quite quick. But if there was one man who represented peak masculinity in this age,
1:56.0	it was the big guy himself, Henry the 8th.
1:59.0	And here he comes, galloping in now. Now.
2:03.0	A
2:04.0	Marvelous effort Henry, brother.
2:09.0	As the young man we see before
2:11.0	as Henry is athletic, handsome, yeah he really is, he's a looker, and
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