The Howard Women

Not Just the Tudors

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🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

We tend to associate the word ‘dynasty’ with men. But in sixteenth century England, women played a no less important role in these influential families. Among the most powerful were the Howards, which produced two Queens - Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard - as well as numerous women who made their own significant contribution to Tudor life.

In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Dr. Nicola Clark. Her research - putting women centre-stage - is leading to a new understanding of the complexity of the early modern dynasty.

The Senior Producer was Elena Guthrie. It was edited and produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:00.0	Dynasties.
0:04.0	Dynasties.
0:05.0	It's a word that tends to be associated with men in 16th century England.
0:10.0	Indeed, if I name a dynasty, I suspect it will be men whose names or images come to mind.
0:15.0	Try it now.
0:16.0	The plussies.
0:17.0	The doggies.
0:18.0	The dears.
0:19.0	The dears.
0:20.0	The de la pause.
0:22.0	But who were the women in 16th century Dynasties?
0:26.0	What role did they play within these powerful families?
0:30.0	These questions represent a new area of study for historians.
0:33.0	Traditional interpretations suggest that women were only domestic private apolitical beings.
0:39.0	Nonsense.
0:40.0	Say the latest generation of historians.
0:42.0	More recently historians like today's guests recognize that tending to the family,
0:47.0	the domestic sphere, in practice meant managing friendships, networks, marriage,
0:52.0	patronage, inheritance, lineage, which are all very political,
0:56.0	dynastic activities indeed.
0:58.0	Of course, aristocratic women also operated court as well.
1:02.0	So today we're going to hear about one dynastic family in particular, the Howards.
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