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The unexpected Tudors

HistoryExtra podcast

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4.3 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Historians Sam Willis and James Daybell, creators of the Histories of the Unexpected books and podcast, take a sideways look at the Tudors era, exploring everything from gloves to priest holes. Historyextra.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.0

best-selling history magazine.

0:55.8

I'm Ellie Corthorne.

1:02.2

In this episode, we'll be taking a sideways look at one of history's most popular topics, the Tudors.

1:09.7

Today's guests are Sam Willis and James Daybell, the team behind the Histories of the Unexpected Book and Podcast series.

1:12.7

In lockdown, Sam and James have created a series of homeschooling history podcasts intended to get kids and parents excited about history.

1:19.5

One of the wide range of topics that they cover is the Tudors, and that was the subject of

1:24.4

this conversation. You've created this homeschooling series of podcasts

1:28.7

to help kids and teachers and parents get excited about history. Tudors feature quite

1:34.9

heavily in the series. So why do you think that Tudors are always a sure fire hit,

1:40.8

especially with, say, the younger historians among us.

1:50.6

It's a perennial question, actually. What is it about the 16th century in Britain that is so interesting to everyone, not just kids, but to everyone. And I think part of it is about the

1:56.2

big personalities of the monarchs that you have. Who can fail to be interested in somebody like Henry VIII, who is a, you know, he's a,

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