Tudor England | 5. The wider world

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🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The 16th century is often seen as a 'golden age' of exploration, which witnessed England's emergence as a major player on the European stage. But it was also a period in which the English became embroiled in international wars and slave trading. In this fifth and final episode of our series Tudor England: the big questions, Emily Briffett and Tracy Borman venture out in search of unknown lands and riches – and come face to face with Tudor England’s major allies and rivals. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.3	This is a History Extra production.
0:33.6	From vicious court politicking and cultural innovation to global voyages of discovery and total religious upheaval, Tudor England was a turbulent and exciting place to be.
0:47.5	In this History Extra podcast series, we're heading right to the beating heart of the era to uncover what life was like for those who
0:55.3	lived through it. I'm your host, Emily Griffith, and I'm joined by author, historian and
1:01.2	broadcaster, Tracy Borman. In this fifth and final episode, we'll be venturing out in
1:10.7	search of unknown lands and riches
1:12.5	and coming face to face with Tudor England's main allies and rivals.
1:17.8	Welcome back.
1:19.1	It's lovely to be here for the finale.
1:22.1	Final time.
1:23.6	So, as we're travelling around the world in this episode, how far did the average person travel in the Tudor period?
1:32.0	It feels like we've travelled a long way already in this series, but we're going to travel further than ever before, which is not something that you could say about the average Tudor.
1:42.4	In fact, most people in Tudor times didn't travel very far from
1:46.5	where they lived at all. And if they did, then it would be for a purpose. So to sell goods or to
1:54.9	visit relatives, for example, they only really traveled if they had to. And we'll go on to why. So on the whole, people
2:05.2	tended to stay in their local communities, and it was only really the likes of the rich,
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