Tag Archive For: Henry VIII

Episode 71: Hats

6, 4, 2018 - For this episode let us join the cat in the hat of history, Professor James Daybell, and the .... Read More

Tags: 17th century, Anthony Eden hat Beaver Beefeaters' hat Bicorne Boater, baldness, Beefeaters' hat, Bicorne hat, billycock, boxer, bun hat, chevaliers, children, Cocked hat, coke hat, copatain Caubeen – Irish hat Cavalier hat, copotain, Deerstalker, dunces hat, education, Fedora, Fez, Hanfu, Hats, headwear, Henry VIII, Homburg, hunting cap, Kolpik, Oliver Cromwell, Panama hat, Papakha, punishment, Sir Winston Churchill, Tudor court, Witch, witchcraft, witches

Episode 70: Chairs

6, 4, 2018 - For this episode let us join the maritime man of the moment, Dr Sam Willis, and the king of the .... Read More

Tags: assassination, British colonialism, chairs, chaise longue, control, couch, cushions, deck chair, ducking stool, electric chair, Exeter Cathedral, Henry VIII, hierarchy, Kingdom of Benin, leisure, monarch, patriarchy, Poison, Powderham Castle, public executions, seat, sedan, sociability, sofa, status, Tennessee, throne, W.J. Wyllie, William of Orange, Witch, witchcraft, witches

Episode 60: Our Books

6, 4, 2018 - “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” (Winston Churchill) Welcome to .... Read More

Tags: gender, Henry VIII, letter, letter-writing, letters, maritime history, Mary queen of scots, materiality, Our Books, politics, power, Tudor England, US War of Independence

Episode 1: Windows

27, 9, 2016 - What could unexpectedly connect Henry VIII and the Imperial Ambassador Eustace Chapuys to the .... Read More

Tags: Henry VIII, HMS Victory, iconoclasm, Jane Austen, Reformation, stained glass, Thirty Years War, vampires, warship, windows

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