E54: Henry VIII and the Italian Renaissance

02/21/23 • 21 min

What inspired Henry VIII to build? From ships to palaces he was determined to leave his legacy - where with sons or architecture.

Join Deb and Dr Lily Fulson as they take a deep dive into how the machinations of the Italian Renaissance involved him.

Lily Filson is a Renaissance historian with interests in transmission histories of art, technology, and thought with a focus on the global sixteenth century. She received her MA as a Florence Fellow from Syracuse University in 2011 and the Ph.D from Ca' Foscari University in 2018. She has held fellowships from the European Research Council in Venice, Italy and the Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic; she is most recently the recipient of a Renaissance Society of America Short-Term Grant, and she has authored articles in Ancient West & East, Society and Politics, Studia Rudolphina: Bulletin for the Research Center of Visual Arts & Culture in the Age of Rudolph II, and elsewhere. Her recently-published textbook, An Expanded Global History of Art, Architecture and Technology (Kendall Hunt 2022), collects original lectures that explore the intersection of the history of art and technology from art history courses Dr. Filson has taught for Tulane University, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the University of Pittsburgh.

Social media links:

https://louisiana.academia.edu/LilyFilson https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlilyfilson/ Agent, Past Preservers Casting, London

Produced by Rokkwood Studios, U.K. This episode was produced by Ben Williams, Rokkwood Audio, U.K. Music developed by Rokkwod. Cover art by The Happy Colour Studio, U.K. Voiceovers by Paul Hunter. Written by Deb Hunter.

Please follow me at @thingsTudor on Twitter and @officialAllThingsTudor on Instagram. For more about Tudor history, join my Facebook group and follow my website.

www.AllThingsTudor.com

What inspired Henry VIII to build? From ships to palaces he was determined to leave his legacy - where with sons or architecture.

Join Deb and Dr Lily Fulson as they take a deep dive into how the machinations of the Italian Renaissance involved him.

Social media links:

https://louisiana.academia.edu/LilyFilson https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlilyfilson/ Agent, Past Preservers Casting, London

Please follow me at @thingsTudor on Twitter and @officialAllThingsTudor on Instagram. For more about Tudor history, join my Facebook group and follow my website.

www.AllThingsTudor.com

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E53: The Femme Fatale Summit: French Mistresses

What caused the juxtaposition from bedmate to power player?

Monarchs in medieval Europe had extraconjugal sexual partners. What about the Tudors? Why was it only in France that a royal mistress could become a political power player?

This unique episode of All Things Tudor explores this phenomenon with Drs Tracy and Christine Adams, and we take a look at how a special place at court was developed for the royal mistress.

A new way of political influence developed - in the form of an intelligent, charismatic woman - one who usually became the royal mistress. Diane de Poitiers is a prime example of this power player.

This podcast will appeal to anyone interested in the history of women and royalty, gender studies, and Anne Boleyn.

Dr Tracy Adams is Professor of French in the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland. She is the author of three books, including Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France, also published by Penn State University Press.

Dr Christine Adams is Professor of History at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She is the author or co-editor of four books, including A Taste for Comfort and Status: A Bourgeois Family in Eighteenth-Century France, also published by Penn State University Press.

Special thanks to Penn State University for supplying their book to me for this podcast.

Please follow me at @thingsTudor on Twitter and @officialAllThingsTudor on Instagram. For more about Tudor history, join my Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/AllThingsTudor and follow my website: www.AllThingsTudor.com

Produced by Rockwood Audio, U.K. This episode was produced by Ben Williams, Rockwood Audio, U.K. Music developed by Rockwood. Cover art by The Happy Colour Studio, U.K. Voiceovers by Paul Hunter.

Written by Deb Hunter.