Was Shakespeare Really A Woman?

Was Shakespeare Really A Woman?

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Childbirth in Tudor England with Queen Jane Seymour

Season 3, Episode 21. English King Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, will take us on a journey through one of the most important jobs and greatest perils women faced in Tudor England: fertility and childbirth. We will explore getting pregnant, staying pregnant, and getting t ...  Show more

Tudor Ladies in Waiting: Interview with Sylvia Barbara Soberton

Season 3, Episode 22. Join me as I sit down with author Sylvia Barbara Soberton to talk about a Tudor queen's ladies-in-waiting: who they were, what they did, and what kind of impact they had on the women they served and the court at large.

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