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Week Three – Plots and Rebellions
In the third week of our HistoryExtra Academy Elizabethans course, Professor Tracy Borman explains how Elizabeth's seat on the throne was far from secure, and explores some of the many threats to her life that she faced throughout her long reign
Published: August 20, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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In the third week of the HistoryExtra Academy Elizabethans course, Professor Tracy Borman explains how Elizabeth's seat on the throne was far from secure, and explores some of the many threats to her life that she faced throughout her long reign
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The rivalry between the two queens was marked by imprisonment, escape and execution. Tracy Borman explains how personal and political ambition ignored their shared bloodlines
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Jonny Wilkes talks to historian Tracy Borman about how the Tudor dynasty could have been cut short and England hurled into a religious civil war
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Lady of honour to Anne Boleyn, grandmother to a king: Margaret Douglas's life was intimately connected to the Tudor period. So why is she so little known? Alison Weir explores her story...
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Did Thomas Seymour sexually abuse the teenage Princess Elizabeth?
Was the teenage Princess Elizabeth sexually abused by her stepfather, Thomas Seymour? Evidence shows that Thomas Seymour asked the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth to marry him, months before his eventual marriage to Katherine Parr, Henry VIII’s widow. Historian Suzannah Lipscomb considers the evidence…
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By the end of her reign, Mary I’s relationship with her half-sister and successor, Elizabeth, was at an all-time low. But had the Tudor siblings always been such bitter enemies? Nicola Tallis reveals how the duo’s bond was both broken and strengthened by events beyond their control
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Mary, Queen of Scots’ tragic life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Kate Williams tells the dramatic story of the 16th-century Scottish queen and reflects on her doomed relationship with Elizabeth I of England
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Employing a range of dark arts and an extensive spy network, Elizabeth I's security chief Sir Francis Walsingham (c1532–1590) did his utmost to protect the Tudor queen from danger. Here, John Cooper examines his career, from his studies at King’s College Cambridge and Gray’s Inn during the radical years of Edward VI’s Reformation to recruiting secret agents from deep within Elizabethan England's Catholic community...
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Elizabethans quiz – week three. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
How much did you learn about the plots and rebellions faced by Elizabeth I this week? Test your knowledge in our quiz
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