Historian Answers Google’s Most Popular Questions About Tudor England

[@PatGunn]

If she were to teach people personally she'd be a Tudor tutor

[@leigharmstrong9940]

👏🏼💪🏼🫶🏼😆😍

[@jenniferg3402]

Good one 😂

[@Dynamic0NE]

She is one

[@bloodclaat]

Yeah that’s what a tutor is..?

[@ARosPFC]

I think this joke only works in American...

[@maisonneuve]

This woman’s accent is fascinating! I want to know if she’s someone from the UK who lives in North America, or someone from North America who lives in the UK. Her accent is a mixture of both.

[@MrJamieBarker]

I believe Dr Paul is from Canada originally, but is a long term UK resident!

[@NewIdeas226]

Was thinking the same and can hear element of an English accent

[@bcaye]

I'm from Missouri and have lived in the US my entire life. People have picked out a lot of English phrases, spoken as English people do, in my conversation. I really like British comedy and it infiltrates.

[@GrungeGalactica]

Hearing her say “knickers” in her accent spun me!

[@isladurrant2015]

Ta.. I got Canadian

[@wwm9000]

Love the honesty of the presenter. Henry VIII is a fun guy to study but is clearly and objectively a terrible ruler and person.

[@adamcraig1468]

She said he was objectively the worst because he killed hos wives and changed the church. Even educated women are irrational in their logic. Bloody Mary didn't kill lots of people and cause religious persecution? Lol

[@LetsSingTheDoomSong]

Perfectly put! Terrible and violent people of the past are fascinating figures to learn about, and there's an equal amount of reason to study and teach about them as there is about what are considered more altruistic figures. 👍

[@anglecynn927]

He was a despot.

[@harpy2602]

I snorted at how blunt she was about Henry VIII lol. It's all true, but the delivery was great

[@BoudicaJ]

Rubbish.

[@georgewashington92]

That was a lot of fun- you absolutely have to bring her back!

[@angelvalentynn]

I love this historian, she's an amazing professor. She makes it sound so interesting it's like she was there.

[@CaptainPikeachu]

Queen Elizabeth II can trace her paternal line back to Henry 8th’s older sister Margaret Tudor, and also trace her maternal line back to Henry 8th’s younger sister Mary Tudor. So the current House of Windsor such as King Charles and Prince William are all descendants of BOTH of Henry 8th’s sisters.

[@sopp4793]

@51countrymix The house of Hanover came to the throne because they were the senior protestant heirs to the throne. There were many others who were higher in the line of succession but they were all either Catholic or married to Catholics. And the Hanoverians were still descendents of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. They were directly descended from Elizabeth Stuart, James VI/I's daughter, and Margaret Tudor Queen of Scots' Great-Great-grandaughter. Thus George I was a Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandson of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. And the current royal family are the direct descendents of the George I. The coat of arms of the Monarch of the UK still includes tudor roses for this reason. And Charles III uses the Tudor Crown in his royal cypher.

[@sopp4793]

@51countrymix I'm genuinely sorry; I didn't mean to come across as adversarial -- I do understand that you were just going on what your lecturer had told you! I was really just trying to explain in a clear way how your lecturer was mistaken -- and indeed it's a very easy mistake to make! (the historian in this very video seems to make this mistake by being unsure of who the living descendents of the Tudors are (clearly not quite remembering that every English and Scottish Monarch has been a descendent of Henry VII since 1509 & 1513 respectively)). Again, I'm genuinely sorry if I gave the impression of hostility; that wasn't my intention!

[@brontewcat]

@VersteheNZThe House of Hanover descended from James 1 and VI, whose own claim comes from Henry VII. George I’s grandmother was James I’d daughter. The present royal family are descended from Henry VII’s marriage to Elizabeth of York I think your lecturer needs to do a lot more reading of English/Scottish history if he didn’t teach you this.

[@ginapiroli6136]

She said William is the first one descended from Henry the 8th, abet an illegitimate line. I don't think anyone is claiming the current royal family is not related to Henry the 7th.

[@victorrodrigueesoficial]

Don't forget about Mary Boleyn who had a daughter Catherine Carey. Fun fact: Catherine Carey maybe is Henry VIII daughter. We will never know that, but both the Queen Mother and Diana descends from Catherine Carey offspring.

[@RevBTB]

the fun fact about Prince William at the end is awesome~

[@jelenajs5017]

and absolutely wrong. All Windsor monarchs are descendants of Henry VII Tudor. Prince William is the first Charles II descendants who will became a king.

[@goldenboyproductions2740]

Exactly, through his mother Diana Spencer.

[@AlleenLoveHope]

@@jelenajs5017 how is it wrong? She specifically said that he will be the first descendant of Henry the EIGHTH since Elizabeth I, not the first Tudor descendant. The Windsors are descendants from the 7th as you said through one of his daughters. She's referencing William's mother in her statement. Those are two different branches.

[@AdZS848]

Yes!!

[@jelenajs5017]

@@AlleenLoveHope Henry VIII didn't have any grandchildren at all. It's one of main problems during Tudor era.

[@the_petty_crocker]

I highly encourage everyone to read Dr. Paul's book. The House of Dudley makes for very compelling reading and her prose is just as engaging as her commentary in this video. She was also on an episode of Not Just the Tudors discussing the book, and her conversation with Prof. Lipscomb is one of the best about the Tudor period I've come across.

[@josephrobinson6171]

Which episode was she in?

[@LilyMilos]

​​@@josephrobinson6171Episode 104

[@LetsSingTheDoomSong]

Dr Joanne, you are a shining example of an educator whose passion for her job really shines! I would have LOVED to take classes from you in college ❤😭

[@shadowmoon1657]

Whose passion for a woke agenda

[@LetsSingTheDoomSong]

@@shadowmoon1657 I hate the woke agenda probably as much as you, but I didn't actually detect any of that nonsense in this particular video.

[@allenwilson3329]

@shadowmoon1657 Define woke. Oh wait, you can’t, can you? Keep crying

[@LetsSingTheDoomSong]

​@@allenwilson3329 agreed. I definitely get a sour taste in my mouth when I see narrators inject that agenda (same with a far-right agenda) into history videos, but I only heard widely-accepted facts in this video.

[@Helljumper1138]

@@shadowmoon1657 What are you even talking about dude lmao

[@EchoBeach501]

Henry VII was a very under-rated king. Not only did he help end and stabilise the country after 30 years of the Wars of the Roses, but he also managed to quell any future uprisings such as the Battle of Barnet, and pretenders like Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel.

[@AmaraJordanMusic]

Yeah, people sleep on him! There couldn’t have been a Tudor era if it was another Hundred Years War situation. Keeping the boat from tipping must have been incredibly difficult, but he managed it. A daughter in Scotland, a daughter in France, and even after losing Arthur, he had Henry to keep the dynasty going. He also left Henry a full treasury. But… uhhh, how he came by all that gold was maybe… not the *best* policy. We won’t talk about that here. 😂

[@anntee9036]

He was also kiiiind of a miser

[@tacitus5665]

Weren't many of the achievements often attributed to Henry VIII managed by a non noble advisor?

[@geekogen]

Oh I LOVE this expert! This is the 2ed or 3rd video with her I've seen. She has an entertaining way to her answers.

[@katherinewren9906]

Finally something worth dragging myself out of bed to do chores while listening to. Thank you. I've been looking for like an hour. ❤

[@Yris_is]

I love her and the way she talks keeps me hooked. I wish she was my teacher I would have loved history 😂

[@theladyprincess]

one of my favourite obscure tudor history facts was that one time elizabeth i ditched a meeting to watch robert dudley play tennis lol

[@ckma528]

“The House of Dudley” by Dr Joanne Paul is definitely something I would recommend if you love Tudor politics and drama. She writes in this very intriguing way which leaves you wanting more from these people who died like 500 years ago 😭 #JohnDudleyRobbed #JaneDudleyIcon I hope that this video means she’s publishing something new soon!

[@heatherwaetzig2633]

Agreed I love John and Jane Dudley too.

[@sofiablack9081]

Good questions, answered very well. The little snippet about Prince William was very interesting.

[@lachlanskinner2091]

Great job by Dr Joanne

[@kat4t]

Fun fact: Elizabeth II is a decent of Mary, Queen of Scots…….whom Elizabeth I had executed for fear of her coming into power. Then, when Elizabeth died, Mary’s son became the king and Elizabeth II bloodline descends from him. So in retrospect, Elizabeth I didn’t want Mary to come into power and saw her as a threat of sorts, only to have Mary’s bloodline eventually rule England anyway.

[@christinesaaty215]

I enjoyed this video completely. I know a lot about the tudors. I knew most of what you talked about, but it was fun to hear you explain things with details I hadn’t heard about. And of course I learned some new things. Prince William being descended from Henry VIII is super cool.

[@jelenajs5017]

Henry VIII didn't have any grandchildren. Prince William is a descendant of Henry VII (as his father, grandmother, etc.)

[@christinesaaty215]

@@jelenajs5017 yep, my mistake. I added too many I’s.

[@karinebrochu2698]

@@jelenajs5017the historian said H8 for William. Not thru his father but is mother (Lady Di) descending from an illegitimate child of H8.

[@history_loves_anime8927]

​@@karinebrochu2698she said possibly as the Carey children from Mary Bolyen are the only ones no one is certain who the father is and Diana I believe is decended from the daughter Catherine Carey.

[@waynehiggins16]

Loved this, really interesting!! Thank you

[@Alan_Mac]

This presenter is brilliant. Smart and candid. Shame no one asked, "Which Tudor would you go for a pint with?" as that's obvious Henry VIII.

[@shadowmoon1657]

And terrible, “woke “ and left several facts behind to preserve her vision. Specially the burning of protestants.

[@evanhughes7609]

BEFORE the jousting injury. After that, he's mentally compromised, unable to govern his temper, and paranoid in the extreme.

[@Roz-y2d]

@@evanhughes7609well said! Can you imagine what H8 would be like drunk?🤣

[@nummulite99]

It’d be like a Redpill podcast! He’d be drunkenly ranting about ‘high value women’ and how their only purpose was to marry and generate babies (while engaging in homoerotic ‘let’s see who has the meatiest calves,’ competitions).

[@MusicKollusion]

@@evanhughes7609 Not to mention his smelly, festering wounds.

[@juliuswilliams4447]

Thanks!

[@HistoryHit]

Thank you so much for the donation! Really glad you enjoyed!

[@mademoisellelanoire4632]

Lots of love for England and Britain from halfway across the world! Cheers, everyone!

[@oonaghmarguerite6752]

Enjoyed this very much. Thank you

[@pink_moonie8554]

she did so good!!! would kill for a part 2 x

[@Molly-f9r1r]

I'm going to the library to get that book right now. I enjoyed your answers to really general questions -very informative Thank you

[@TP1988]

The Doc’s brilliant, more please

[@coldlakealta4043]

a great presentation - enthusiastic, articulate and knowledgeable. Going to watch it again tonight. BTW, Ford Motors Canada used to produce a motor vehicle called a Mercury Tudor. I'm afraid it was not very good.

[@shadowmoon1657]

You should actually read about all the things she left out on purpose. Queen Mary I, all these “religious” problems. She’s a fake historian.

[@Roz-y2d]

Probably because it was a Ford, not because of its name!

[@jelenajs5017]

She needs to expand her knowledge about Tudor's descendants.

[@jimtro4403]

This was awesome!!! You did such a great job!!!

[@amiegallagher3650]

Great questions and answers!

[@BrandonHernandez-tg5ql]

I had no idea they didn't call themselves "Tudor" and I think myself somewhat knowledgeable about the tudors

[@genericcommenter1267]

It was even used as a kind of derogatory term by Richard to emphasise the welshness and obscurity of their house in an effort to deligitimise them.

[@paulbennett4415]

6.41 "Kills a bunch of wives..." 🤣😆😄😅

[@BrandonHernandez-tg5ql]

@@genericcommenter1267 I' haven't heard or read about this until now. Love learning new things.

[@lisboay8086]

funny coincidence- i have just started listening to audiobook of the house of dudley and then i see this. great presenter and author and clearly a talented historian. would love to see more

[@TS-ef2gv]

As a decades-long avid student of history, I identify with her passion for the subject. I also find the Tudor period one of the most fascinating. As for answering these types of questions about the personal experiences and day to day lives of anyone from any period of history, one can speak only in the most general terms. Much like our own time, examples existed for pretty much anything you can say about any period. On the other hand, people tend to need and crave simple answers and absolutes. My study and experience teaching and speaking of various periods of history has always been tempered by imagining an historian, or anyone, five hundred or even a hundred years from now lecturing and answering questions on "what life was like" in the early 20th century. There would likely be much missing nuance and context, more so as the time span increases. If you as someone who actually lived in this period were there to to hear the lecture and answers given, imagine your reaction to the presentation. My guess is that it would be a mix of "Yes, but..." filling in of personal experience context, to outright "I have no idea what you're referring to" disagreement. In some cases the information given would likely be close enough to reality to recognize, in other cases you'd probably think it laughably inaccurate. Even today, people of the same time period tend to live in their own subjective reality and have trouble identifying with someone else's "lived experience". Overall, it's an interesting discussion.

[@mrTangy1998]

3:20 that dot could not be further from Pembroke castle and that painting certainly isn't Pembroke 😂

[@anntee9036]

Kind of shocked that smallpox was left off the illness list when it had such an impact on QE1? But yes to sweating sickness. Arguably uprooted the dynasty.

[@edwarddavenport9881]

Dr Paul rocks. Great personality.

[@pskarnaq73]

Great educator and great video! Thank you!

[@user-ql1jv1dw8s]

Love how the map points to somewhere in the Brecon Beacons and not to Pembroke in Pembrokeshire

[@waikeekee3831]

LOVE this series

[@junothiall]

Please come back Dr. Joanne! This was great!

[@brontewcat]

The biggest change the Tudors brought was the beginnings of parliament being the centre of legislative government. Henry VIII empowered Parliament to bring about the break from Rome. He set parliamentary rule on track , and a little over 100 years Parliament challenged the King and won. Then within 150 years of the parliamentary changes of the 1530s, a constitutional monarchy is established.

[@HBspfd]

So damn nice to hear someone say Henry VIII was just straight up the worst.

[@debrakleid5752]

Or we could say his son was since he never ruled in his own name because he died at 15 and the council really ruled and not Edward. Edward was mostly concerned with keeping the Church of England as the official religion and didn’t want Mary l to become Queen because he knew she would change the countries religion again. Henry Vlll was horrible for what he did to his wives and the abuse they suffered plus him destroying the official religion which was catholic all because they wouldn’t allow him to divorce. Henry Vll was a penny pincher and not a good guy either apparently!

[@ccisthesekxs]

@@debrakleid5752 His minor son who died tragically young should NOT be considered the worst Tudor because of circumstances he couldn’t control. Henry VIII literally had people beheaded, drawn and quartered and tortured to get his way. But he’s not as bad as his kid because the kid didn’t rule on his own? I don’t get your logic lol

[@Bigsistermeg]

As soon as the question about whether the Tudor line still existed was asked, I knew the answer was yes because I’m one of the people who can trace their ancestry back to Henry VII. I can trace my lineage back to him through Mary, Queen of Scots.

[@kat4t]

I always find it ironic that Elizabeth I was threatened by Mary and had her executed, only to have Mary’s bloodline end up ruling England anyway.

[@sidneydaley5187]

@@kat4t I mean, Mary did conspire to have Elizabeth assassinated so I can understand why she would see her as a threat lol

[@mylesdobinson1534]

Very good and entertaining 👏

[@RyanE8787]

About whether Tudor England is medieval or not I took a history course in university called Early Modern England. The course started in 1485 when Henry Tudor too the throne.

[@dasik84]

I've been always taught in all schools that middle ages end in 1492 with Columbus discovering America. But it makes sense it's 1485 in England given the death of Richard III. and a completely different people coming to the throne.

[@sophiasentiment]

This was really fun to watch, and that tidbit about Prince William sealed it!

[@jelenajs5017]

that tidbit about Prince William is an error. She mixed Charles II with Henry VIII (who didn't have any grandchildren).

[@blastulae]

@@jelenajs5017HRVIII might have had grandkids by unacknowledged illegitimate children. As Dr. P notes, Diana’s ancestor is thought to have been Henry’s child, but without DNA testing we can’t be sure. That possible ancestress was Lady Catherine Carey, daughter of Mary Boleyn, Anne’s sister, who was Henry’s mistress, before her marriage to William Carey.

[@jelenajs5017]

@@blastulae The historian provided wrong information. She doesn't know William's ancestors well. Henry VIII didn't have any grandchildren, legitimate or illegitimate.

[@karinebrochu2698]

@@jelenajs5017well, when it comes to illegitimate who can really say…

[@warrenwiley5656]

@@jelenajs5017 You keep copy/pasting this same thing over and over again as if it is a personal affront to you. As another poster said, there is a lot of speculation about H8's illegitimate children, of which there were many.

[@vsznry]

Did Dr. Paul initially have an Irish/UK accent? I feel like I hear it in some of her words. Crazy to witness how a UK accent morphs into an American one over time. Especially with actors like Dan Radcliffe.

[@JDFirenze]

She is Canadian, long term resident in the UK

[@TSkillz407]

Where were interesting teachers like her when I went to college? My art history teacher was awesome and my film teacher. But she’d make me change my major 20 years ago.

[@svenm711]

I love her. Her expression when talking about male fashion during Lizzie 2's reign and referring back to the cod pieces of Henry 8. The best however is: 'An inglorious death' when dying from dysentery - that is hilarious. (Dysentery = you shit and puke yourself to death)

[@JP-zs6nm]

Better than Google! Love the content.

[@aylapias9087]

i love her earrings 😩

[@thenoworriesnomad]

Excellent video..👍👍

[@ediniznorde5539]

I loved this video!

[@edwardlondon6131]

Well presented, enjoyed very much.

[@bpax7119]

The intriguing/scary thing about the Sweating Sickness is that we still don’t know what caused it. Reportedly, health people could start showing symptoms in the morning and be dead by the next or the end of the day. There were 5 outbreaks of it starting in 1485 and then it vanished. Several different viruses/diseases have been proposed but none is close to definitive.

[@layali1]

Very interesting thank you

[@Jack-xo2zp]

In regard to Tudor people bathing and smelling, back in the late 90s I took a tour of Hampton Court when there were very few tourists there. I essentially walked through the palace on my own. When I reached the front by the river, I walked into a large room where there was a female guard/guide who announced that I had just walked into Queen Elizabeth's private bath and living quarters. Being a bit irreverent, I asked the guide how often did Queen Elizabeth take a bath. The guide replied in almost a mechanical manner that Queen Elizabeth had a bath twice per year whether she needed it or not. So, it the queen had two baths per year, I have to believe that most people then had one bath per year, or per two or three years. I would imagine that anyone in the perfume business back then could have made a lot of money.

[@cherrytraveller5915]

I thought all the private rooms of the Tudors were long gone. Pulled down by the Palace that was going to result in the removal of all the Tudor palace

[@octavianpopescu4776]

@@cherrytraveller5915 They planned to do that, but didn't follow through.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

Not quite. Thing is they had a different conception of what being clean was. They wore a chemise (think of it as a knee length shirt) as their underwear. It was made of linen and I remember seeing someone test out that for about 1 month (I don't recall the YT channel) and to her surprise, after not bathing for 1 month, she didn't smell at all. Linen seems to be exceptionally good at absorbing sweat and dirt. They would change the linens quite often. This idea that everyone smelled is incorrect, they just had different techniques of staying clean. Soap did exist, but they believed that bathing (the way we do it) would open the skin pores and allow disease into the body. But no, they weren't all smelling like toilets. Human beings dislike and have always disliked (it's a natural inborn repulsion) bad smells which Tudors associated with disease.

[@AlleenLoveHope]

@@octavianpopescu4776 im sure diet added to it as well. Most people didnt have access to processed foods as we know them today. The once a year thing is simply wrong, though. The quote was "once a month" and the validity of that statement is contested among historians. It's thought to be a joke whose basis has been lost to time or perhaps a reference to a therapeutic bath administered by a doctor. She was considered vain so i have a hard time believing she went around reeking like B.O. p.s. not arguing with you, just wanting to add to the convo but am aware info-dumping doesnt always come across as friendly

[@stenbak88]

History Hit gets the best women on this channel. I love intelligent beautiful ladies who love history, I grew up thinking only old dull men were historians

[@KennethConnally-np9it]

Really interesting answer about violence! I would have thought most violence took the form of crime, warfare, and civil unrest (riots etc.). Of course violent punishments were also commonplace, but I was surprised to hear that accounted for the majority since I'd guess most crimes went unpunished (as now), especially given the absence of anything like a modern police force. There was also a fair amount of warfare and riots in that period.

[@alanamanzoro01]

Amazing video!

[@peternesbitt]

I'm convinced that Richard III lost the battle of Bosworth Field because everyone in England wanted it to happen. You can call it karma or poetic justice but he murdered those kids and everyone knew it. Now is the winter of our discontent.

[@awilk418]

Generally Richard III was a decent enough king and after around 30 years of on and off civil war any stability probably would have been viewed largely favorably. Also the significant propaganda campaign to demonize Richard suggests that the Tudors knew there was still sympathy enough for him to jeopardize their rule. Realistically Henry likely was thankful Richard (probably) had those princes killed because otherwise he would have done it himself, rival claimants to the throne didn’t have long life expectancies during that period.

[@shortlivedglory3314]

​@@awilk418 it's also far from certain that he did kill them. In fact. They recently held a trial with major historical research involved that found him not guilty. It's quite possible Henry himself killed them and simply blamed Richard. They would have been a bigger threat to Henry's rule than they even were to Richard.

[@awilk418]

@@shortlivedglory3314 I have heard this argument although I hadn't heard of the trial. My only thing with that is that no one had seen the princes in a couple years when Henry came back to England. Evidence that Richard actually killed them is circumstantial I will grant you, but it seems most likely to me that he had them killed after the failed attempt to free them. I don't doubt Henry would have killed them, I just don't see the timeline lining up well for it. At the end of the day we just have a bunch of rumors and hearsay though so who knows.

[@Youreprobablywrongx2]

actually many nobles in and outside of England remaind loyal Yorkists at heart, possibly because they just didn't like Henry but who knows. As for the rest of the population below the genrty it's likeley they didn't even know who the king was unless a representative (or in Hnerys case the king himself) presented themselves. Although even then they either wouldn't of much cared or would of been too busy. Also again with the Princes in the Tower it has been mentioned but Henry had much more reason to kill them given they would of been heir to the throne and given they had only been dead a few years by the time richard was usurped it is likely anyone questioned their whereabout, they were still children after all and so not expected to be out in society also links to my other point even if people did suspect they had been killed most people simply wouldn't care unless they saw it as a means to arise anger over either henry or more commonly seen richard

[@miguelstanley4360]

I've had a fascination with the Tudors since I was a teen, and the show the Tudors was popular then and I just got more fascinated specifically Anne Boleyn. And my dad loves to do ancestory so for fun he did our family, funny enough he learned that Anne is his 14th cousin and my 15th. We also are descended from Thomas Stanley. But some of our family choose to go to America on the Mayflower 😔So no estates for us. But anyway, I'm still mad at Henry for beheading my cousin... even though it was 488 years ago.

[@kevinmccarley7121]

Very interesting!! Excellent presenter!

[@restlessgretchen]

Fascinating video, thank you Dr Paul. Although it’s important to note, that women weren’t all victims of the patriarchy. Margaret Beaufort herself maneuvered to secure the disputed crown for her son Henry VII. A generation before her, Eleanor of Aquitaine was an extremely powerful political force. Certainly, laws weren’t on the side of women, but there have always been exceptional women who figured out how to achieve their goals despite these laws.

[@cathleenhansen5093]

Love watching these videos and this one was no exception! Although…I can’t get over the fact that her earrings remind me of…✨family jewels✨😂😅

[@johnlawson2984]

Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻🌹

[@dancahill9585]

I don't believe that Henry VIII starting the Church of England was a bad thing long term. Making sure you aren't subject to Rome's whims seems like a great decision long term. It appears to me that the Protestant countries objectively developed better than Catholic countries and gave way to the age of Enlightenment much quicker than the Catholic nations.

[@JaneKaplun-js4lp]

France and Italy were slow to give way to the Age of Enlightenment? Those countries didn’t develop as well as other European countries? You do realize art and literature were part of the “age of Enlightenment” don’t you? Okay, I’ll concede the Dutch masters weren’t in France or Italy. Have you ever heard of the painters Da Vinci, Monet, Caravaggio, or Van Gogh?

[@katherinecollins4685]

Brilliant video

[@johnmrke2786]

Book seems worth reading! Great vid. One thing confused me a bit though. Henry VIII, a terrible king? I know he was a brutal tyrant who killed many, but I've heard other historians represent that he brought England forward into the modern age.

[@murmursmeglos]

Yeah I find this modern thinking of Henry VIII being dismissed as terrible a little strange when he's often seen as the most significant King in English history. It sometimes makes me wonder if a brutal tyrant was needed to start the changes that would benefit England in the long-run.

[@R4t10n4L]

that was informative

[@pmclaughlin4111]

Future students: The question: Is Tudor Medieval? will be on the test

[@dusty4502]

All of Henry VIII wives (except maybe Jane) were more exceptional than him. Especially Catherine of Aragon, Anne Bolyen and Catherine Parr. Anne of Cleves was definitely smarter than him and poor Catherine Howard never got the chance to really shine.

[@jldisme]

Thank you so much for bringing up the average age issue. It drives me crazy because so many people don't understand how the infant mortality rate drives down the average. Because risk of death was very real for pregnant women, I wouldn't use the if you lived to your 30s you would have a long life in regard to women. But definitely if you survived your childbearing years, you had good odds of living into your 70s or 80s.

[@gonefishing167]

Loved this, thank you 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[@danjr080273]

“Objectively Henry VIII because Henry VIII is just the answer.” 😂 Love her vids on these old royals.

[@charlottezoller1579]

So so so interesting !

[@bbrathizza2075]

Henry VIII was on track to be a decent king. At least, from the stand point of the times. He was extremely popular throughout the first decade maybe if his reign. He did like to party, but often showed mercy, and pity. Then he made extremely rash decisions based on the fact he didn’t have a male heir, and slowly but surely turned into a tyrant. Super interesting person and story to follow. I recommend reading about him and his wives.

[@anntee9036]

Instead of What Would Jesus Do I just think to myself, What Would Henry VIII do, and do the opposite.

[@Mr-Science-Stevens]

Excellent

[@darko6115]

3:53 That is crazy to think about, i actually don’t know the queens or the current royals last name 💀

[@tanzanitet8940]

Brilliant ❤

[@taylorallen8242]

How you doin’ Dr Joanne

[@WaynesPokeWorld]

Who was Princess Diana related to connected to Henry the 8th? That’s an interesting bit of information I’d like to explode more. Thank you ❤

[@cherrytraveller5915]

Diana was a descended from Mary Boleyn through her daughter Catherine. Sarah also is also a descendant of Mary Boleyn as well. There is a theory which is pushed hard by Phillipa Gregory that Catherine Knolley (née Carey) was the illegitimate daughter of Mary Boleyn and Henry VIII. That is how if true a descendant of Henry would be on the throne in William as Diana was the descendant of Catherine Knolley through Catherine daughter Lettice. Charles isn’t a descendant of Catherine.

[@marshavilkas3512]

Queen Elizabeth II is also a descendant of Catherine Carey through her mother. Catherine Carey was a child of Mary Boleyn (Anne Boleyn's sister), and some historians also believe she could have been fathered by Henry VIII. Thus, technically, the descendants of Henry VIII could very well be on the throne already. Furthermore, the current monarchs are also descendants of Henry VII through his daughter Margaret.

[@madgds]

Lady Jane Grey recognition, I won!

[@acdragonrider]

“How did Tudors wipe their Bottoms?!” 😅😅😅

[@DelilaSloan]

Good video. I would have said the "worst" Tudor ruler would be Mary. She was catholic and burned many protestants because they refused to support her religion. I know Henry did abhorible things also but Mary seemed to just as bad when it came to killing people. I just watched the tudors series again after seeing it when it originally aired, so it's been awhile, and I am in the middle of rereading the life and death of anne boleyn by Eric Ives and I hadn't realized until watching the series again and seeing how violent the times where. Watching anne askew being tortured and burned was so sad. Reading it is one thing but seeing it happen brings it off the pages. I was just shocked by how fast something bad could happen to someone. One day they are dining with the king and the next day arrested and within a few days being murdered in public.

[@hippietoughcreations1663]

I’m LIVING for how much she shits on Henry 8 😂

[@callunya]

6:37 lmao I cackled. True!

[@ThatIsJustCrazyTalk]

Life ALWAYS depends on who and what you are. Just a fact of life.

[@lucyj8204]

"... go and fight (usually the French)." Never a truer word spoken.

[@bigmofarah9084]

Always love these. Am now going to learn more about Henry 7th and his 'boring but important' legislative actions. Interesting that race was not seen as a big deal back then. Who am I to question an expert but I find it hard to believe that an African pottering about England in the 1500s wouldn't at least be of some interest to people in an era before harmful stereotypes and prejudicial thinking about African people became widespread.

[@rl3293]

My understanding is that actual racial profiling and the separating of races didn't begin until the 1700's when white scientists decided to designate whites as the more superior of the different "races". Sickening.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

People would obviously be curious, but racism was born as a result of race-based slavery. Before that, they would have probably seen an African just like any other foreigner. Now, stereotypes did exist towards foreigners, but English people had them towards Spanish and French people in particular (their traditional rivals and enemies). This was a point in time when England had no colonies outside of the British Isles. The first surviving colony was Jamestown in 1607, so after the Tudors were gone.

[@shadowmoon1657]

Should learn about Queen Mary burning protestants and do question this fake historian.

[@Kekeliz]

Also Henry the 8th had various mistress who mostly like had illegitimate children who survived who weren’t publicly recognized as his

[@carolsmall992]

Great fun. But given that potatoes are nowadays a staple it would have been good to clarify if they were in Tudor times. I assume not.

[@brontewcat]

They were introduced into England by Sir Walter Raleigh, in Elizabeth’s reign. He then introduced them into Ireland, where they eventually became a staple there. They were not really grown in England until well after the Tudor era ended

[@CFBbartender]

Hell ya this lady makes it all fun

[@GoodMcGee]

Could we get a Habsburg history expert?

[@mrsusan5672]

The bit you're here for start at 19:00

[@ewanmaxwell3267]

Defending from Edward iii too

[@bobikdylan]

Not a movie, but Wolf Hall is wonderful.

[@rqry1]

Cool earrings!