Curated playlist
Tudor historians
- George W. BernardHistorian George W. Bernard used one poem to argue that Anne Boleyn was guilty of adultery in 1536.
- Joanna DennyJoanna Denny died in 2006, shortly before her book on Anne Boleyn was published. She never saw it reach readers.
- Jack ScarisbrickHistorian Jack Scarisbrick argued that most English people did not want the Reformation.
- Miranda KaufmannHistorian Miranda Kaufmann found Africans living in Tudor England. They arrived before the transatlantic slave trade.
- Retha WarnickeHistorian Retha Warnicke argues Anne Boleyn was born in 1507, not 1501. Most historians long assumed the earlier date.
- Eric IvesHistorian Eric Ives spent decades arguing over Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife.
- Geoffrey EltonGeoffrey Elton argued that Thomas Cromwell, more than Henry VIII, drove a revolution in English government.
- Alison WeirPublishers rejected Alison Weir's Henry VIII book for being too long, then her next for being too short.
- Maria DowlingMaria Dowling's book argued that ideas mattered at Henry VIII's court, not merely power.
- John Guy (historian)Two of historian John Guy's books on Mary Queen of Scots became the source for a 2018 film.