Hello, this is Michael Anthony, and you’re listening to British History 101.
Last week, we discussed Her Majesty’s Tower of London, and at one point I mentioned Yeoman Warders. That leads me to this episode’s topic. We will be discussing the two types of yeomen found within the group of bodyguards assigned to the monarch in [...]
Archive for March 21st, 2007
The Queen’s Yeoman
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The Tower of London
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Hello, this is Michael Anthony and you’re listening to British History 101. After an extremely long break, here I am again, and British History 101 is back on track. As many of you will recall, we left off with Henry VIII. I had originally planned to make Henry a 3 part series, but due to [...]
Henry VIII: Part I
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Hello, this is Michael Anthony, and you’re listening to British History 101. I apologize for not posting last week – I had originally made plans to, but circumstances here made it absolutely impossible for me to sit down and write out an entire episode. With that, here we are this week, embarking on our next [...]
St. Bede the Venerable
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Hello, this is Michael Anthony, and you’re listening to British History 101. This evening, we continue in the vein of last week’s episode of St. Thomas Becket, and delve into the author of The Ecclesiastical History of the English People – Venerable Bede, Saint, Doctor of the Church, and, to many, the father of English [...]
St. Thomas Becket
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Thomas Becket was born in 1118, most likely on 21 December, to a middle class Norman family in London. Although he was from the middle class, Thomas was able to associate with those in the upper strata of society, spending much time with his father Gilbert’s rich friend Richer de L’aigle from whom he learned [...]
Correction
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Guy Fawkes’ Day
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Hello, this is Michael Anthony, and you’re listening to British History 101. In this week’s episode, we’ll take a look at an upcoming date that is traditionally a day of celebration in England – 5 November, known throughout the country as Guy Fawkes’ Day.
In 1605, King James I of England (IV of Scotland) had recently [...]
Lady Godiva
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Hello, this is Michael Anthony, and you’re listening to British History 101. After an admittedly ridiculously long hiatus, British History 101 is back and in full action. Tonight, we explore one of Britain’s most well-known folktales and a story that has given rise to a term applied today for a nosy man of low character [...]
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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Good evening, this is Michael Anthony, and you’re listening to British History 101. I’d like to start this evening off with a comment I received from a listener, who wrote in and said, “Starting to miss your podcasts, as they have entertained me on a regular basis, since I encountered them. Hope all is well [...]
Abdication of Edward VIII
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Good evening, this is Michael Anthony, and you’re listening to British History 101. I’m terribly sorry about the lack of an installment last week – due to some rather severe technical difficulties, I was unable to record anything at all. However, British History 101 is back in full swing this week, and I’m glad you’ve [...]
