Main content
This episode will be available soon

Henry as Renaissance Prince

Lucy Wooding, lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College, London, goes behind the familiar grandiose image of Henry, revealing his fears about losing the throne.

Lucy Wooding, Lecturer in Early Modern History at King's College London, looks behind the trappings of power which Henry VIII exhibited in the splendour of his court, his vast building projects, his banquets and his jewels, and finds a man who felt his claim on the throne was tenuous and whose outward display hid these fears.

Presenter: Lucy Wooding
Producers: Neil Rosser

A LADBROKE RADIO PRODUCTION for 大象传媒 RADIO 3 (repeat).

15 minutes

Last on

Mon 5 Apr 2010 23:00

More episodes

Previous

You are at the first episode

See all episodes from The Essay

Broadcasts

  • Mon 20 Apr 2009 23:00
  • Mon 5 Apr 2010 23:00

Death in Trieste

Death in Trieste

A 1760s murder still informs ideas about aesthetics, a certain sort of sex, and death.

Watch: My Deaf World

Watch: My Deaf World

Five compelling experiences of what it is like to be deaf in 21st-century Britain.

The Book that Changed Me

Five figures from the arts and science introduce books that changed their lives and work.

Download The Essay

Download The Essay

Download all the episodes from the series and listen at your leisure.

Podcast