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The Way We Used To Feel

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Can we ever really know the feelings of bygone generations?

Author and TV historian Tracy Borman shares the clues we have to the emotional lives of Tudor royalty.

Tracy Borman is joint Chief Curator for Historic Royal Palaces, Chief Executive of the Heritage Education Trust. Her books include Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him, The Private Life of the Tudors, and Thomas Cromwell: The Hidden Story Of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant.

Elsa Richardson became a ´óÏó´«Ã½/AHRC New Generation Thinker in 2018. She teaches on the history of the emotions and is a Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Producer: Craig Smith

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9 minutes