The Tudors Were Obsessed With Troy (But Never Actually Read Homer)

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors by Heather Teysko

Aug 19, 202620:08Society & Culture

I just watched Nolan's Odyssey and went down a rabbit hole: did the Tudors even know this story? Turns out, not the way you'd think. For most of the dynasty, England's version of the Trojan War came from a completely dif...

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