Tales From the Tower of London II

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​In this episode, Kristin and Christine bring back a fan-favorite topic, the Tower of London! First, Kristin talks about Jewish connections to the Tower in the Middle Ages. Then, Christine takes you to the Stuart era to talk about the death of Tower prisoner Sir Thomas Overbury. 

Hosts: Kristin and Christine

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Further Reading
About Medieval Jewish Connections to the Tower
Medieval Londoners Database.

The Jewish History of the Medieval Tower of London.

About Thomas Overbury
Alastair Bellany, "Elwes [Helwys], Sir Gervase (bap. 1561, d. 1615), court official and convicted accessory to the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004).

----, "Howard [married names Devereux, Carr], Frances, countess of Somerset (1590–1632), courtier", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004). 

----, The Politics of Court Scandal in Early Modern England: News Culture and the Overbury Affair, 1603-1660, Cambridge University Press, (2007).

----, "Turner [née Norton], Anne (1576–1615), accessory to the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2008).

John Considine, "Overbury, Sir Thomas (bap. 1581, d. 1613), courtier and author", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2008). 

M. Greengrass, "Winwood, Sir Ralph (1562/3–1617), diplomat and secretary of state", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004). 

Emma Poltrack, “A World of Poison: The Overbury Scandal”, Folger Shakespeare Library (2018). 

Andrew Thrush, “Stuart, 17th Century history, Legal history, Social history: The Murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 1613”, The History of Parliament, (2021). 

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Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)