Tudor and Stuart Love Songs
This podcast explores the love songs of the Tudor and Stuart periods, examining how travel to continental Europe influenced English poetry and music. It discusses the introduction of the Petrarchan sonnet by Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Earl of Surrey, and the amatory verse penned by English courtiers. The series delves into the cultural exchange that shaped English literary form during the sixteenth century.
Episodes
Tudor and Stuart Love Songs - John Potter Briscoe
The spirit of reform which was developed during the early part of the sixteenth century brought about a desire on the part of young men of means to travel on the continent of Europe. This was for the purpose of making themselves acquainted with the politics, social life, literature, art, science, and commerce of the various nations of the same, especially of France, Spain, and Italy. These young E
