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Host Natalie Grueninger welcomes Ellie Webster to Talking Tudors to explore the life of Mary Shelton: her noble family ties, role at Anne Boleyn’s court, and a brief affair with Henry VIII. The episode focuses on Shelton’s poems and annotations in the Devonshire Manuscript and what they reveal about love, reputation, and women’s voices in the Tudor court.
The conversation also examines Shelton’s links with Mary Howard, Margaret Douglas and Henry Howard, confusion over identities in the sources, and Ellie’s research process. A concise, source-driven portrait that brings an overlooked Tudor courtier and poet into clearer view.
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