Tudor England | 5. The wider world

This is a History Extra production. From vicious court politicking and cultural innovation to global voyages of discovery and total religious upheaval, Tudor, England was a turbulent and exciting place to be. In this History Extra podcast series, we're heading right to the beating heart of the era to uncover what life was like for those who lived through it. I'm your host, Emily Briffitt, and I'm joined by author, historian and broadcaster Tracy Bormann. In this fifth and final episode, we'll be venturing out in search of unknown lands and riches and coming face to face with Tudor England's main allies and rivals.

Welcome back. It's lovely to be here for the finale. Final time. So as we're traveling around the world in this episode, how far did the average person travel in the Tudor period? It feels like we've traveled a long way already in this series, but we're gonna travel further than ever before, which is not something that you could say about the average Tudor.

In fact, most people in Tudor times didn't travel very far from where they lived. at all. And if they did, then it would be for a purpose. So to sell goods or to visit relatives, for example, they only really traveled if they had to. And we'll go on to why.

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