July 13 - The overshadowed Robert Sidney

2019-07-13

On this day in Tudor history, 13th July 1626, Tudor poet and courtier, Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, brother of Sir Philip Sidney, died at Penshurst Place, the family seat in Kent. Sir Philip Sidney is known as one of the great poet and scholars of the Tudor age, but his brother, Robert, was also a talented poet. In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society, tells us a bit more about how historians discovered Robert's work, as well as sharing one of his sonnets with us. You can see this podcast as a vi...

On this day in Tudor history, 13th July 1626, Tudor poet and courtier, Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, brother of Sir Philip Sidney, died at Penshurst Place, the family seat in Kent.

Sir Philip Sidney is known as one of the great poet and scholars of the Tudor age, but his brother, Robert, was also a talented poet.

In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society, tells us a bit more about how historians discovered Robert's work, as well as sharing one of his sonnets with us.

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/3mb_HSVgM_I

You can read more about the sonnets here:

https://www.bl.uk/eblj/1975articles/pdf/article14.pdf

You can find Claire at:

https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com

https://www.tudorsociety.com

https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/

https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/

https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles

https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety

https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/