So I just posted a fresh podcast on the Iron industry in the Weald of Kent in the 16th century. It’s an area I’m interested in, as I explain in the podcast, because one of the things that I really find most fascinating about the 16th century is the movement from an agrarian medieval society to one that is heading towards becoming modern. Several things happened to bring this on – the execution of an anointed Queen, the break with Rome, society beginning to question the whole reasoning behind Divine Right. Of course this would be upped a lot with the Enlightenment, but it was already starting in the 16th century. And one way England was becoming more modern was with this teeny tiny Industrial Revolution that was starting in the Weald. By the end of the 16th Century there would be over 100 furnaces and factories creating cannon, weaponry, and household items like wrought iron fencing.
Learn more, listen, and read the show notes here:
https://www.englandcast.com/show-notes/show-notes-the-iron-industry-of-the-weald/
Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast,  the original Tudor history podcast, started in 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. In 2019 she created Tudorcon, which is now a yearly event, in addition to writing books, and running TudorFair.com - a whimsical Tudor Merch shop.
She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 30 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history (how exciting when she got to interview Alison for the first time!). In addition to history, she is passionate about travel, and has lived in 3 countries and 4 states (not counting her perpetual state of confusion), and her family (who help her host her YouTube channel occasionally).
