The Essex Rebellion with Hank Whittemore at the Blue Boar Tavern

Miscommunications, misjudgments, political intrigue and treachery abound with stakes so high that the outcome will determine who succeeds to the throne of England and who will hold the power behind that throne after the aged Queen Elizabeth breathes her last. What really happened during the Essex Rebellion?
Join Blue Boar Tavern regulars Bonner Cutting, Dorothea Dickerman, Alex McNeil and bartender Jonathan Dixon as special guest Hank Whittemore returns to the Tavern for this fascinating topic. They explore the build-up to and the events of the so-called ‘Essex Rebellion’ that occurred on that fateful night - February 8th - in 1601. Trace the motivations and actions of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, as they stage an insurrection that leads to Essex losing his head (literally). And learn what the enigmatic Sonnets of ‘William Shakespeare’ have to do with it and how to make sense of all 154 Sonnets.
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