This summer, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is due to give birth to an heir to the throne. This is the second in a pair of lectures in which leading historians examine how Tudor and Stuart monarchs begat children. Mary Fissell, from Johns Hopkins University and visiting researcher on the Generation to Reproduction project at Cambridge University, presents the second lecture in this series Born to Rule: Public Lectures on Royal Births in Tudor and Stuart England. Mary of Modena: A Royal...

This summer, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is due to give birth to an heir to the throne. This is the first in a pair of lectures in which leading historians examine how Tudor and Stuart monarchs begat children. Peter Jones, Principal Investigator on the Generation to Reproduction project at Cambridge University, presents the first lecture in this series Born to Rule: Public Lectures on Royal Births in Tudor and Stuart England. Henry VIII: The Quest for an Heir. Producing an heir...