John Caius's guest appearances

John Caius

Sandars Lectures 2016

That Shakespeare Life

Tudor History with Claire Ridgway

Placecloud: Stories of Place

Christina Faraday on Placecloud

Samuel Pepys

Richard Burbage

Mary Queen of Scots

James VI

Henry VIII

Edward Alleyn

John Shakespeare

Richard III

William Bradford

Edward VI

Elizabeth I

Christopher Marlowe

Robert Greene

Mia Farrow

Catherine de Medici

OwlTail

Vivian Nutton

John Caius was a prominent medical professional in the 16th century. A staunch adherent to the teachings of Galen, who himself was the ultimate authority on medical knowledge for close to 15 centuries. John Caius owned a copy of Galen’s text and that original copy survives at Eton College, Berkshire, with Caius’ notes and annotations there for review. Galen’s work was essentially the Grey’s Anatomy of its time and Caius’ interest in Galen’s work was not merely being a fan, but the doing of his due diligence in medical study. However, despite the evidence to suggest he was a pillar of medical knowledge in the 16th century, training major medical figures of the period, John Caius is accused even in his own time, of being too much of a traditionalist, unable to change and grow with the rapidly evolving mindset of his time period and was even held responsible for annoying Queen Elizabeth at a medical forum that took place at court the year Shakespeare was born. As a result, about 30 years after his death in 1573, William Shakespeare satirizes his namesake through the comedic French doctor of Dr. Caius in Merry Wives of Windsor. Here today to share with us the life and accomplishments of the real Dr. Caius, is our guest, Vivian Nutton. Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Caius was a prominent medical professional in the 16th century. A staunch adherent to the teachings of Galen, who himself was the ultimate authority on medical knowledge for close to 15 centuries. John Caius owned a copy of Galen’s text and that original copy survives at Eton College, Berkshire, with Caius’ notes and annotations there for review. Galen’s work was essentially the Grey’s Anatomy of its time and Caius’ interest in Galen’s work was not merely being a fan, but the doing of his due diligence in medical study. However, despite the evidence to suggest he was a pillar of medical knowledge in the 16th century, training major medical figures of the period, John Caius is accused even in his own time, of being too much of a traditionalist, unable to change and grow with the rapidly evolving mindset of his time period and was even held responsible for annoying Queen Elizabeth at a medical forum that took place at court the year Shakespeare was born. As a result, about 30 years after his death in 1573, William Shakespeare satirizes his namesake through the comedic French doctor of Dr. Caius in Merry Wives of Windsor. Here today to share with us the life and accomplishments of the real Dr. Caius, is our guest, Vivian Nutton. <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/980723" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get bonus episodes on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

John Caius with Vivian Nutton

Step inside a sixteenth-century house in Smithfield. A viewpoint originally made for Placecloud. Address: 85 Bartholomew Cl, London EC1A 7EB

Step inside a sixteenth-century house in Smithfield. A viewpoint originally made for Placecloud. Address: 85 Bartholomew Cl, London EC1A 7EB

Dr John Caius's House in Smithfield

Step inside a sixteenth-century house in Smithfield.

Step inside a sixteenth-century house in Smithfield.

Dr John Caius’s House in Smithfield

On this day in Tudor history, 6th October 1510, John Caius was born at Norwich.Caius was a theological scholar, founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, royal physician (to Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I) and author of a book on sweating sickness.   In today's "on this day" talk, historian Claire Ridgway gives an overview of John Caius' life and career, as well as sharing some of what he wrote on sweating sickness, that mystery Tudor illness. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/GPvSK4Nbt6I Also on this day in Tudor history, 6th October 1536, reformer, scholar and Bible translator William Tyndale was executed. One of Tyndale's works had helped King Henry VIII while another incurred the king's wrath and led to Tyndale's execution. Why? What happened? Find out in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/2gEP87fBOhE 

On this day in Tudor history, 6th October 1510, John Caius was born at Norwich. Caius was a theological scholar, founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, royal physician (to Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I) and author of a book on sweating sickness.   In today's "on this day" talk, historian Claire Ridgway gives an overview of John Caius' life and career, as well as sharing some of what he wrote on sweating sickness, that mystery Tudor illness. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: <a href="https://youtu.be/GPvSK4Nbt6I" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/GPvSK4Nbt6I</a> Also on this day in Tudor history, 6th October 1536, reformer, scholar and Bible translator William Tyndale was executed. One of Tyndale's works had helped King Henry VIII while another incurred the king's wrath and led to Tyndale's execution. Why? What happened? Find out in last year’s video - <a href="https://youtu.be/2gEP87fBOhE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/2gEP87fBOhE</a>