Podcast Episodes

Rise of the Habsburgs

Episode 459

In the first of a special four-part series on the Habsburgs, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb traces the unlikely rise of Europe’s most enduring imperial family. Emerging from a modest Swiss noble house …

Published on 22 hours ago

Oliver Cromwell v. Charles I

Episode 458

On 30 January 1649, the unthinkable happened: for the first time in history, a reigning monarch was tried and condemned by his own people. But how did a kingdom that once believed in the divine righ…

Published on 4 days, 22 hours ago

The English Civil War

Episode 457

What sparks a nation to turn against its own king? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb dives into the turbulent and transformative decade that witnessed the English Civil Wars — a bloody clash that claimed …

Published on 1 week ago

Tudor True Crime: Europe's Most Murderous Dynasty

Episode 456

The rich and powerful Guise family was one of the most treacherous and bloodthirsty in sixteenth-century France. They whipped up religious bigotry, overthrowing the king. They ruled Scotland for nea…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Tudor True Crime: Murder in the Stuart Court

Episode 455

The public fascination with true crime is nothing new.  Four centuries ago, the sensational story of the death in the Tower of London of Thomas Overbury, a lawyer in the court of King James I, led to…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Tudor True Crime: Murder of Amy Dudley

Episode 454

**WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of suicide**

On 6 September 1560, Amy Robsart Dudley died after falling down a staircase at Cumnor Place in Oxfordshire. But did she fall? Was she pushed?…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Tudor True Crime: Murder of Christopher Marlowe

Episode 453

Who stabbed the famed playwright? And who planned it? We're stepping out of the sun and into the shadows on Not Just the Tudors, as Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates Tudor True Crime; a selec…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Othered: Race, Gender & Human 'Monsters'

Episode 452

**Contains examples of 'othering', including birth abnormalities, and the terms used to describe them historically**

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Surekha Davies to discuss how individu…

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Molière: Satire, Scandal & the Stage

Episode 451

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Professor Jan Clarke to explore the life, legend, and legacy of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin — better known as Molière. From his audacious rejection of bourgeois ex…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Vasari: Inventor of Artistic Genius

Episode 450

What if the tale of one night could change the way we view art forever?

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Noah Charney to explore the life and legacy of Giorgio Vasari, the man who redefine…

Published on 1 month ago