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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, …
1 year 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 Overb…
1 year 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…
1 year, 1 month 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 Suzann…
1 year, 1 month 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 jo…
1 year, 1 month 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 Mol…
1 year, 1 month 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 …
1 year, 1 month ago
British Barbary Slaves
Episode 449
**Contains historical language which may cause offence**
Between the early 1600s and late 1700s, thousands of British sailors, fishermen, merchants, a…
1 year, 1 month ago
Isabel and Ferdinand: Renaissance Power Couple
Episode 448
From the establishment of a formidable double monarchy to the complex dynamics of the Spanish Inquisition, Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Rise of Isabel of Castile
Episode 447
**This episode contains sexually explicit language**
In an age when powerful female rulers were few and far between, Isabel of Castile rose against th…
1 year, 1 month ago