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Cardinal Wolsey
Episode 419
No advisor was more important to King Henry VIII than Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. He captured Henry's attention with his brilliance and became his most …
1 year ago
Cortés and the Aztecs
Episode 418
When Hernán Cortés and his men first laid eyes on the gleaming white pyramids of Tenochtitlan, they thought they were mountains of silver. How did th…
1 year ago
Succession 1625: James I to Charles I
Episode 417
March 2025 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of King James VI and I, and the succession of his son Charles I. Crowned King of Scotland at just…
1 year ago
Christopher Columbus
Episode 416
Christopher Columbus was a man of contradictions: he professed God spoke to him to direct his travels, yet after four voyages he still could not reco…
1 year, 1 month ago
Henry VIII's Conscience and Contradictions
Episode 415
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb delves into the tumultuous and nuanced religious policies of Henry VIII's reign. She examines how Henry VIII utilised rel…
1 year, 1 month ago
Conquest of the Americas
Episode 414
You may think you know about the daring exploits of Columbus, the ruthless ambition of Cortés, but beyond the accepted histories lies a world of indi…
1 year, 1 month ago
What did Henry VIII Believe?
Episode 413
The execution of six martyrs—three Catholics and three Protestants—on the same day, was unprecedented in Henry VIII's England. What led to this trans…
1 year, 1 month ago
Aphra Behn: Revolutionary, Author, Spy
Episode 412
Aphra Behn was a true original. Not only was she the first woman to earn a living by writing, she was also a spy, a political propagandist and a rev…
1 year, 1 month ago
Dr Faustus: Pacts with the Devil
Episode 411
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb steps into the electrifying world of Elizabethan theatre to unravel the dark allure of Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus,…
1 year, 1 month ago
Henry VIII & his Rabbis
Episode 410
Henry VIII's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon changed England; it could be justified by a biblical law that prohibited a man from marrying his b…
1 year, 1 month ago