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Majestic Mughals: From Akbar to Shah Jahan
Episode 379
Beginning with the reign of Emperor Akbar and continuing through to Shah Jahan, India's Mughal Empire enjoyed fabulous wealth and stable governance, …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Witches of Lorraine
Episode 378
**This episode contains brief descriptions of tortures**
Between 1570 and 1630 there was intense persecution as thousands of people were accused of be…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Women who Painted the Tudors
Episode 377
We probably think that the only artists working in the Tudor court were men, like Holbein and Hilliard. But new research is revealing that women were…
1 year, 5 months ago
Practical Magic: Spells, Prayers & Cunning Folk
Episode 376
Long before witch trials, magic was the domain of ‘cunning folk’ who were part of the fabric of medieval and early modern life. Their charms, filters…
1 year, 5 months ago
Leonardo da Vinci with Ken Burns
Episode 375
Leonardo da Vinci was a man like no other. A restless visionary and polymath, his paintings are some of the best known of all works of art.
To talk ab…
1 year, 5 months ago
Witchfinder General
Episode 374
In the aftermath of the Civil War, a remote corner of Essex witnessed the most brutally devastating witch-hunt in English history. A dangerous maveri…
1 year, 5 months ago
Invisible Activists of the Reformation
Episode 373
The names that spring first to mind in the Reformation of Christianity tend always to be male. But women were central to these extraordinary transfo…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Witch
Episode 372
Join Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Professor Ronald Hutton as they explore the evolving definitions of witches, the global spread of witch beliefs,…
1 year, 6 months ago
Fireworks: From the Tudors to Guy Fawkes
Episode 371
A pyrotechnic dragon roared flames into the river Thames during the coronation week of Elizabeth of York in 1487. These explosive displays were emplo…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Brutal Basque Witch Hunt
Episode 370
In 1609, some 80 people were executed for witchcraft in France's Basque region. It inspired a final push to eradicate witches by the Spanish Inquisi…
1 year, 6 months ago