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Martin Luther
Episode 309
A controversial figure during his lifetime, Martin Luther set in motion a revolution that split Christianity in the West and left an indelible mark o…
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Surgery in the Early Modern Age
Episode 308
Today surgery is one of the most important sectors in the medical field. But what was surgery like for people in the 16th and 17th centuries, before …
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Jewish History of Venice
Episode 307
Essential to any history of Venice during its glory days is the story of its Jewish population. Venice gave the world the word ghetto. Astonishingly,…
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Tudor Ladies-in-Waiting
Episode 306
For every Tudor Queen, their ladies-in-waiting were their confidantes, chaperones and intimate witnesses to their lives. These women were high born, …
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Diary of a Tudor Gentlewoman
Episode 305
Diaries written by gentlewomen in the mid-16th century are hard to find. Yet, they lived through an age of upheaval as old ways were effaced in prefe…
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Trial of Charles I
Episode 304
In the mid-17th century, King Charles I of England was put on trial for treason against the sovereign state. Such a process involved a singular dete…
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How to Live Like a Stuart Aristocrat
Episode 303
After the Restoration of the Monarchy, the upper classes took their cues from court life - its entertainments, costumes, food and leisure pursuits. T…
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Jane Seymour: Henry VIII’s Third Queen
Episode 302
Jane Seymour is a paradox. Of Henry VIII’s six wives, she is the one about whom we know perhaps the least. She was the most lowly of the queens, but …
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Adventures of a Mughal Princess
Episode 301
In the British Library, there is a manuscript copy of the memoir of Princess Gulbadan, the only surviving female-authored memoir from the Mughal Empi…
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Origins of Fairy Tales
Episode 300
Fairy tales exist everywhere and in every time. Through centuries of oral tradition and the invention of print and later advances in television and f…
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