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Origins of Pantomime
Episode 279
Have you ever wondered how and where our Christmas tradition of pantomime originated?
In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lips…
2 years, 4 months ago
How the Reformation Changed Music
Episode 278
The Coventry Carol and In Dulci Jubilo are songs that are still sung at this time of the year. Curiously, despite their medieval roots, these tunes …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Tudors' Portrait Artist: Holbein
Episode 277
How we visualise the Tudors largely comes from their portraits painted by Hans Holbein the Younger. Between 1526 and 1543, he captured the elite of …
2 years, 5 months ago
3 Ways to Die in Early Modern Europe
Episode 276
Life in the 16th and 17th centuries was brutal - the development of warfare technology made conflicts catastrophic for civilians as well as soldiers,…
2 years, 5 months ago
Montaigne: Philosopher of the French Renaissance
Episode 275
Centuries before Proust's Remembrance of Things Past took us on a tour of memory and James Joyce played with stream of consciousness, a 16th century …
2 years, 5 months ago
Saving Henry VIII's Lost Tapestry
Episode 274
For the Tudors, tapestries not only brought warmth and colour to a room, but they were magnificent demonstrations of artistic skill and of moral mess…
2 years, 5 months ago
Mary I: What if She'd Lived?
Episode 273
On 17 November 1558, Queen Mary I died. But how would history have turned out differently if Mary had lived another 30 years? Where would her Roman-C…
2 years, 5 months ago
Inside Hampton Court Palace
Episode 272
For centuries, Hampton Court has been a stage for monarchy, revolution, religious fundamentalism, sexual scandals, and military coups. In his new boo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I with Tracy Borman
Episode 271
Anne Boleyn is usually considered in the context of her marriage to - and demise at the hands of - King Henry VIII. But ultimately, the memory of Ann…
2 years, 5 months ago
Henry VIII: What You Really Need to Know
Episode 270
The truth about Henry VIII may surprise you. This second episode of Not Just the Tudors' Tudor Dynasty mini-series provides you, in a nutshell, with …
2 years, 5 months ago