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Elizabeth I: Make-Up & Beauty Tips
Episode 314
What do we know about what Elizabeth I actually looked like? How was her appearance altered through the use of cosmetics? Portraits suggest that make…
2 years, 5 months ago
Unusual Births and Disability in 17th Century England
Episode 313
**WARNING: This episode contains themes that some listeners might find distressing and commonly-used historic terminology that does not reflect our o…
2 years, 5 months ago
Seducing James I: Mary & George
Episode 312
The major new TV series, Mary & George tells the scandalous story of George Villiers, who rose - thanks to his mother Mary’s machinations - from mino…
2 years, 5 months ago
Erasmus: Renaissance Radical
Episode 311
In the 16th century, Erasmus of Rotterdam was about as famous as anybody could be, one of the greatest intellectuals of his age. To Martin Luther's m…
2 years, 5 months ago
Wars of Religion: A Woman's Fight for Justice
Episode 310
At the end of the French Wars of Religion, a widow Renée Chevalier instigated the prosecution of a military captain who had committed multiple acts o…
2 years, 5 months ago
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…
2 years, 5 months ago
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 …
2 years, 5 months ago
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,…
2 years, 5 months ago
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, …
2 years, 5 months ago
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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