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Normal Women with Philippa Gregory
Episode 259
Did women really do nothing to shape England’s culture and traditions through centuries of turmoil, plague, famine and religious reform? In her new n…
2 years, 7 months ago
How Shakespeare Depicted Race
Episode 258
In the same way that Shakespeare’s women characters were performed by boys in female costume, African, Middle Eastern, Hispanic and Jewish roles in h…
2 years, 7 months ago
Anne Boleyn & Catherine Howard's Uncle, Thomas Howard
Episode 257
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, is often vilified as one of the Tudor century's most unpleasant characters. His was a family marked by treason, b…
2 years, 7 months ago
How Kateryn Parr Championed the Reformation
Episode 256
Henry VIII's sixth wife Kateryn Parr was a scholar and a writer in her own right. She was one of the first English women to have works published unde…
2 years, 7 months ago
Eating with the Tudors
Episode 255
What did the Tudor age understand about digestion? How did this affect what foods people prepared and ate? Was there such a thing as healthy eating? …
2 years, 7 months ago
Henry VIII’s Fool, Will Somer
Episode 254
In some portraits of Henry VIII there appears another, striking figure. This is Will Somer, the king’s fool, a celebrated wit who could raise Henry’s…
2 years, 7 months ago
Margaret Cavendish: 17th Century Revolutionary
Episode 253
In an age when literature was dominated by men, Margaret Cavendish wrote passionately about gender, science and philosophy. She published under her o…
2 years, 7 months ago
Hapsburg Inbreeding with Dr. Adam Rutherford
Episode 252
One of Early Modern Europe’s most powerful families, the Hapsburgs shared a physical trait so distinctive that it came to be regarded as a badge of h…
2 years, 8 months ago
Michelangelo
Episode 251
At 31, Michelangelo was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world. Long before he died at almost 90, he was widely believed to be the …
2 years, 8 months ago
Origins of Modern Iran: Safawid Dynasty
Episode 250
The Safawid Dynasty, which ruled Iran from 1501 to 1736, marked the beginning of modern Iranian history. At its height, it controlled all of what is …
2 years, 8 months ago