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Private Life of King James VI & I
Episode 294
King James VI and I, the first monarch to reign over Scotland, England and Ireland, has a mixed reputation. To many, he is simply the homosexual Kin…
2 years, 7 months ago
Supernatural Beings in Early Modern Britain
Episode 293
In the early modern period, it was patently clear to everyone that supernatural beings, foremost among them the devil, were at work in the world, int…
2 years, 7 months ago
Tudor Conquest of Ireland
Episode 292
Henry VIII was termed "by the Grace of God, King of England, France and Ireland.” Ireland was England’s oldest colony. But what bloody events and b…
2 years, 7 months ago
How Ecology Shaped History with Peter Frankopan
Episode 291
History books rarely make much reference to the impact of climate and the natural environment on people, and vice versa. Yet volcanic eruptions and …
2 years, 7 months ago
Henry VIII's Nemesis, Cardinal Pole
Episode 290
Reginald Pole has been styled as both the nemesis of Henry VIII and as Mary I's bloody accomplice. Pole was related to the English royal family throu…
2 years, 7 months ago
Murder in the Stuart Court
Episode 289
The public fascination with true crime is nothing new. Four centuries ago, the sensational story of the death in the Tower of London of Thomas Overbu…
2 years, 7 months ago
Trading British Brides for American Tobacco
Episode 288
In 1621 the Virginia Company of London put out a call for young, handsome and honestly educated women to become wives for the planters in its new col…
2 years, 7 months ago
15th Century Puritan Fanatic, Savonarola
Episode 287
Girolamo Savonarola was a late 15th century Dominican friar who rose to become a preacher, prophet, and politician. He took on the corruption of the …
2 years, 8 months ago
How to Survive in Tudor England
Episode 286
Life in Tudor England was risky. In addition to the outbreaks of plague, the threat of poverty and the dangers of childbirth, there were social risks…
2 years, 8 months ago
Elizabeth I's Spymaster, Walsingham
Episode 285
For anyone studying the politics of the 1570s-80s, it would be hard to avoid Elizabeth I’s ‘spymaster’ Sir Francis Walsingham, who seemingly rose fro…
2 years, 8 months ago