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Inside the Tudor Home
Episode 264
We are all familiar with great Tudor palaces and country houses but what were the homes of ordinary people like during that time? How were they built…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Tudors Told Through Numbers
Episode 263
There are countless ways to understand and analyse the Tudors but a new book takes a unique look at the dynasty through its statistics. And there’s a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Shakespeare's son Hamnet with Maggie O'Farrell
Episode 262
When it comes to Shakespeare's biography and his inner life, there's a certain lack of evidence. But what if Shakespeare actually signposted us to an…
2 years, 11 months ago
William the Silent, Father of the Netherlands
Episode 261
What encouraged a young man who had spent most of his formative years being raised by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, to bite the hand that feeds him a…
2 years, 11 months ago
Witchcraft: A History in Four Trials
Episode 260
Most of our knowledge of witchcraft accusations and executions comes from the proceedings of high profile and significant trials. Professor Marion Gi…
2 years, 11 months ago
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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months ago