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Shakespeare's London: Going to the Theatre
Episode 229
In this third special episode of Not Just the Tudors celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio, Professor Suz…
2 years, 10 months ago
Elizabeth I’s Royal Tours
Episode 228
Every spring and summer of her 44 year reign, Queen Elizabeth I insisted that her court go "on progress" — royal visits to towns and aristocratic hom…
2 years, 10 months ago
Cromwell, Boleyn & Aragon: A New Discovery
Episode 227
Experts at Hever Castle - the childhood home of Anne Boleyn - have made an extraordinary discovery. They’ve established that an ornate 1527 prayer bo…
2 years, 10 months ago
Shakespeare’s First Folio: Politics, People & Printing
Episode 226
Shakespeare’s First Folio — the first book to contain 36 of his plays, 18 of which had not been in print before — was published in 1623.
In the second…
2 years, 11 months ago
Elizabethan 'Travel Liar': The Truth about David Ingram
Episode 225
In 1567, a sailor named David Ingram sailed from Plymouth with 400 others on a slaving expedition. The ensuing events read like a fantastic adventure…
2 years, 11 months ago
Mary Queen of Scots, Catherine de' Medici & Elisabeth de Valois
Episode 221
Three powerful Renaissance queens all lived together at the French court for many years. They were bound together through blood and marriage, allianc…
2 years, 11 months ago
Shakespeare's First Folio
Episode 220
Four hundred years ago in 1623, the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays was printed. Known as the First Folio, the book was integral to es…
2 years, 11 months ago
Great Fire of London
Episode 219
Why do we call the Great Fire of London in 1666 “great”? Was it because of the significant challenge it posed to authorities and residents as they so…
2 years, 11 months ago
Tudors in Ireland
Episode 218
King Henry VII and his Tudor heirs knew very little about Ireland, over which they ruled in name at least. During the 118 years of Tudor rule, not on…
2 years, 11 months ago
Obscene Jokes in the Early Modern Period
Episode 217
In the 16th Century, rude jokes and scatological humour were just as much a feature of life as they are today. Between 1529 and 1539, a Swiss linen t…
2 years, 11 months ago