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Anne Boleyn & Katherine of Aragon: Rival Queens?
Episode 216
History has painted Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn in two very different hues: one wife, one mistress; one Spanish, one French; one committed Ca…
2 years, 11 months ago
Enslaved Children in 16th Century Spain
Episode 215
Following the Second Granada War (1568-70), thousands of Moriscos in Spain were exiled, imprisoned or enslaved. Moriscos were former Muslims who had …
2 years, 11 months ago
Witches of St Osyth
Episode 214
In March 1582, a number of women from the small Essex village of St Osyth, were hanged for the crime of witchcraft. Several others, including one man…
3 years ago
Louis XIV and his Mistresses
Episode 213
Louis XIV ruled France for more than 72 years, the longest recorded reign of any monarch of any sovereign country in history. Despite the devotion of…
3 years ago
Coronations of Charles I and Charles II
Episode 212
What could be more topical this week than looking back at the coronations of the first two Kings Charles. Charles I’s reign is best remembered for th…
3 years ago
Lady Jane Grey
Episode 211
On a cold February morning in 1554, Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for high treason. Named by King Edward VI as his successor, Queen Jane had reigned fo…
3 years ago
England’s First Ambassador to India: Thomas Roe
Episode 210
When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I's first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Ro…
3 years ago
Mary Rose: Henry VIII’s Foreign Crew
Episode 209
In the 16th century, “strangers” was the name used in England for people who were born in territories not controlled by the Tudor monarchy. Thinking …
3 years ago
Bess's Hardwick Hall
Episode 208
Hardwick Hall is a triumph of Elizabethan architecture. Built in the late sixteenth century, its halls, corridors and staircases embody the magnifice…
3 years ago
John Donne: England’s Greatest Love Poet
Episode 207
John Donne was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, an MP, a priest, the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral - and perhaps the greatest love poet in the histo…
3 years ago