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The Myth of 'Western Civilisation'
Episode 196
'Western Civilisation' is often thought of as a continuous thread through the centuries - from classical antiquity to the countries of the modern Wes…
3 years, 2 months ago
Katherine of Aragon: England's First Renaissance Queen
Episode 195
In preparation for International Women's Day this Wednesday, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb takes a look at a Queen whose reputation has largely been sh…
3 years, 2 months ago
Jews & the Inquisition in Italy
Episode 194
Between 1598 and 1785, the Papal or Roman Inquisition in Modena, Northern Italy, put 393 Jews on trial. Regarded as infidels, Jews were accused of, a…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Death of Amy Dudley
Episode 193
On 6 September 1560, Amy Robsart Dudley died after falling down a staircase at Cumnor Place in Oxfordshire. But did she fall? Was she pushed? Or did …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Blood Countess: Elizabeth Bathory
Episode 192
In the early seventeenth century, a Hungarian aristocrat called Erzsébet Báthory - or Elizabeth Bathory - was accused of murdering more than 600 youn…
3 years, 2 months ago
Mary Queen of Scots’ Lost Letters Decoded
Episode 191
The most important discovery related to Mary Queen of Scots for 100 years was recently made - by a team of amateur cryptologists.
In this episode of …
3 years, 2 months ago
The House of Guise: Europe's Most Murderous Dynasty?
Episode 190
The rich and powerful Guise family was one of the most treacherous and bloodthirsty in sixteenth-century France. They whipped up religious bigotry, o…
3 years, 2 months ago
Children in Tudor England
Episode 189
What was it like to grow up in Tudor England? How were children cared for, what did they play with, and which subjects were they taught?
In this editi…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
Episode 188
This month on Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates four of history’s most notorious murders and brutal crimes.
In this first …
3 years, 3 months ago
Henrietta Maria, Charles I’s Queen Consort
Episode 187
Charles I's Queen Henrietta Maria was perhaps the most reviled consort to have worn the crown of Britain's three kingdoms. To this day, she remains t…
3 years, 3 months ago