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Football and the Tudors
Episode 166
Already in 2022 we have celebrated England’s Lionesses winning the Women’s European Championships, and this month you may well be waiting with bated …
3 years, 5 months ago
Henry VIII’s Lost Brother, Prince Arthur
Episode 165
During the early part of the sixteenth century England should have been ruled by King Arthur Tudor with his wife Catherine of Aragon as Queen. Had th…
3 years, 5 months ago
Oliver Cromwell’s Republic
Episode 164
On 30 January 1649, King Charles I was executed for treason. Within weeks the monarchy had been abolished and the House of Lords discarded. The peopl…
3 years, 5 months ago
Inca Apocalypse
Episode 163
For many, the word Inca conjures up images of an ancient civilisation in South America, swiftly conquered by the Spanish in their quest for gold and …
3 years, 6 months ago
Life in Tudor England
Episode 162
What was life really like in Tudor England? This was a society where monarchy was under strain, the church was in crisis, where contending with war, …
3 years, 6 months ago
Mary I: Myths Vs. Reality
Episode 161
Queen Mary I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She reigned - as England’s first Queen Regnant - between 1553-1558. Unlike her s…
3 years, 6 months ago
Sorcery and the Tudor Court
Episode 160
It's a little known fact that the Tudor monarchs and their councillors used - and feared - magic and the occult. At this time of great religious chan…
3 years, 6 months ago
Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India
Episode 159
In 1611, the daughter of a Persian nobleman and widow of a subversive official, became the 20th and favourite wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Un…
3 years, 6 months ago
Edward VI & The Prayer Book Rebellion
Episode 158
The so-called “Prayer Book Rebellion” of 1549 saw the people of Devon and Cornwall rising up against the young King Edward VI, determined to halt the…
3 years, 6 months ago
Eustace Chapuys: Ambassador to the Tudor Court
Episode 157
Historians would be completely lost without the colourful, crucial insights of Eustace Chapuys, the Spanish Ambassador to Henry VIII's court from 152…
3 years, 6 months ago