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Female Sodomy
Episode 156
Few cases of same-sex acts between women are known in early modern Europe. Yet in the Southern Netherlands, some 25 women were charged with “female s…
3 years, 6 months ago
Women Letter Writers in the Early Modern Period
Episode 155
Historians face an enormous challenge finding documents that tell the stories of women in times past. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Profess…
3 years, 6 months ago
Malay’s Dynasty of Reigning Queens
Episode 154
The Sultanate of Patani - now part of modern day Thailand - enjoyed a golden age during the reign of four successive queens, which commenced in 1584.…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Legacy of the Mary Rose
Episode 153
The raising of the Mary Rose 40 years ago - along with some 19,000 objects which sank with her - has become a great boon to Tudor historians, offerin…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Raising of the Mary Rose
Episode 152
Forty years ago on 11 October 1982, after 437 years under water, Henry VIII’s warship, the Mary Rose, was raised from the seabed of the Solent. But h…
3 years, 7 months ago
Remembering Hilary Mantel
Episode 151
Dame Hilary Mantel died on 22 September 2022 at the age of 70. Her acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy - which brought the life of Thomas Cromwell so vividly…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Sinking of the Mary Rose
Episode 150
Exactly forty years ago, in a groundbreaking and spectacular piece of marine conservation that captured the imagination of the world, the Mary Rose w…
3 years, 7 months ago
Slavery and the Royal African Company
Episode 149
The Royal African Company was set up in 1660 - by the ruling Stuart family and City of London merchants - to exploit gold fields up the Gambia River.…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Howard Women
Episode 148
We tend to associate the word ‘dynasty’ with men. But in sixteenth century England, women played a no less important role in these influential famili…
3 years, 7 months ago
Magellan 500: The First Man to Sail the World
Episode 147
Exactly 500 years ago, a small band of sailors completed the first ever circumnavigation of the globe, launched by Ferdinand Magellan. From the arma…
3 years, 7 months ago