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Female Sodomy
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…

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Women Letter Writers in the Early Modern Period
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…

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Malay’s Dynasty of Reigning Queens
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.…

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The Legacy of the Mary Rose
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…

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The Raising of the Mary Rose
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…

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Remembering Hilary Mantel
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…

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The Sinking of the Mary Rose
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…

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Slavery and the Royal African Company
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.…

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The Howard Women
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…

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Magellan 500: The First Man to Sail the World
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…

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