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Surviving Plague in Florence
Episode 127
Between 1630 and 1631, the city of Florence suffered its last epidemic of plague. Some 12% of the city's population of 75,000 perished.
In this editio…
3 years, 10 months ago
Elizabeth I: Last Days and Legacy
Episode 126
In the last years of Elizabeth I’s reign, many of the preoccupations of earlier decades had been abated. Mary, Queen of Scots had finally been execut…
3 years, 10 months ago
Was Queenship the Same Around the World?
Episode 125
All this month on Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb has been talking to her guests about Queenship. But the focus has inevitably been …
3 years, 10 months ago
How to Crown a Tudor Queen
Episode 124
Four women were crowned in England between 1509 and 1559: two Queens consort - Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn - and England’s first two Queens r…
3 years, 10 months ago
Isabel Clara Eugenia: Early Modern Europe's Most Powerful Woman
Episode 123
Isabel Clara Eugenia was the heir to the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal, but she was never crowned Queen. But despite this, her life provides a fasci…
3 years, 10 months ago
Mary II and Anne: Sister Queens
Episode 122
To mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, June is Queenship month on Not Just the Tudors. Our series continues with a look at two of Britai…
3 years, 10 months ago
How to Become Queen in Early Modern Europe
Episode 121
In Early Modern Europe, Queens did not come fully formed. Rather, a series of rites, rituals and ceremonies transformed a hesitant bride into a fully…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Queen Who Was Crowned King
Episode 120
Not Just the Tudors’ month-long season on Queenship continues with a look at the fascinating Christina Varsa, who was crowned King of Sweden on 20 Oc…
3 years, 11 months ago
Tudor England's Foreign Queens
Episode 119
Not Just the Tudors’ special month-long look at Queenship continues with an exploration of the popular perception of those foreign Queens who came to…
3 years, 11 months ago
Queen Consorts in the Renaissance
Episode 118
Throughout this month, every episode of Not Just the Tudors is honouring Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee by focussing on some aspect of Queensh…
3 years, 11 months ago