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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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
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, 10 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months ago