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The Venetian Inquisition
Episode 132
From the sixteenth century through to the end of the eighteenth century, the Venetian government and the Roman Catholic Church jointly established a …
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Anne of Cleves
Episode 131
Anne of Cleves was the ‘last woman standing’ of Henry VIII’s wives and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it? Was she in fa…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Man who Wrote Robinson Crusoe: Daniel Dafoe
Episode 130
In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Professor Alan Downie about Daniel Dafoe, whose life was at least as col…
4 years, 2 months ago
Isaac Newton
Episode 129
One of the greatest mathematicians and most influential physicists of all time, Isaac Newton was born into a world of turmoil that shaped him and the…
4 years, 2 months ago
Tudor Poet Anne Askew: Heretic or Martyr?
Episode 128
Born in 1521, Anne Askew was condemned as a heretic for her radical Protestantism beliefs during the reign of Henry VIII. Tortured and executed after…
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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…
4 years, 2 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…
4 years, 2 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 …
4 years, 2 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…
4 years, 2 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…
4 years, 2 months ago