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The Founding of Jamestown
Episode 112
415 years ago this month, 104 English men and boys landed in North America and established a settlement they called Jamestown in Virginia. Over the c…
4 years, 4 months ago
How to Treat Depression in 17th Century England
Episode 111
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, Not Just the Tudors casts a 21st century eye over "one of the most perplexing, elusive, attractive, and afflict…
4 years, 4 months ago
Sex & The Tudors
Episode 110
There’s not an infinite number of ways that humans can act on sexual desire. Human bodies haven’t changed, but the cultural landscape around sex has.…
4 years, 4 months ago
Walter Raleigh's Quest for El Dorado
Episode 109
Sir Walter Raleigh remains one of the enduring names from the Elizabethan era. He was a true Renaissance man - a statesman, soldier, writer, explorer…
4 years, 4 months ago
Suleyman the Magnificent
Episode 108
The Ottoman Sultan Suleyman I - known as "Suleyman the Magnificent" in the West - was the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century. His …
4 years, 4 months ago
Discovering Hampton Court
Episode 107
Many of the private and public dramas in the life of Henry VIII took place at Hampton Court Palace. Begun in 1514 for Cardinal Wolsey, Hampton Court …
4 years, 4 months ago
Milton's Paradise Lost: An Epic Poem
Episode 106
In 1667 - 355 years ago this month - a young London publisher called Samuel Simmons printed a very important book - John Milton's Paradise Lost. Milt…
4 years, 4 months ago
How Tudor England Treated Outsiders
Episode 105
The recently released film Lapwing is set during the Tudor period, one year after the Egyptian Act of 1554 effectively criminalised Romani people and…
4 years, 4 months ago
The House of Dudley
Episode 104
The Dudleys were the most brilliant, bold and manipulative of power-hungry Tudor families. Every Tudor monarch made their name either with a Dudley a…
4 years, 5 months ago
Francesca Caccini: Composer to the Medicis
Episode 103
Francesca Caccini (1587-c.1641) is one of the forgotten women of classical music. She was an exceptional singer and instrumentalist, but above all, a…
4 years, 5 months ago