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Antwerp: Renaissance Europe's Dazzling Sea Port
Episode 83
Antwerp during the Renaissance was as sensational as nineteenth-century Paris or twentieth-century New York. For half the sixteenth century, it was t…
4 years, 7 months ago
Death of Henry VIII
Episode 82
475 years ago, on 28 January 1547, King Henry VIII died at the age of 55. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, s…
4 years, 7 months ago
Henry VIII & Jousting
Episode 81
In the world of King Henry VIII, the paramount place to demonstrate physical strength and manly courage was the joust - and Henry excelled at it.
In t…
4 years, 7 months ago
Kate Mosse: Writing Historical Fiction
Episode 80
Kate Mosse is the multimillion-selling author of the Languedoc Trilogy - Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel. With her new novel The City of Tears, the …
4 years, 7 months ago
Cardinal Wolsey
Episode 79
No advisor was more important to King Henry VIII than Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. He captured Henry's attention with his brilliance and became his most t…
4 years, 7 months ago
Elizabeth I & Mary, Queen of Scots
Episode 78
Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots were cousins who never met - but their fates were intertwined. As their nations were engulfed in religious turmo…
4 years, 7 months ago
1492: The Year the Spanish Monarchy Changed the World
Episode 77
2022 marks the 530th anniversary of 1492 - the year in which Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille ended centuries of Muslim rule in Spain, ex…
4 years, 8 months ago
Franz Hals: Painter of The Laughing Cavalier
Episode 76
One of the most famous paintings in London is The Laughing Cavalier of 1624 by Franz Hals, the great portrait artist of the Dutch Golden Age whose fa…
4 years, 8 months ago
2022: A Year of Major Anniversaries
Episode 75
Happy New Year from Not Just the Tudors! But what, looking back, can we look forward to in 2022? Our first episode of the year anticipates 12 months …
4 years, 8 months ago
A Happy Tudor New Year
Episode 74
For the Tudors, Christmas Day was not traditionally the date when gifts were given. The Twelve Days of Christmas begin on 25 December and end at Epip…
4 years, 8 months ago