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Mary I's Husband: Philip II of Spain
Episode 53
Philip II of Spain - the most powerful monarch of the early modern period - was married to Queen Mary Tudor from 1554 until her death in 1558. But Ph…
4 years, 10 months ago
How Catherine of Aragon Learnt to be Queen
Episode 52
The Spanish infanta Catalina of Aragon was raised to be a Queen, betrothed at the age of three to the heir apparent of the English throne, Arthur Pri…
4 years, 10 months ago
The 1549 Kett's Rebellion
Episode 51
In 1549, the Tudor establishment was rocked by a series of popular rebellions, born of deep discontent over the enclosure by wealthy landowners of co…
4 years, 11 months ago
17th & 18th Century Sexual Revolution
Episode 50
For most of western history, sex outside of marriage was forbidden by law, with adulterers even facing the death sentence. The church, the state and …
4 years, 11 months ago
Lady Jane Grey
Episode 49
On a cold February morning in 1554, Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for high treason. Named as King Edward VI as his successor, Queen Jane had reigned fo…
4 years, 11 months ago
Sir Thomas More
Episode 48
Who was Thomas More - Knight, Chancellor and Martyr? His life is paradoxical, with More regarded as both saint and persecutor, Humanist intellectual …
4 years, 11 months ago
The Gunpowder Plot: Tudor Origins
Episode 47
The Gunpowder Plot is one of the hinge events of British history - an act of terror the roots of which stretch back to the Tudor period and Henry VII…
4 years, 11 months ago
Holbein and the Tudor Court
Episode 46
In the early 1530s, the painter Hans Holbein the Younger returns to London. His patronage by Anne Boleyn and the influential Thomas Cromwell leads to…
4 years, 11 months ago
Hans Holbein's Early Years
Episode 45
Hans Holbein the Younger is celebrated for his hyper-realistic, iconic portraits of Henry VIII, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Anne of Cleves, Jane Se…
4 years, 11 months ago
Clothing Tudor Queens
Episode 44
How did Tudor Queens clothe themselves? How did female fashion change over Henry VIII's reign? Did foreign Queens influence English fashion or adopt …
4 years, 11 months ago