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281 Winners and Losers
Season 6 Episode 16
The population growth and inflation of the 16th century had different impacts depending on your situation. And the difference was land. Plus we talk …
6 years, 3 months ago
280 The Land was Never So Full
Season 6 Episode 15
The start of a suite of 7 episodes about social and economic issues charts the changes in population and how the society it affected described itself…
6 years, 4 months ago
279 Who Wished All for the Best
Season 6 Episode 14
1558 was a fateful year for England which would have a fundamental impact on its future. Find out why.
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6 years, 4 months ago
278 The King's Honour
Season 6 Episode 13
The return of the King meant demands for the English to enter a war they did not want, and in which none of their interests were really at stake.
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6 years, 5 months ago
277 A Firm Hand
Season 6 Episode 12
The story of the Marian persecution. And of a Queen's need to have her Prince at her side to help with the alarms and excursions of protestant rebels…
6 years, 5 months ago
276 The Reformation of England
Season 6 Episode 11
The plan was that 1555 saw the transformation of England - the birth of an heir for Mary and Philip, the launch of a new Reformation Anglicae to re-i…
6 years, 6 months ago
275 The Time of Trial
Season 6 Episode 10
Once Pole had returned and parliament had re-enacted the heresy legislation after the brief Edwardian holiday, the Marian church could at last exerci…
6 years, 6 months ago
274 Not to Destroy but to Build
Season 6 Episode 9
When Pole told parliament that he came to build he meant what he said., and would deliver, in part. And join us on Flick Chat https://flickchat.page…
6 years, 7 months ago
273 Pope II - The Return
Season 6 Episode 8
In 1554, 300 schoolboys of London played out the divisions of their parents on the fields of Finsbury. It was an instructive backdrop to the return o…
6 years, 7 months ago
272 The Spanish Marriage
Season 6 Episode 7
In July 1554 Philip finally landed in England, and all went very well; Mary and Philip were married, and were kind to each other, there was a great p…
6 years, 8 months ago