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295 Marvellous Good order
Season 6 Episode 30
In Scotland Mary's grasp on her kingdom begins to wobble. In 1566, Elizabeth's parliament also gives her serious grief, drawing an increasingly waspi…
5 years, 10 months ago
294 Alarms and Excursions
Season 6 Episode 29
Did Elizabeth have a foreign 'policy'? If so what principles drove it - dynasty, parsimony, protestantism? This week Elizabeth intervenes in Scotland…
5 years, 10 months ago
293 Sex and Marriage
Season 6 Episode 28
Dudley was for long considered the front runner for any possible marriage; but there was a long list of suitors. And Elizabeth was under pressure fro…
5 years, 11 months ago
292 The Queens Marriage
Season 6 Episode 27
What were the issues around marriage for Elizabeth and her subjects? Because as the continuing barney between the two of them would prove, it really …
5 years, 11 months ago
291 Queen and Court
Season 6 Episode 26
How did Elizabethan government work, and what was Elizabeth's court like?
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6 years ago
290 The Religious Settlement
Season 6 Episode 25
Elizabeth's England was awash with expectation - from Mary's bishops demanding that no change be made to Mary's church, to a wave of Protestant Maria…
6 years ago
289 Elizabeth Regina
Season 6 Episode 24
A game of 2 halves this week; the major themes of Elizabeth's reign and then the Funeral of Mary and Elizabeth's coronation . Ooh, and the appointmen…
6 years, 1 month ago
288 Elizabeth I and the Historians
Season 6 Episode 23
Elizabeth's reputation has been broadly positive except for Catholic historians, established by the man pictured, William Camden (1551-1623) though s…
6 years, 1 month ago
287 Enter Good Queen Bess
Season 6 Episode 22
In January 1559, Elizabeth finally entered London, and on the day of her coronation, she processed through London. Elizabeth's personality turned the…
6 years, 2 months ago
286 Sex and the Reformation of Manners
Season 6 Episode 21
What concerned society about sexual behaviour and why ? How did they intervene in the way people lived their lives; what did you have to do to be whi…
6 years, 5 months ago