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258 Protector Somerset
Season 5 Episode 63
Somerset was an effective soldier, and as uncle to the king he seemed like an ideal choice as Protector. Would he prove an effective political? Good …
7 years, 3 months ago
257 His Blood Crieth out against Thee
Season 5 Episode 62
Within week, Edward Seymour was safely ensconced on the seat of power. But brother Thomas was not impressed, and would involve three women - Catherin…
7 years, 4 months ago
256 The Boy King
Season 5 Episode 61
Poor Edward's reign tends to be ignored, sandwiched as it is. This week we pay it proper respect - what has history had to say of the lad, what were …
7 years, 4 months ago
255 Europe XI The Spanish Century
Season 5 Episode 60
By 1600, the Spain and her Empire was acknowledged as the richest and most powerful state in Europe. the hardworking Phillip II worked into the night…
7 years, 4 months ago
254 Europe X Chaos and Threat
Season 5 Episode 59
Our survey of 16th century Europe moves on to the growth of the Ottoman Empire under Suleyman, and the chaos of the French religious wars.
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7 years, 5 months ago
253 Europe IX Confessionalism Unleashed
Season 5 Episode 58
How the rise of Calvinism, the Catholic Reformation and the peace of Augsberg combined with attitudes towards heresy to divide Europe along harsher, …
7 years, 5 months ago
252 Henry VIII - Judgement Day
Season 5 Episode 57
Alternative views of the Big Man presented in this week's megasode and your chance to vote and be entered into the prize draw for coins kindly donate…
7 years, 5 months ago
251 The End of Days
Season 5 Episode 56
In 1546, Gardiner and the religious conservatives moved their sights from Cranmer, to the new darling of the evangelical cause - the Queen. Getting e…
7 years, 6 months ago
250 Catherine and Anne
Season 5 Episode 55
In 1545 the struggle between conservative and evangelical, between mumpsimus and sumpsimus grew more intense as Catherine Parr's household shed an ev…
7 years, 7 months ago
249 Knaves I Cannot Rule
Season 5 Episode 54
It's time for a naval encounter, marked by the sinking of the Mary Rose, and then we set the scene for the cut-throat politics of the last years with…
7 years, 7 months ago