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Back to SearchTudor England | 5. The wider world
Episode 2174
The 16th century is often seen as a 'golden age' of exploration, which witnessed England's emergence as a major player on the European stage. But it …
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2024 in review: history behind the headlines
Episode 2173
Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter look back at the history behind some of the year's biggest news stories in this special episode of our monthly series
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Shipwrecks: a porthole to the past
Episode 2172
From a sunken Tudor flagship brought back to life by the wonders of osteoarchaeology, to the tales of bravery and endurance surrounding the tragic fa…
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Quaker history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2171
Radical rabble-rousers, trusted bankers and conscientious objectors; the Quakers have been viewed in many different ways down the centuries. Their no…
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Christmas history: everything you wanted to know
Did Oliver Cromwell ban mince pies? When did people first give Christmas presents? And why does Santa wear red? Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne in this e…
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How convict labour forged empires
Episode 2170
Think of the transportation of convicts, and your mind probably goes to the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia in 1788. But, as historian Clare …
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Tudor England | 4. Religion and superstition
Episode 2169
The English Reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries were major milestones in 16th-century England, shaking the very foundations of Tudor r…
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Secrets of medieval churches
Episode 2168
Churches were central to life in the Middle Ages. But with the Reformation wreaking havoc on religious buildings, nowadays it's hard to get a sense o…
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Isabella of Castile: life of the week
Episode 2167
From the fall of Granada to the issuing of the Alhambra decree, Isabella of Castile's reign was one that saw an extraordinary amount of history-alter…
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The massacre that shattered the old Ottoman world
Episode 2166
In 1860, the diverse Ottoman city of Damascus witnessed the massacre of thousands of Christians. The killings, combined with Constantinople’s hardlin…
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