Not Just the Tudors
By History Hit
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks about everything from the Aztecs to witches, Velázquez to Shakespeare, Mughal India to the Mayflower. Not, in other words, just the Tudors, but most definitely also the Tudors.
Each episode Suzannah is joined by historians and experts to reveal incredible stories about one of the most fascinating periods in history. You can also subscribe to our Tudor Tuesday newsletter, here >
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Elizabethan 'Travel Liar': The Truth about David Ingram
In 1567, a sailor named David Ingram sailed from Plymouth with 400 others on a slaving expedition. The ensuing events read like a fantastic adventure story. -
Mary Queen of Scots, Catherine de' Medici & Elisabeth de Valois
Three powerful Renaissance queens all lived together at the French court at the mercy of the state. -
Shakespeare's First Folio
Four hundred years ago in 1623, the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays was printed. -
Great Fire of London
Why do we call the Great Fire of London in 1666 “great”? -
Tudors in Ireland
The history of the Tudor monarchy cannot fully be told without understanding its relations with Ireland. -
Obscene Jokes in the Early Modern Period
Did you hear the one about the priest and the egg? -
Anne Boleyn & Katherine of Aragon: Rival Queens?
Did Katherine and Anne have more in common than we normally imagine? -
Enslaved Children in 16th Century Spain
Listen to find out why the enslavement of children was banned, how the slave owners reacted, and what became of them. -
Witches of St Osyth
Who were the women who were hanged for the crime of witchcraft? -
Louis XIV and his Mistresses
Despite the devotion of his wife Maria Theresa of Spain, Louis XIV took a series of mistresses, a number of them "official". Yet, for the last three decades of his life, he settled down more loyally with the Marquise de Maintenon.