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.
Latest episode
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Charles II's Most Infamous Mistress: Barbara Villiers
The true story of a woman with a notorious appetite for life, love, riches, amusement, and power. -
The Mighty Ashanti: Rival to the British Empire
Luke Pepera joins Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb to discuss the incredible Empire, which fiercely resisted British colonialism to protect and expand its territory. -
Spycraft: From the Elizabethans to the Restoration
The 16th and 17th centuries were a crucial time for spycraft, full of political intrigue and diplomatic subterfuge. -
The Death of Henry VIII
Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb offers her own illuminating interpretation of the aftermath of Henry VIII's death and the mystery of his will. -
The First Japanese Visitor to Elizabethan England
Professor Thomas Lockley, author of A Gentleman from Japan, recovers the remarkable story of 'Christopher'. -
Charles II's Lost Queen: Catherine de Braganza
Dr. Sophie Shorland talks about her new book The Lost Queen, which tells the full story of Catherine de Braganza and reveals how she changed the country in many ways both large and small. -
Ultimate Tudor Spy-Master: Robert Cecil
Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Prof. Stephen Alford about a man who became supremely skilled in the arts of power, making many rivals and enemies. -
Six Wives: Kateryn Parr
Kateryn Parr is the most surprising and one of the most fascinating of all the unfortunate women who were married to Henry VIII. -
Women Pirates of the Caribbean
How piracy offered a chance at a freedom otherwise disallowed to women -
Six Wives: Katherine Howard
Of all of Henry’s queens, Katherine Howard has been the one most subject to the judgements of posterity.