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Not Just the Tudors Episodes

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    Othered: Race, Gender & Human 'Monsters'

    An exploration of the four humors and human classification in the Early Modern period

  2. Origins of Free Speech

    How has freedom of speech been upheld, from the Middle Ages to the American Revolution?

  3. Oliver Cromwell v. Charles I

    From the decisive Battle of Naseby to the execution of King Charles I

  4. Nicholas Culpeper: Herbalist and Radical

    The maverick herbalist who fought for medical freedom.

  5. Nell Gwyn: Actress & Royal Mistress

    How did a lowly orange seller become the celebrated mistress of Charles II?

  6. Mystery of the Cheapside Hoard

    Where did the greatest cache of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery ever found come from?

  7. Mysterious Murder of Juan Borgia

    Who was responsible for one of history's great unsolved murders?

  8. Murderous Women

    The women who horrified and fascinated England with their shocking acts of violence.

  9. Mother of all Tudors: Lady Margaret Beaufort

    Meet one of the most formidable survivors of the Wars of the Roses.

  10. Moli猫re: Satire, Scandal & the Stage

    Was Moli猫re really a radical 鈥� or a master of well-calibrated provocation?

  11. Mary Rose & the Battle of the Solent

    Before the Spanish Armada, an even more dangerous invasion loomed.

  12. Marlowe & Shakespeare: Rivals or Collaborators?

    Exploring Dangerous Times: Playwrights, Politics, and Censorship in Elizabethan England

  13. Marie Antoinette

    A trailblazing diva who divided society.

  14. Machiavelli

    Was Machiavelli a cynical manipulator or a realist ahead of his time?

  15. Lucrezia Borgia

    Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb dissects the myths surrounding the infamous femme fatale

  16. Little Ice Age

    How did England adapt to severe weather from the 15th to early 19th centuries?

  17. King vs. Emperor: The Battle of Pavia, 1525

    One of the most decisive battles of the Renaissance was fought 500 years ago

  18. John Dee's Angels

    Was an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I communicating with angels?

  19. Jane Boleyn with Philippa Gregory

    Was Anne Boleyn's sister-in-law a villain or just fighting for her own life?

  20. Jane Austen & the Reformation

    How did the dissolution of the monasteries shape the landscapes of Jane Austen's novels?

  21. James II: The Restoration's Last Catholic King

    Was King James II a tyrant blinded by belief, or a visionary undone by his own time?

  22. Isabella d鈥橢ste: Renaissance Influencer

    Discover the woman we all want to be, but not be related to.

  23. Isabel and Ferdinand: Renaissance Power Couple

    How did Isabel and Ferdinand shape 15th-century Spain into a powerful monarchy?

  24. Ireland's Witchcraft Trials

    The Mystery of the Island Magee Witches.

  25. Ireland Under The Brutal Tudors

    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the massacres carried out in Elizabeth I's name.

  26. How to Survive the Plague

    How did misinformation and scapegoats stoke terror across the nation?

  27. How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England

    How did ordinary people navigate the perils of sickness and try to live for longer?

  28. How to Run a Stuart Household

    Margaret Baker鈥檚 Receipt Books: Unearthing 17th Century Domestic Life

  29. How to Kill a Scottish Witch

    Scotland's Witch Trials and the modern-day efforts to recognise these historic injustices

  30. How Poets Spoke Truth to Power

    How have the pens of poets given rise to courage and resistance?

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