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Not Just the Tudors Episodes

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    Henry VIII's Reckoning: Pilgrimage of Grace

    How did the challenge to Henry VIII鈥檚 religious reforms fail to restore Catholicism?

  2. Henry VIII's Nemesis, Cardinal Pole

    Who was the Cardinal who defied Henry VIII?

  3. Henry VIII's Conscience and Contradictions

    How did Henry VIII's desires change England forever?

  4. Henry VIII's Brothers in Armour

    A fascinating look at the tournament armour of Henry VIII

  5. Henry VIII On Screen: The Historians' Verdict

    Where does fiction meet fact? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates

  6. Henry VIII at War

    Why has history forgotten Henry VIII's legacy as a conqueror?

  7. Henry VIII & his Rabbis

    Henry VIII sought justification for divorce from surprising places.

  8. Hans Holbein: New Discoveries

    Henry VIII鈥檚 commanding gaze, Anne of Cleves鈥� cautious poise are newly examined.

  9. Habsburg Women: Matriarchs of Power

    Time to turn our attention to the Empresses and Queens of the Habsburg Dynasty

  10. Giordano Bruno: Mystic, Heretic, Spy

    S.J. Parris shares her hero; a defender of free speech who was executed by the Church.

  11. German Peasants War

    500 years ago, a moment of hope, rebellion and bloodshed reshaped the landscape of Europe

  12. From Succession to Codpieces: Your Tudor Questions Answered

    From Victorian inaccuracies to the unique upbringing of Henry VIII's wives, it's all here

  13. Fig Leaves & A Grumpy Jesus: Renaissance to Baroque Art

    Why is the Virgin Mary always dressed in blue? Does egg tempera smell?

  14. Fall of Thomas More

    Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor, closest ally, rumoured torturer and...Saint?

  15. Enchanted Realms: Fairies in the 16th Century

    Tinkerbell; step aside! Early modern fairies were not our friends...

  16. Elizabethan Boy Actresses

    An in-depth look at the adolescent boys who played Shakespeare's greatest heroines

  17. Elizabeth I's Doctor, & Poisoner?

    Why was Elizabeth I鈥檚 trusted chief physician executed for treason?

  18. Elizabeth I: Succession

    Is the smooth transition from the Tudors to the Stuart dynasty a myth?

  19. Elizabeth Boleyn: The Queen's Mother

    What if the most powerful woman in Anne Boleyn鈥檚 story never spoke on the record?

  20. Dr Faustus: Pacts with the Devil

    How one play danced with the devil and it paid off.

  21. Did Oliver Cromwell Ban Christmas?

    How did ordinary people take on Puritan forces to preserve their Yuletide festivities?

  22. Diary of Samuel Pepys

    Unlock the pages of one of the most extraordinary diaries ever written.

  23. Death of Henry VIII

    Henry VIII's will was signed and sealed just hours before his death. Is it authentic?

  24. Dark Side of the Quakers

    How religious zeal, fear and desperation drove people to sometimes terrifying acts.

  25. Dancing Plague of 1518

    One woman's mysterious dance sparked an epidemic of people dancing til they dropped.

  26. Cortez and the Aztecs

    Unraveling the Aztec Conquest: Myths, Murder and Indigenous Perspectives

  27. Conquest of the Americas

    Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb uncovers the hidden stories of the Spanish Invasions

  28. Christopher Marlowe: A Dangerous Life

    Was Christopher Marlowe a rebel, a genius, or a heretic ahead of his time?

  29. Christopher Columbus

    Columbus: The man, the monster and the four voyages.

  30. Charles V, Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor

    How the "monarch of the world" defined and shaped 16th-century Europe

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