Not Just the Tudors Episodes Available now
The Last Plantagenets in Tudor England
How did the Plantagenets fair after the Wars of the Roses? Prof. Lipscomb investigates
Fig Leaves & A Grumpy Jesus: Renaissance to Baroque Art
Why is the Virgin Mary always dressed in blue? Does egg tempera smell?
Rudolf II, the "Mad Habsburg Emperor"
How the most enigmatic Habsburg emperor established the heart of Renaissance creativity
Marlowe & Shakespeare: Rivals or Collaborators?
Exploring Dangerous Times: Playwrights, Politics, and Censorship in Elizabethan England
Habsburg Women: Matriarchs of Power
Time to turn our attention to the Empresses and Queens of the Habsburg Dynasty
Vanity of Henry VIII with Kate Lister
With six wives, Henry VIII must have had something going for him, right?
Charles V, Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor
How the "monarch of the world" defined and shaped 16th-century Europe
Shakespeare's Male Muse: A Mystery Solved?
Could a long-hidden portrait unlock the mystery of Shakespeare鈥檚 most intimate poetry?
Rise of the Habsburgs
How did a modest Swiss noble house rise to dominate Europe for almost 400 years?
Oliver Cromwell v. Charles I
From the decisive Battle of Naseby to the execution of King Charles I