Sorcery and the Tudor Court
It's a little known fact that the Tudor monarchs and their councillors used - and feared - magic and the occult. At this time of great religious change and great religious faith, belief in magic was p...
31 Okt 202236min
Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India
In 1611, the daughter of a Persian nobleman and widow of a subversive official, became the 20th and favourite wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Unique and outstanding for the age in which she lived...
27 Okt 202235min
Edward VI & The Prayer Book Rebellion
The so-called “Prayer Book Rebellion” of 1549 saw the people of Devon and Cornwall rising up against the young King Edward VI, determined to halt the religious reforms of the Tudor period. The rebelli...
24 Okt 202243min
Eustace Chapuys: Ambassador to the Tudor Court
Historians would be completely lost without the colourful, crucial insights of Eustace Chapuys, the Spanish Ambassador to Henry VIII's court from 1529 to 1545. Chapuys’ dispatches were filled with per...
20 Okt 202246min
Female Sodomy
Few cases of same-sex acts between women are known in early modern Europe. Yet in the Southern Netherlands, some 25 women were charged with “female sodomy” between c. 1400 and 1550 - and they received...
17 Okt 202246min
Women Letter Writers in the Early Modern Period
Historians face an enormous challenge finding documents that tell the stories of women in times past. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Professor James Daybe...
13 Okt 202249min
Malay’s Dynasty of Reigning Queens
The Sultanate of Patani - now part of modern day Thailand - enjoyed a golden age during the reign of four successive queens, which commenced in 1584. Under their rule, the kingdom's economic and milit...
10 Okt 202231min
The Legacy of the Mary Rose
The raising of the Mary Rose 40 years ago - along with some 19,000 objects which sank with her - has become a great boon to Tudor historians, offering an unrivalled glimpse of life at that time. Addit...
6 Okt 202243min
