The Cultural Impact of Colonisation
Ruffs, Pipes and PearlsWhen Francis Drake returned home from the Spanish West Indies, he carried with him pearls to present as gifts to Elizabeth I. Around London’s Inns of Court, every gentleman smok...
25 Jul 202240min
The Venetian Inquisition
From the sixteenth century through to the end of the eighteenth century, the Venetian government and the Roman Catholic Church jointly established a tribunal to repress heresy throughout the Republic ...
21 Jul 202241min
Anne of Cleves
Anne of Cleves was the ‘last woman standing’ of Henry VIII’s wives and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it? Was she in fact a political refugee, supported by the King? Was ...
18 Jul 202240min
The Man who Wrote Robinson Crusoe: Daniel Dafoe
In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Professor Alan Downie about Daniel Dafoe, whose life was at least as colourful as those of the characters he created. Apart...
14 Jul 202245min
Isaac Newton
One of the greatest mathematicians and most influential physicists of all time, Isaac Newton was born into a world of turmoil that shaped him and the avenues he chose to explore. In this episode of No...
11 Jul 202252min
Tudor Poet Anne Askew: Heretic or Martyr?
Born in 1521, Anne Askew was condemned as a heretic for her radical Protestantism beliefs during the reign of Henry VIII. Tortured and executed after the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1537, she was also one ...
7 Jul 202230min
Surviving Plague in Florence
Between 1630 and 1631, the city of Florence suffered its last epidemic of plague. Some 12% of the city's population of 75,000 perished.In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipsco...
4 Jul 202247min
Elizabeth I: Last Days and Legacy
In the last years of Elizabeth I’s reign, many of the preoccupations of earlier decades had been abated. Mary, Queen of Scots had finally been executed in 1587; the Spanish Armada was defeated the fol...
30 Jun 202241min
