Kateryn Parr: Henry VIII's Sixth Queen
Kateryn Parr - as she herself wrote her name - is often portrayed as a colourless, prudish figure, known mainly for surviving her marriage to King Henry VIII. But Parr's life reads like a Renaissance ...
10 Feb 202247min
Travel in the Ming Dynasty
Around the same time as the Mayflower was landing at Cape Cod, on the other side of the world tourism was thriving in China, giving rise to a fascinating genre of travel writing.To mark the start of t...
7 Feb 202235min
Edward VI: The Last Boy King
Edward VI, son of Henry VIII, became King of England at the age of nine. All around him loomed powerful men who hoped to use him to further their own ends. Edward was the only Tudor monarch who was gr...
3 Feb 202246min
Antwerp: Renaissance Europe's Dazzling Sea Port
Antwerp during the Renaissance was as sensational as nineteenth-century Paris or twentieth-century New York. For half the sixteenth century, it was the place for breaking rules - religious, sexual and...
31 Jan 202251min
Death of Henry VIII
475 years ago, on 28 January 1547, King Henry VIII died at the age of 55. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped, and sealed. Historians have disagreed ever ...
27 Jan 202238min
Henry VIII & Jousting
In the world of King Henry VIII, the paramount place to demonstrate physical strength and manly courage was the joust - and Henry excelled at it.In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzan...
24 Jan 202243min
Kate Mosse: Writing Historical Fiction
Kate Mosse is the multimillion-selling author of the Languedoc Trilogy - Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel. With her new novel The City of Tears, the second in her series The Burning Chambers, just out...
20 Jan 202248min
Cardinal Wolsey
No advisor was more important to King Henry VIII than Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. He captured Henry's attention with his brilliance and became his most trusted confidant. But when the King wanted to divor...
17 Jan 202251min
