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<p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks about everything from the Aztecs to witches, Velázquez to Shakespeare, Mughal India to the Mayflower. Not, in other words, just the Tudors, but most definitely also the Tudors.</p><br><p>Each episode Suzannah is joined by historians and experts to reveal incredible stories about one of the most fascinating periods in history, new releases every Wednesday and Sunday.</p><br><p>A podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts Dan Snow's History Hit, The Ancients, and Betwixt the Sheets.</p><br><p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a>;. </p><br><p>History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™</p>

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  1. Witchfinder General

    <p>In the aftermath of the Civil War, a remote corner of Essex witnessed the most brutally devastating witch-hunt in English history. A dangerous maverick Matthew Hopkins - the 'Witchfinder General' - hunted down vulnerable people across Ea

  2. How Persia Influenced Elizabeth I

    <p>Could an ancient Persian drama have stopped Mary, Queen of Scots from being executed?</p><p>When Queen Elizabeth I faced an agonising dilemma over her captive cousin, a performance about Cyrus the Great offered her a provocative lesson:

  3. Thomas, Oliver and the Cromwell Dynasty

    <p>From Thomas Cromwell's rise under Henry VIII to Oliver Cromwell’s rule as Lord Protector, how did the faith, ambition, and power of one family shape the course of British history?</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr Miranda

  4. Gulliver's Travels

    <p>Is <em>Gulliver’s Travels</em> just a whimsical children’s adventure story, or is it a scathing satire designed to expose political hypocrisy?</p><p>From suppressed Irish resistance allegories to biting parodies of Whig corruption, Enlig

  5. Dark Origins of Fairy Tales

    <p>What if the fairy tales you grew up with were never meant for children at all?</p><p>Long before these stories were transformed into family-friendly animated films, they were forged in the gritty reality of Renaissance Italy and later we

  6. How to Survive Henry VIII

    <p>How did one man survive serving Henry VIII as principal secretary when others lost their heads? Why is the mastermind behind the King’s final, most turbulent decade so often forgotten?</p><p>Rising through sheer intellect and royal favou

  7. Britain's Slave Traders

    <p>How did a risky 16th-century venture evolve into a national enterprise that fuelled the rise of the British Empire? How did a vast network of royalty, politicians, cultural figures, and ordinary citizens finance human exploitation to exp

  8. John Dudley, The 'Wicked' Duke

    <p>How did the son of an executed traitor rise to become the power behind young Edward VI? Was John Dudley a visionary patriot saving England from crisis or a ruthless opportunist who risked everything for ultimate power?</p><p>Following th

  9. How the Americas Transformed Tudor England

    <p>In 1588, mathematician Thomas Harriot mapped a doomed colony and drafted the playbook for English empire. But did Indigenous culture reshape Shakespeare's England just as profoundly?</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Lau

  10. Earl of Essex: Rise & Fall of Elizabeth I's Favourite

    <p>How did a favourite of Elizabeth I go from royal darling to executed traitor?</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Alex Gajda and Dr. Will Tosh to explore the meteoric rise and catastrophic fall of Robert Devereux, Earl of

  11. Dutch Armada: The Last Invasion of England

    <p>Why did the Dutch Republic risk everything to launch one of the boldest seaborne invasions in English history and overthrow King James II? Why did England’s defences collapse so quickly? How close did the operation come to disaster?</p><

  12. Royal Favourites: The Filthy Earl of Rochester

    <p><strong>**CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE & ADULT THEMES</strong>**</p><br><p>What really went on behind closed doors in the scandalous court of the "Merry Monarch"? What made John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, both Restoration England's

  13. The Rotten End of Henry VIII

    <p>Death, death, and more death surrounds Henry VIII's final years.</p><p>What happens when a monarch is trapped by physical decay, paranoia, and lethal court factionalism? He may have secured an heir and severed ties with Rome, but Henry V

  14. Henry VIII's Reign of Terror

    <p><strong>**Contains graphic description of execution</strong>**</p><br><p>What happened when one monarch's personal obsession dismantled an entire international order? How did Henry VIII transform a marriage crisis into the English Reform

  15. Quest for an Heir: Henry VIII, Aragon and Boleyn

    <p>In the 1520s, a dynastic crisis loomed behind the brilliance of Henry VIII's court. Desperate for a male heir after Catherine of Aragon's string of tragic pregnancies, Henry's frustration mounted as his foreign military adventures failed

  16. Henry VIII: From Cradle to Crown

    <p>How did a dazzling young Tudor prince become one of history's most notorious kings? How much of Henry VIII’s later tyranny was shaped by the world into which he was born?</p><p>Long before the six wives, the Reformation and the execution

  17. How to Survive as a Tudor Peasant

    <p>What was everyday life like for an ordinary person in Tudor times? How did dramatic changes in population, climate, disease and the economy reshape villages across England?</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb steps beyond the royal palaces

  18. Young Elizabeth I: Princess & Prisoner

    <p>How did a child written off by the Tudor court rise to become one of England's most iconic monarchs?</p><p>Before she became queen, Elizabeth Tudor was surrounded by scandal, suspicion and deadly intrigue. Born to Anne Boleyn and Henry V

  19. Captain Cook: The Voyage that Changed the World

    <p>How did Captain James Cook's scientific voyage of 1768 become a mission for the British empire?</p><p>While expanding knowledge of Pacific geography and natural history, Captain Cook was under secret orders to claim lands for Britain.</p

  20. Manhattan’s Most Notorious Couple

    <p>Who were the scandalous, defiant couple on the margins of Dutch society who became part of the founding story of New York?</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Professor Alan Mikhail to uncover the extraordinary lives of Anthon

  21. James V: Scotland's Ambitious Renaissance King

    <p>Was James V of Scotland a beleaguered child king or a brilliant Renaissance ruler who mastered the performance of power?</p><p>Crowned before his second birthday, James curbed powerful magnates, strengthened royal authority and secured S

  22. True Crime: Mass Murderering Artist Cellini

    <p>How did a murderous, swaggering, wildly unreliable goldsmith become one of the most celebrated artists of the 16th century? Does genius excuse monstrous behaviour?</p><p>Benvenuto Cellini's story is as shocking as it is dazzling, taking

  23. C.S. Lewis & Narnia: Renaissance Origins

    <p>Why does C.S. Lewis's Narnia - with its images of winter, sacrifice, kingship and renewal - continue to resonate with generations of readers? How did Lewis weave Renaissance symbolism and Christian imagination into one of literature’s be

  24. The Star Chamber: Murder, Witch & Libel Trials

    <p>What really happened inside England’s most feared court? Was the Star Chamber a sinister instrument of royal tyranny, or a vital route to justice for those ignored by ordinary law?</p><p>From its rise under Henry VII to its abolition in

  25. William Cecil: The Power Behind Elizabeth I

    <p>Who really ruled Elizabethan England?</p><p>For almost four decades, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, guided Queen Elizabeth I through religious turmoil, assassination plots, the threat of the Spanish Armada, the execution of Mary, Que

  26. Witnesses to the French Revolution

    <p>What was the French Revolution like for those who lived through it? What can private journals reveal that speeches, pamphlets and official records cannot?</p><p>From the storming of the Bastille to the Terror and the guillotine, ordinary

  27. New Discovery: Who Really Wrote Elizabeth I's Letters?

    <p>Was Elizabeth I really as angry and bad tempered as history has always claimed? How did some of her most secret state letters come to be penned by a Spaniard, while England was at war with Spain?</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb breaks

  28. Robespierre & Revolutionary Terror

    <p>How did the French Revolution, built on liberty, become ruled by fear? And how did Robespierre - the man who had sent kings, nobles and priests to their deaths - himself end up beneath the blade of the guillotine?</p><p>Professor Suzanna

  29. How Protestants Justified Slavery

    <p>Was the Protestant Reformation ever truly global? How did radical theology, empire, slavery and missionary ambition collide across the early modern world?</p><p>The global spread of Christianity was marked by failure, compromise and mora

  30. French Revolution: Storming of the Bastille

    <p>What drove a hungry city to storm a fortress? How did the fall of the Bastille become the defining symbol of the French Revolution?</p><p>In this second episode of our series, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Professor Marisa Linton visit

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