True Crime: Moll Cutpurse - London's Cross-Dressing Criminal

<p>How did one woman scandalise sixteenth century London by refusing to live by its rules?</p><p>Mary Frith - aka Moll Cutpurse - rejected the expectations of respectable womanhood, wore men’s clothes, smoked a pipe, carried weapons, and frequented London’s taverns, theatres, prisons and courtrooms.</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Dr. Holly Marsden explore the extraordinary life and afterlife of Moll - pickpocket, performer, and notorious Roaring Girl of Elizabethan and Jacobean England.</p><br><p><strong>MORE</strong></p><br><p><strong>Murderous Women</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/murderous-women/…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/3zHp6lXTfdOK6UOqAJJ7q…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p><strong>True Crime: Europe's First Female Serial Killer?</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/true-crime-europ…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/1s9EWWYu3qWDV3wZTzjSZ…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p>Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.</p><p><em>Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast</em></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week. Sign up at </strong><a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></strong&…;

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