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  1. From Succession to Codpieces: Your Tudor Questions Answered

    <p>In this special episode, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb fields questions about the Tudors and their time that have all been suggested by you. From the hundreds of ideas for episodes and queries received from listeners all over the world, Su

  2. Surviving Plague in Venice

    <p>450 years ago, Venice found itself facing a plague outbreak that would kill more than 50,000 people - a third of its population. But to manage the epidemic, the city developed pioneering measures. These included the creation of of specia

  3. Elizabeth Boleyn: The Queen's Mother

    <p>What if the most powerful woman in Anne Boleyn’s story never spoke on the record? Elizabeth Boleyn steps out of the shadows in this revelatory Tudor deep-dive. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Sophie Bacchus-Waterman to piece tog

  4. Henry VIII At War

    <p>**Contains descriptions of war atrocities, including rape and infanticide**</p><br><p>In 1544, Henry VIII led the largest army ever raised by an English monarch to capture the French port of Boulogne. It was said that the conquest would

  5. How Poets Spoke Truth to Power

    <p>Throughout history, the words of poets have often ignited change or unsettled those in power. In England particularly, poetry has both celebrated and criticised the country's greatest triumphs and darkest hours. Professor Suzannah Lipsco

  6. Dark Side of the Quakers

    <p>**Contains story of a young male suicide**</p><br><p>Out of the devastation of the English Civil Wars, a radical new religious movement was born. The early Quakers, led by fiery and charismatic preachers, believed they had been chosen by

  7. Mother of All Tudors: Margaret Beaufort

    <p><br></p><p>Step into the turbulent heart of the Wars of the Roses and meet one of history’s most formidable survivors: Lady Margaret Beaufort.</p><p>A child bride, a teenage mother, and ultimately the mastermind behind the rise of the Tu

  8. Origins of Free Speech

    <p>Free speech is today more contested than ever before. In many places, differing views about politics, sex, and religion are suppressed and punished. In the West, debates rage over its limits and meaning. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is jo

  9. Raleigh and the Lost Colony of Roanoke

    <p>What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke?</p><p>In the 1580s Sir Walter Raleigh set about establishing a permanent English colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. But within a few years the settlement and its coloni

  10. Tudor True Crime: Who Murdered Lord Darnley?

    <p>**Contains accounts of murder and sexual violence**</p><p>After an explosion rocked Edinburgh in February 1567, Lord Darnley - husband to Mary, Queen of Scots - was found strangled, alongside a servant. Who killed them? Was it Darnley's

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