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Not Just the Tudors Episodes

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    Grace O'Malley, Ireland's Pirate Queen

    An in-depth look at one of the most remarkable women of the Elizabethan age

  2. Giordano Bruno: Mystic, Heretic, Spy

    S.J. Parris shares her hero; a defender of free speech who was executed by the Church.

  3. German Peasants War

    500 years ago, a moment of hope, rebellion and bloodshed reshaped the landscape of Europe

  4. From Succession to Codpieces: Your Tudor Questions Answered

    From Victorian inaccuracies to the unique upbringing of Henry VIII's wives, it's all here

  5. French Revolution: Storming of the Bastille

    What drove a hungry city to storm a fortress?

  6. Fig Leaves & A Grumpy Jesus: Renaissance to Baroque Art

    Why is the Virgin Mary always dressed in blue? Does egg tempera smell?

  7. Fall of Thomas More

    Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor, closest ally, rumoured torturer and...Saint?

  8. Enchanted Realms: Fairies in the 16th Century

    Tinkerbell; step aside! Early modern fairies were not our friends...

  9. Elizabethans in India

    How English travellers tried to win favour in a faraway place that scarcely noticed them?

  10. Elizabethan England's Richest Woman: Bess of Hardwick

    Why does Bess of Hardwick still fascinate us as her 500th anniversary approaches?

  11. Elizabethan Boy Actresses

    An in-depth look at the adolescent boys who played Shakespeare's greatest heroines

  12. Elizabeth I's Doctor, & Poisoner?

    Why was Elizabeth I’s trusted chief physician executed for treason?

  13. Elizabeth I: Succession

    Is the smooth transition from the Tudors to the Stuart dynasty a myth?

  14. Elizabeth Boleyn: The Queen's Mother

    What if the most powerful woman in Anne Boleyn’s story never spoke on the record?

  15. Edmund Halley & His Comet

    How did a man who had a comet named after him change science forever?

  16. Dr Faustus: Pacts with the Devil

    How one play danced with the devil and it paid off.

  17. Did Oliver Cromwell Ban Christmas?

    How did ordinary people take on Puritan forces to preserve their Yuletide festivities?

  18. Diary of Samuel Pepys

    Unlock the pages of one of the most extraordinary diaries ever written.

  19. Death of Henry VIII

    Henry VIII's will was signed and sealed just hours before his death. Is it authentic?

  20. Dark Side of the Quakers

    How religious zeal, fear and desperation drove people to sometimes terrifying acts.

  21. Dark Origins of Fairy Tales

    What if the fairy tales you grew up with were never meant for children at all?

  22. Dancing Plague of 1518

    One woman's mysterious dance sparked an epidemic of people dancing til they dropped.

  23. Cortez and the Aztecs

    Unraveling the Aztec Conquest: Myths, Murder and Indigenous Perspectives

  24. Conquest of the Americas

    Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb uncovers the hidden stories of the Spanish Invasions

  25. Christopher Marlowe: A Dangerous Life

    Was Christopher Marlowe a rebel, a genius, or a heretic ahead of his time?

  26. Christopher Columbus

    Columbus: The man, the monster and the four voyages.

  27. Charles V, Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor

    How the "monarch of the world" defined and shaped 16th-century Europe

  28. Charles II: Restoration of the Monarchy

    An in-depth exploration of the life and times of the Merry Monarch Charles II

  29. Cesare Borgia

    Who was the real man behind Machiavelli's Prince?

  30. Cardinal Wolsey

    The rise and fall of Henry VIII's most trusted confidant

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