Not Just the Tudors
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Not Just the Tudors
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.Each episode Suzannah is joined by historians and experts to reveal incredible stories abo...
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How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England
In 16th and 17th century England, the plague and pox, disease and injury were a daily presence. At at time when medicine was a complex interplay of tr...
Fig Leaves & A Grumpy Jesus: Renaissance to Baroque Art
Have you ever wandered through a museum and thought: Why is the Virgin Mary always dressed in blue? Did they really use eggs in egg tempera—and did i...
Rudolf II, the "Mad Habsburg Emperor"
In the final episode of her short series on the Habsburg dynasty, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb turns to one of the most fascinating and misunderstood r...
Marlowe & Shakespeare: Rivals or Collaborators?
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb engages in a captivating conversation with award-winning dramatist Liz Duffy Adams about the new Royal Shakespeare product...
Habsburg Women: Matriarchs of Power
When we think of the Habsburgs, the spotlight usually falls on emperors, kings, and archdukes—powerful men who dominated Europe. But behind the scene...
Vanity of Henry VIII with Kate Lister
With six wives, Henry VIII must have had something going for him, right? Was he handsome? Charming? Intelligent? Just plain powerful? In this episode,...
Charles V, Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor
In the second episode of our special Habsburg dynasty series, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by renowned historian Professor Geoffrey Parker to...
Shakespeare's Male Muse: A Mystery Solved?
Could a long-hidden miniature painting unlock the mystery of Shakespeare’s most intimate poetry? Unearthed after 400 years in a private collection, a...
Rise of the Habsburgs
In the first of a special four-part series on the Habsburgs, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb traces the unlikely rise of Europe’s most enduring imperial f...
Oliver Cromwell v. Charles I
On 30 January 1649, the unthinkable happened: for the first time in history, a reigning monarch was tried and condemned by his own people. But how di...
The English Civil War
What sparks a nation to turn against its own king? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb dives into the turbulent and transformative decade that witnessed the...
Tudor True Crime: Europe's Most Murderous Dynasty
The rich and powerful Guise family was one of the most treacherous and bloodthirsty in sixteenth-century France. They whipped up religious bigotry, o...
Tudor True Crime: Murder in the Stuart Court
The public fascination with true crime is nothing new. Four centuries ago, the sensational story of the death in the Tower of London of Thomas Overbu...
Tudor True Crime: Murder of Amy Dudley
**WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of suicide**
On 6 September 1560, Amy Robsart Dudley died after falling down a staircase at Cumnor...
Tudor True Crime: Murder of Christopher Marlowe
Who stabbed the famed playwright? And who planned it? We're stepping out of the sun and into the shadows on Not Just the Tudors, as Professor Suzanna...
Othered: Race, Gender & Human 'Monsters'
**Contains examples of 'othering', including birth abnormalities, and the terms used to describe them historically**
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb...
Molière: Satire, Scandal & the Stage
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Professor Jan Clarke to explore the life, legend, and legacy of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin — better known as Moli...
Vasari: Inventor of Artistic Genius
What if the tale of one night could change the way we view art forever?
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Noah Charney to explore the...
British Barbary Slaves
**Contains historical language which may cause offence**
Between the early 1600s and late 1700s, thousands of British sailors, fishermen, mercha...
Isabel and Ferdinand: Renaissance Power Couple
From the establishment of a formidable double monarchy to the complex dynamics of the Spanish Inquisition, Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon w...
The Rise of Isabel of Castile
**This episode contains sexually explicit language**
In an age when powerful female rulers were few and far between, Isabel of Castile rose agai...
Bonnie Prince Charlie & the Jacobite Rebellion
What was the Jacobite cause, and why did it spark some of the most famous and devastating events in British history?
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb...
The Restoration Queen: Maria of Modena
**This episode contains discussions of miscarriage**
When a teenage Catholic princess was sent from Italy to marry James II and reunite England...
When Women Ruled the Low Countries
Five generations of remarkable women - from Mary of Burgundy to Isabella Clara Eugenia - made an enduring impact on the Low Countries. By strategicall...
Nicholas Culpeper: Herbalist and Radical
The maverick herbalist who fought for medical freedom.
We love a rebel with a cause here on Not Just The Tudors, and Nicholas Culpeper was just...
Mary Rose & the Battle of the Solent
Before the Spanish Armada threatened England in 1588, an even more dangerous invasion loomed, just across the Channel in France. The Battle of the So...
The Roma: Resistance & Survival
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb welcomes Dr. Madeline Potter to unravel the rich yet tumultuous history of the Roma people. From Tudor England, where the...
The Duchess of Malfi
A young widow stands against the expectations of her family. A woman striving for love and agency in a society which demands she claimed neither, she...
Prelude to the English Civil War
What drives a nation to civil war? Why would a king turn on his own Parliament? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Jonathan Healey to explor...
Akbar, the Great Mughal
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb discusses the remarkable life of Akbar the Great, one of history's most impressive emperors. Together with historian Ira M...
Shakespeare's Family: New Discoveries
Did the women in Shakespeare’s life—his wife, sister, and daughters—shape his story more than we realise? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr...
Jane Austen & the Reformation
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Roger E. Moore to explore the lesser-known historical context of the works of Jane Austen, born 250 years...
Accidental Deaths in Tudor England
**This episode includes descriptions of accidental deaths**
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the grim but fascinating world of accidenta...
Isabella d’Este: Renaissance Influencer
Discover the captivating life of Isabella d'Este with Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and acclaimed novelist and historian Sarah Dunant. They discuss Isa...
Mystery of the Cheapside Hoard
In June 1912, two workmen made a discovery in the London mud that would stun the antiquarian world: a hoard of gold, pearls, rubies, emeralds, and jew...
Fall of Thomas More
In the second of our special episodes exploring the rise and fall of Sir Thomas More, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Dr. Joanne Paul chart the great...
Rise of Thomas More
Thomas More is one of the most famous and controversial figures in English history. Was he truly the saintly man of conscience, immortalised by A Man...
John Dee's Angels
Was an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I communicating with angels? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw to explore the intr...
Philip II of Spain, King of England
Philip II of Spain - the most powerful monarch of the early modern period - was married to Queen Mary Tudor from 1554 until her death in 1558. But Phi...
Dancing Plague of 1518
In 1518 one woman's mysterious dance sparked an uncontrollable epidemic, leading up to 400 people to dance wildly for weeks.
Professor Suzannah...