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Dancing Plague of 1518
May 22, 2025In 1518 one woman's mysterious dance sparked an uncontrollable epidemic, leading up to 400 people to dance wildly for weeks. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Lynneth J. Miller Renberg to e...
How to Kill a Scottish Witch
May 19, 2025**This episode contains some descriptions of torture and executions** If you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, it was highly likely that you, or someone you knew, would be tried as a witch. Witch hunts ...
Shakespeare's First Playhouse
May 15, 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Daniel Swift to delve into the formative years of William Shakespeare's career. They explore the vital role of London's first playhouse and the tumultuous ...
Young Elizabeth I
May 12, 2025Before she became Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Tudor was surrounded by scandal, suspicion and deadly intrigue. Born to Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, Elizabeth was a princess by birth—until her mother wa...
The Maya and the Inquisition
May 08, 2025**This episode includes graphic descriptions of torture** When Franciscan friar Diego de Landa arrived in Yucatán (now in Mexico), his fascination with Maya culture soon twisted into fanaticism. Accus...
The Elizabethans and Islam
May 05, 2025Elizabeth I's excommunication by the Pope in 1570 marked the beginning of an extraordinary - and little-known - English alignment with Muslim powers that were fighting Catholic Spain in the Mediterran...
The Dark Side of Sir Francis Drake
May 01, 2025For centuries, Sir Francis Drake has been celebrated as a national hero - the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. But behind the Drake legend, was there a darker reality of violence and expl...
Tudors & Their Dogs
Apr 28, 2025What was life like for man's best friend in the court of Henry VIII? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is led by the pawprints of history by Mike Loades through the fascinating, fur-filled world of Tudor do...
The Caribbean, Colonisers & Christianity
Apr 24, 2025What - and who - did Christopher Columbus find when he landed in the Caribbean? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Dr. Alice Samson explore the dynamic and complex encounters between Europeans and Indige...
Cardinal Wolsey
Apr 21, 2025No advisor was more important to King Henry VIII than Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. He captured Henry's attention with his brilliance and became his most trusted confidant. But when the King wanted to div...