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Cortés and the Aztecs
Apr 17, 2025When Hernán Cortés and his men first laid eyes on the gleaming white pyramids of Tenochtitlan, they thought they were mountains of silver. How did they overthrow such a powerful kingdom in just three ...
Succession 1625: James I to Charles I
Apr 14, 2025March 2025 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of King James VI and I, and the succession of his son Charles I. Crowned King of Scotland at just 13 months old in 1567 and later succeeding Elizabe...
Christopher Columbus
Apr 10, 2025Christopher Columbus was a man of contradictions: he professed God spoke to him to direct his travels, yet after four voyages he still could not recognise that he had 'discovered' a New World. Profess...
Henry VIII's Conscience and Contradictions
Apr 07, 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb delves into the tumultuous and nuanced religious policies of Henry VIII's reign. She examines how Henry VIII utilised religion to justify his policies and actions during th...
Conquest of the Americas
Apr 03, 2025You may think you know about the daring exploits of Columbus, the ruthless ambition of Cortés, but beyond the accepted histories lies a world of indigenous voices—stories of fierce resistance, cunning...
What did Henry VIII Believe?
Mar 31, 2025The execution of six martyrs—three Catholics and three Protestants—on the same day, was unprecedented in Henry VIII's England. What led to this transformative event? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explor...
Aphra Behn: Revolutionary, Author, Spy
Mar 27, 2025Aphra Behn was a true original. Not only was she the first woman to earn a living by writing, she was also a spy, a political propagandist and a revolutionary. Publicly she was all brash sexuality a...
Dr Faustus: Pacts with the Devil
Mar 24, 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb steps into the electrifying world of Elizabethan theatre to unravel the dark allure of Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, a work that would forever change English drama. To...
Henry VIII & his Rabbis
Mar 20, 2025Henry VIII's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon changed England; it could be justified by a biblical law that prohibited a man from marrying his brother's widow, yet another passage seemed to sugge...
Murderous Women
Mar 17, 2025**This podcast contains graphic descriptions of murders and the punishments of those convicted** Gruesome murders carried out by women captivated the public imagination in Early Modern Britain. Pamphl...