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The First Japanese Visitor to Elizabethan England
Jul 11, 2024In November 1588, a 21-year-old Japanese man called Christopher met Queen Elizabeth I. On the way, he had already become the first recorded Japanese person in North America. His story has been almost ...
Charles II's Lost Queen: Catherine de Braganza
Jul 08, 2024Despite Catherine of Braganza's crucial place in British history, she has always been overshadowed by stories of Charles II’s many mistresses and forgotten as his boring, powerless wife. This could no...
Ultimate Tudor Spy-Master: Robert Cecil
Jul 04, 2024Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, stood at the heart of the Tudor and then Stuart state, a vital figure in managing the succession from Elizabeth I to James I & VI, warding off military and relig...
Six Wives: Kateryn Parr
Jul 01, 2024Six wives - six lives that we think we know everything about. But beyond their mostly doomed marriages to Henry VIII and, in most cases, tragic ends, here were six women who shaped history in their o...
Women Pirates of the Caribbean
Jun 26, 2024Anne Bonny and Mary Read were pirates who sailed the Caribbean in the early 18th century. For both of them, piracy offered a chance at a freedom otherwise disallowed to women. In this episode of Not J...
Six Wives: Katherine Howard
Jun 24, 2024Six wives - six lives that we think we know everything about. But beyond their mostly doomed marriages to Henry VIII and, in most cases, tragic ends, here were six women who shaped history in their o...
Legendary Woman Samurai: Hosokawa Gracia
Jun 20, 2024Toda Mariko, or Mariko-san, one of the main characters from the new TV series Shogun - adapted from James Clavell's epic novel - is based on a real woman, Hosokawa Gracia. Who was she? Was she the zea...
Six Wives: Anne of Cleves
Jun 17, 2024Six wives - six lives that we think we know everything about. But beyond their mostly doomed marriages to Henry VIII and, in most cases, tragic ends, here were six women who shaped history in their ow...
Shakespeare's Players: Burbage and Kempe
Jun 13, 2024Among the male players who performed thousands of new plays in the Elizabethan repertory, the most famous were Richard Burbage and Will Kempe, members of the company known first as the Lord Chamberlai...
Six Wives: Jane Seymour
Jun 10, 2024Six wives - six lives that we think we know everything about. But beyond their mostly doomed marriages to Henry VIII and, in most cases, tragic ends, here were six women who shaped history in their o...