Not Just the Tudors

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  • 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 about one of the most fascinating periods in history.


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  • The Witches of Lorraine

    The Witches of Lorraine
    Nov 28 2024

    **This episode contains brief descriptions of tortures**


    Between 1570 and 1630 there was intense persecution as thousands of people were accused of being witches in Lorraine, a small duchy on the borders of France and the Holy Roman Empire. Suspicion spread like a deadly virus through the villages and towns as neighbour turned on neighbour.


    Robin Briggs, Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College Oxford, joins Professor Suzannah Lipscomb to delve into the richest surviving archive of witchcraft trials to be found in Europe. They discuss the thousands of confessions and persecutions detailed in the archive and what insights they provide into the social dynamics and cultural beliefs surrounding witchcraft in this small but notorious European duchy.


    Presented by Professor Susannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

    Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast


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    43 mins
  • The Women who Painted the Tudors

    The Women who Painted the Tudors
    Nov 25 2024

    We probably think that the only artists working in the Tudor court were men, like Holbein and Hilliard. But new research is revealing that women were painting the Tudors too, and they were probably more active than we have previously suspected.


    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by miniatures experts Emma Rutherford and Alan Derbyshire to discuss two of these artists - Susanna Horenbout and Levina Teerlinc - and also finds out about a stunning new discovery of a portrait of a notorious Tudor Queen.


    Presented by Professor Susannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, the audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

    Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast.


    Music by Epidemic Sounds and All3 Media Music.


    Related episodes:

    A Tudor Mystery: https://podfollow.com/not-just-the-tudors/episode/5e47b2618a2d57498af383103e62be4af0afdca5/view

    Who Painted Anne Dudley?: https://podfollow.com/not-just-the-tudors/episode/bcd6084fd52449f3e447223f778b32e9a4ea7f69/view


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    42 mins
  • Practical Magic: Spells, Prayers & Cunning Folk

    Practical Magic: Spells, Prayers & Cunning Folk
    Nov 21 2024

    Long before witch trials, magic was the domain of ‘cunning folk’ who were part of the fabric of medieval and early modern life. Their charms, filters and spells - for personal advancement, aiding fertility, predicting the future, even exacting revenge - offered people solutions to their problems.


    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb finds out more from Dr. Tabitha Stanmore, whose research navigates the social and political lives of these lesser known magical practitioners.


    All music from Epidemic Sounds


    Presented by Professor Susannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, audio editor Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

    Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast


    Related episodes:

    The Brutal Basque Witch Hunt: https://podfollow.com/not-just-the-tudors/episode/f0c212ec364450ef05ff7b8e4df7053fa3911d20/view

    The Witchfinder General: https://podfollow.com/not-just-the-tudors/episode/9c81545a7796bf29d5de9f0c9ff75c40169a9ed0/view


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Informative and so intriguing!

Great podcast. I particularly enjoyed the encouragement listeners receive of viewing these 'cases' in human ways.

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Great!


I am really like this podcast. nice content. fantastic and excellent narration in this content.

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Enjoyable and interesting

Love these bite size topics and interesting discussions. Great way to learn and get curious about various topics without having to delve into a huge book all the time

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enjoyable and interesting

I enjoyed this look at the new year, gifts and resolutions. Happy New Year!

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absolutely superb!

a great listen, a must for all of us armchair historians! I genuinely look forward to the new episodes.

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Very relaxing and informative format

Listen to this whilst working, concise and interesting. Some interesting features I didn't know about

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As always this episode is absolutely fantastic

loved it from start to finish. I love how these episodes are narrated. interesting topics as well .

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One of my favourite Tudor podcasts!

I absoloutely love how both informative and understandable this podcast is. Your voice is really soothing, I could listen to your narration for hours at end. You’re truly doing god’s work😂

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Makes me feel clever & informed

This is an amazing podcast! Each topic is discussed with an expert who explains it in a way that I can understand without feeling patronised. It shines a light on some extraordinary ideas that I hadn't even thought about: Katherine Parr is now so much more than the wife that 'survived'. In fact, the reclaiming of women at the time is fascinating. Witchcraft is a theme that weaves itself through the series, which itself shows how Europe viewed women at different points. I love the format and actually make a point of being focused on what is being said.

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Fantastic, thoroughly recommend

I've been listening to NJTT for a year or two now, and I'm a massive fan. The format is usually for a historian to come and talk about an area of their work with Susannah, who is an engaging host. The topics are usually interesting, but this is a fairly serious history podcast, which means long episodes on occasionally obscure topics. If you're here for that (and I am), then you will love it. But generally, it is not pop history. It is part of the History Hit stable and I recommend you check out their other pods on different history periods.

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