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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  • 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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    34 mins
  • Leonardo da Vinci with Ken Burns

    Leonardo da Vinci with Ken Burns
    Nov 18 2024

    Leonardo da Vinci was a man like no other. A restless visionary and polymath, his paintings are some of the best known of all works of art.


    To talk about Leonardo, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Ken Burns, the multi-award winning American filmmaker who has transformed the documentary into an art form. His latest film, made with Sarah Burns and David McMahon, explores in wonderful granular detail the singular genius of Leonardo da Vinci.


    Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith. Edited and produced by Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

    Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast


    Related episodes:

    Michelangelo >

    Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent >


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    39 mins
  • Witchfinder General

    Witchfinder General
    Nov 14 2024

    In the aftermath of the Civil War, a remote corner of Essex witnessed the most brutally devastating witch-hunt in English history. A dangerous maverick Matthew Hopkins, 'the Witchfinder General', hunted down vulnerable people across East Anglia, exploiting the anxiety and lawlessness of the times. Between 1645 and 1647, over 300 suspects were interrogated and tortured; a third of them were hanged.


    As our special series on witchcraft continues, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb finds out more about Hopkins and his accomplice John Stearne from historian and author Malcolm Gaskill.


    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


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    39 mins

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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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