Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga was a samurai who led a diplomatic delegation to New Spain, Spain and...
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Podcasts de 16th century
Lavinia Fontana was taught painting by her father, and became one of the earliest examples of a...
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Gerardus Mercator’s Groundbreaking Projection
The Mercator projection gets a lot of grief for distorting the relative sizes of different land...
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Bruno was a mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and according to the Catholic...
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Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
She was a patron of the arts, the first woman to publish an English-language play, and the first...
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Bruno was a mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and according to the Catholic...
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Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
She was a patron of the arts, the first woman to publish an English-language play, and the first...
41:06
Bruno was a mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and according to the Catholic...
48:17
Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
She was a patron of the arts, the first woman to publish an English-language play, and the first...
41:06
Wolf Hall purports to tell the story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn through Thomas Cromwell's...
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Marco Dall’Aquila: Music For Lute
Marco Dall’Aquila bridged the gap between two very different periods in the life of the lute, its...
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Episode 14 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Amelia Almorza Hidalgo.
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Episode Fifty: American Duchess
Bustles, stays, rumps and hoops! Get ready to tight lace your corset because we're going back to...
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Gerard's Herball is one of a kind and provides a unique insight into which plants were grown in...
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Episode 72 – Food Fable: Medlar
Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its...
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Nuremberg Celestial Phenomenon + Other Stuff!
The lassies are back with some very important business to discuss + a listener email + the...
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E3 – Religion, Influence & Money
A look back over the 16th and 17th Century in the run up to our first Prime Minister, Sir Robert...
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Iconography in Art: Queen Elizabeth I and Female Power
In this mini episode I examine a series of portraits depicting Queen Elizabeth I and analyse the...
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Iconography in Art: Queen Elizabeth I and Female Power
In this mini episode I examine a series of portraits depicting Queen Elizabeth I and analyse the...
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Josie Rourke's Mary Queen of Scots
We review this attempt at a biopic about the famous 16th-century Scottish queen. This movie...
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