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Not Just the Tudors

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    Robespierre & Revolutionary Terror

    27/07/2026 | 1h 7 mins.
    How did the French Revolution, built on liberty, become ruled by fear? And how did Robespierre - the man who had sent kings, nobles and priests to their deaths - himself end up beneath the blade of the guillotine?
    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Professor Marisa Linton explore the rise and fall of the lawyer, revolutionary, and architect of the Reign of Terror,

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    Marguerite de Navarre: Mother of Renaissance France
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    True Crime: Medici Murder at the Louvre
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    Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
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    How Protestants Justified Slavery

    23/07/2026 | 52 mins.
    Was the Protestant Reformation ever truly global? How did radical theology, empire, slavery and missionary ambition collide across the early modern world?
    The global spread of Christianity was marked by failure, compromise and moral evasion.
    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Alec Ryrie to uncover the forgotten history of Protestant missions beyond Europe: from Lapland to Chile, from Barbados to Taiwan.

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    What did Henry VIII Believe?
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    Dissolution of the Monasteries
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    Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
    All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.
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    French Revolution: Storming of the Bastille

    20/07/2026 | 54 mins.
    What drove a hungry city to storm a fortress? How did the fall of the Bastille become the defining symbol of the French Revolution?
    In this second episode of our series, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Professor Marisa Linton visit Paris on the verge of revolt. Together they explore the build-up to the storming of the Bastille, one dramatic day which changed the heartbeat of the French Revolution.

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    Who Lit the French Revolution?
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    Marie Antoinette
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    Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Tim Arstall and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
    All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.
    Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast

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    True Crime: Murder & the Popish Plot

    16/07/2026 | 42 mins.
    Was a London magistrate, found dead in a ditch in 1678, the victim of a Catholic conspiracy, political convenience, or secrets too dangerous to survive? Why did Edmund Berry Godfrey's murder send England into hysteria?
    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Andrea McKenzie to reopen the case. Drawing on newly deciphered letters, secret correspondence and neglected archives, they uncover a murky world of espionage, faction, coded messages and lethal knowledge, where truth itself became dangerously unstable.

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    Charles II: Restoration of the Monarchy
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    True Crime: The Lynching of the "Duke's Devil"
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    Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, edited and produced by Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
    All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.
    Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast

    Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week PLUS early access, ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe

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    Who Lit the French Revolution?

    13/07/2026 | 54 mins.
    How did a kingdom of palaces, privilege and powdered wigs collapse into revolution? What turned hunger into uprising?
    In this first episode of our series on the French Revolution, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Dr. Charles Walton discuss the slow-burning crisis that transformed frustration into revolt. Together they explore life in Paris in 1789, where soaring bread prices, royal debt and radical new ideas pushed ordinary people to imagine a different world.

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    Montaigne: Philosopher of the French Renaissance
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    Molière: Satire, Scandal & the Stage
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    Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
    All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.
    Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast

    Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week PLUS early access, ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.

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About Not Just the Tudors
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, new releases every Wednesday and Sunday.A podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts Dan Snow's History Hit, The Ancients, and Betwixt the Sheets.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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