Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Lucy Wooding

Langford Fellow and Tutor in History at Lincoln College, University of Oxford and Professor of Early Modern History at Oxford

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2 episodes

Covers topics in categories such as:

ReligionEnglish Roman CatholicsHouse of TudorDaughters of kings16th-century English womenAnnulmentDeaths from cancer in EnglandMothers of English monarchsRegents of EnglandDaughters of queens regnantHistoryChristian radicalism

  1. Catherine of Aragon

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish Infanta so prized by the Tudors that, after her first husband the Prince of Wales died, she went on to marry his brother Henry VIII.

    13 February 2025

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    Also featuring: Maria Hayward, Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer

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    HistoryRegents of England16th-century English womenAnnulmentHouse of TudorDaughters of kingsEnglish Roman CatholicsDeaths from cancer in EnglandDaughters of queens regnantMothers of English monarchs16th centurySpain

  2. The Siege of Munster

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Munster in 1534-35, when radical Anabaptists tried to create the 'New Jerusalem' in a small German town, with horrific consequences.

    5 November 2009

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    Also featuring: Diarmaid MacCulloch, Charlotte Methuen

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    ReligionChristian radicalism16th century