Same-Sex Marriages in Renaissance Rome

What was the French Revolution like for those who lived through it? What can private journals reveal that speeches, pamphlets and official records cannot?From the storming of the Bastille to the Terror and the guillotine, ordinary witnesses recorded the personal impact of 1789, p ...  Show more

Was Elizabeth I really as angry and bad tempered as history has always claimed? How did some of her most secret state letters come to be penned by a Spaniard, while England was at war with Spain?Professor Suzannah Lipscomb breaks the news of groundbreaking research that proves El ...  Show more

Sacha Coward joined me on the podcast to discuss queer history. We talked about Luisa Casati, Queen Anne, the Gay Liberation Front, and other stories of non-heteronormative relationships.

Subscribe to History Hit and you'll get access to hundreds of history documenta ...

We mark LGBT+ History Month with a panel discussion tackling some of the biggest themes in LGBTQ history   February is LGBT+ History Month. We mark it with a panel discussion in which Matt Cook, Channing Joseph, Jen Manion and Angela Steidele tackle some of the biggest themes in ...  Show more

Throughout history, it's mostly been queer men who were persecuted under the historical sodomy laws, but the Tudor period saw a spike in women being tried under it.Why was this? And why was it mostly happening in what is modern day Belgium and Netherlands?Joining Kate today is hi ...  Show more

How sexually depraved were the Romans?Whilst they were a civlised, stoic and innovative bunch, they were also a promiscuous bunch with very questionable morals.Joining us today is friend of the show Emma Southon, author of A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women.How did the Rom ...  Show more