Modern Medicine

In 1553, Mary Tudor became the first woman to sit on the English throne - a reign of just five years, that history has remembered almost exclusively through the lens of her enemies. But today, we revisit the story of "Bloody Mary" to ask: was she really a ruthless tyrant?Joining ...  Show more

He was one of medieval England’s most formidable warriors. Today we hear how Edward of Woodstock - the Black Prince - earned that reputation, tracing his rise during the Hundred Years’ War and exploring the nature of his command. We also confront the harsher realities of his camp ...  Show more

From Acts of Parliament to unethical clinical studies to legendary symphonies (possibly) - syphilis has stained many different areas of history.

To find out what this disease is, what it does to the body and how treatments of it and the people who have it have changed, K ...

The way we die has been utterly transformed. There have been around 10,000 generations of human beings, but only in the last 3 or 4 have infectious diseases not been an expected and accepted cause of death. What drove the most deadly infectious diseases? Was technological progr ...  Show more

La pregunta sobre nuestras formas de curación, tratamientos médicos, solución de enfermedades, itinerarios terapéuticos, sistemas de salud, políticas de salud pública, y todo lo que rodea a nuestra salud y medicina, es una pregunta amplia que tiene múltiples formas de responder y ...  Show more

Life in the 16th and 17th centuries was brutal - the development of warfare technology made conflicts catastrophic for civilians as well as soldiers, there were regular epidemics, and famines both man-made and natural. 

In this episode of Not Just the Tudors ...