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Elizabethan Subjects

Dr Justin Champion examines the life and times of some of Elizabeth I's more unusual subjects. Using archive evidence the darker side of Elizabethan life is revealed.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Black Elizabethans
Justin Champion examines how immigrants in Elizabethan society influenced British culture.
24 Mar 2003,15 mins
Puritans
Dr Justin Champion examines the myth that the lives of Puritans were uneventful.
25 Mar 2003,15 mins
Criminals
Justin Champion goes in search of Elizabethan serial killers, murderers and executioners.
26 Mar 2003,15 mins
Women in the Alehouse
Historian Dr Justin Champion examines the little-known life of Elizabethan women.
27 Mar 2003,15 mins
Alchemists
Historian Justin Champion explores the life & works of Elizabethan alchemist John Dee.
28 Mar 2003,15 mins