Elections in the 1600s: Elections by show of hands, votes for saltpans, and did women vote? I talk to Dr Simon Healy about how Members of Parliament were chosen in Tudor & Stuart England, why people stood for Parliament, who got to vote, whe

Lady Falkland According to Her Daughters: Seventeenth-century parenting, autism and reconciliation

9 days ago 26m 16s

Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland, lived from 1586-1639. She was a writer and translator, was seen as eccentric, was a Catholic convert when it wasn't strictly legal - and may have been autistic. Her "Life", composed and preserved by her daughte

Episode 1:1 How to be a Dissident: Putting the Law on Trial

15 days ago 38m 23s

If you are a dissident who wants to uphold the Law, while breaking unjust laws, what do you do? Especially when you’re on trial for breaking a law you don’t believe in. This episode is about some examples of what you might do, from Catholics i

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