Suzannah Lipscomb
@sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
Award-winning historian, professor & TV presenter
Author, The King is Dead; Voices of Nîmes; 1536
Host, Not Just the Tudors podcast from History Hit
Author, The King is Dead; Voices of Nîmes; 1536
Host, Not Just the Tudors podcast from History Hit
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A World Torn Apart: The Dissolution of the Monasteries - 1 - Season 1 - History Hit
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb unravels one of the most profound transformations in Tudor society, when faith and politics collided: the dissolution of the monasteries. Over just four years in the 1530s,...
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How devastating was the dissolution of the monasteries? How did the closure of 850 religious houses in four years affect ordinary people? The first part of our new series A World Torn Apart: The Dissolution of the Monasteries can now be streamed on History Hit. access.historyhit.com/a-world-torn...
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If you tune in to Ancient Autopsy on More 4 at 9pm tonight, you may just spot a familiar face!
How did Alexander The Great really die?
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#ancientautopsy #channel4 #infectiousdiseases
Photo credit: Yeti Television
@sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
How did Alexander The Great really die?
www.channel4.com/programmes/a...
#ancientautopsy #channel4 #infectiousdiseases
Photo credit: Yeti Television
@sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you tune in to Ancient Autopsy on More 4 at 9pm tonight, you may just spot a familiar face!
How did Alexander The Great really die?
www.channel4.com/programmes/a...
#ancientautopsy #channel4 #infectiousdiseases
Photo credit: Yeti Television
@sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
How did Alexander The Great really die?
www.channel4.com/programmes/a...
#ancientautopsy #channel4 #infectiousdiseases
Photo credit: Yeti Television
@sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
Can I tell you how very proud I am of the new series we have on TV tonight?
It’s on at 9pm, it’s called ANCIENT AUTOPSY, and it’s on More4. Tonight, we explore the evidence of the death of the last Pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra.
It’s on at 9pm, it’s called ANCIENT AUTOPSY, and it’s on More4. Tonight, we explore the evidence of the death of the last Pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra.
September 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Can I tell you how very proud I am of the new series we have on TV tonight?
It’s on at 9pm, it’s called ANCIENT AUTOPSY, and it’s on More4. Tonight, we explore the evidence of the death of the last Pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra.
It’s on at 9pm, it’s called ANCIENT AUTOPSY, and it’s on More4. Tonight, we explore the evidence of the death of the last Pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra.
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I absolutely loved Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb’s Tudor Crisis Management course!
Be sure to check out her website for this course and others like it—I can’t wait to see what’s next! @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
Read more on IG! @allthingstudors
📸: Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb
Be sure to check out her website for this course and others like it—I can’t wait to see what’s next! @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
Read more on IG! @allthingstudors
📸: Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb
June 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I absolutely loved Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb’s Tudor Crisis Management course!
Be sure to check out her website for this course and others like it—I can’t wait to see what’s next! @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
Read more on IG! @allthingstudors
📸: Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb
Be sure to check out her website for this course and others like it—I can’t wait to see what’s next! @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
Read more on IG! @allthingstudors
📸: Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb
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I'm enjoying listening to @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on "British Scandal"! Dispelling some old myths about Anne Boleyn, and putting forward a fascinating new theory about Mark Smeaton. I'd recommend giving this a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/1lkU...
open.spotify.com/episode/1lkU...
Anne Boleyn | Why Anne is Still Living Rent-Free in our Heads | 4
British Scandal · Episode
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July 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I'm enjoying listening to @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on "British Scandal"! Dispelling some old myths about Anne Boleyn, and putting forward a fascinating new theory about Mark Smeaton. I'd recommend giving this a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/1lkU...
open.spotify.com/episode/1lkU...
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This intervew with Dr. Noah Charney by @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social in her "Not Just the Tudors" podcast is well worth your attention. Georgio Vasari shaped how we understand art history today and an understanding of his life and work is therefore very important.
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Vasari: Inventor of Artistic Genius
Podcast Episode · Not Just the Tudors · 08/07/2025 · 1h 4m
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August 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This intervew with Dr. Noah Charney by @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social in her "Not Just the Tudors" podcast is well worth your attention. Georgio Vasari shaped how we understand art history today and an understanding of his life and work is therefore very important.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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In 1518 one woman's mysterious dance sparked an epidemic, leading 400 people to dance wildly for weeks. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Lynneth J. Miller Renberg to find out more about the bizarre Dancing Plague: podfollow.com/not-just-the... @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social #Tudors #podcast
May 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
In 1518 one woman's mysterious dance sparked an epidemic, leading 400 people to dance wildly for weeks. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Lynneth J. Miller Renberg to find out more about the bizarre Dancing Plague: podfollow.com/not-just-the... @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social #Tudors #podcast
Thank you!
@sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social thank you! Hooked after listening to this fascinating podcast (a friend sent me the link). Episode after episode of history told in a way that makes much more sense than how it’s taught at school. Clever, hard hitting. Get stuck in people! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Not Just the Tudors - How to Kill a Scottish Witch - BBC Sounds
Scotland's Witch Trials and the modern-day efforts to recognise these historic injustices
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May 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Thank you!
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I feel bound to point out that Robert Prevost holds dual American/Peruvian citizenship, and also that he's the first US pope in history. Pope Francis was (Latin) American.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history.
May 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I feel bound to point out that Robert Prevost holds dual American/Peruvian citizenship, and also that he's the first US pope in history. Pope Francis was (Latin) American.
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A thread of all the posters we’ve created for our department to show the insight of historians. Some are in our curriculum and other’s have valuable insight that can help students’ understanding of the past and the discipline of history. 🧵
March 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A thread of all the posters we’ve created for our department to show the insight of historians. Some are in our curriculum and other’s have valuable insight that can help students’ understanding of the past and the discipline of history. 🧵
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Are you listening to the fantastic Katharine of Aragon Legacy Lectures, organised by @drowenemmerson.bsky.social and @onthetudortrail.bsky.social ? I just heard the very thought-provoking lecture by @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on recovering lost voices in historical practice.
April 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Are you listening to the fantastic Katharine of Aragon Legacy Lectures, organised by @drowenemmerson.bsky.social and @onthetudortrail.bsky.social ? I just heard the very thought-provoking lecture by @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on recovering lost voices in historical practice.
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In today's Not Just the Tudors podcast, @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social and biographer Laurence Bergreen discuss Christopher Columbus's four perilous voyages and the devastating impact on indigenous populations of one of history's most debated figures:
podfollow.com/not-just-the... #History #podcast
podfollow.com/not-just-the... #History #podcast
April 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In today's Not Just the Tudors podcast, @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social and biographer Laurence Bergreen discuss Christopher Columbus's four perilous voyages and the devastating impact on indigenous populations of one of history's most debated figures:
podfollow.com/not-just-the... #History #podcast
podfollow.com/not-just-the... #History #podcast
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Very excited that my conversation with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social about Margaret Baker's recipe books is now out on Not Just the Tudors #FoodHistory 🗃️ 🍽️
Not Just the Tudors: How to Run a Stuart Household
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb delves into the world of Stuart-era recipe books, in which medicine, cookery and women's roles combine in fascinating ways. She discovers how these volumes were far...
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February 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Very excited that my conversation with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social about Margaret Baker's recipe books is now out on Not Just the Tudors #FoodHistory 🗃️ 🍽️
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My offering for World Book Day is another book for the world! Six Queens is all you need to know about the iconic Tudor Queens. With a foreword by @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social. Enjoy your day whatever you are doing. I’m busy working on a new book 👑 @theagencybooks.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
My offering for World Book Day is another book for the world! Six Queens is all you need to know about the iconic Tudor Queens. With a foreword by @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social. Enjoy your day whatever you are doing. I’m busy working on a new book 👑 @theagencybooks.bsky.social
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Not Just the Tudors: @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social and
@drjoannepaul.bsky.social explore Robert Dudley's life while Dr. Tracey Wedge reveals his extraordinary wardrobe: podfollow.com/not-just-the... #Tudors #Podcast
@drjoannepaul.bsky.social explore Robert Dudley's life while Dr. Tracey Wedge reveals his extraordinary wardrobe: podfollow.com/not-just-the... #Tudors #Podcast
March 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Not Just the Tudors: @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social and
@drjoannepaul.bsky.social explore Robert Dudley's life while Dr. Tracey Wedge reveals his extraordinary wardrobe: podfollow.com/not-just-the... #Tudors #Podcast
@drjoannepaul.bsky.social explore Robert Dudley's life while Dr. Tracey Wedge reveals his extraordinary wardrobe: podfollow.com/not-just-the... #Tudors #Podcast
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My new book, Six Queens is published on 6th March with foreword by @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/Six-Queens-L...
www.amazon.co.uk/Six-Queens-L...
February 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My new book, Six Queens is published on 6th March with foreword by @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/Six-Queens-L...
www.amazon.co.uk/Six-Queens-L...
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New on The Writer’s Bookshelf: eight questions about writers, books and reading with the brilliant @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/mathewly...
The writer's bookshelf: Suzannah Lipscomb
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
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February 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New on The Writer’s Bookshelf: eight questions about writers, books and reading with the brilliant @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/mathewly...
Costa prize winner @jackfairweather.bsky.social will be launching his new book at Waterstones Piccadilly in London on Monday 3rd March and you can come! More info here: www.waterstones.com/events/jack-...
February 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Costa prize winner @jackfairweather.bsky.social will be launching his new book at Waterstones Piccadilly in London on Monday 3rd March and you can come! More info here: www.waterstones.com/events/jack-...
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Knew this was coming but still exciting:
My 2021 interview with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on an #earlymodern teen werewolf has been moved to BBC Sounds!
You can hear us ponder children's fantasies, parental fears, and masculine aggression, all without ads. 😊
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
My 2021 interview with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on an #earlymodern teen werewolf has been moved to BBC Sounds!
You can hear us ponder children's fantasies, parental fears, and masculine aggression, all without ads. 😊
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Not Just the Tudors - An Early Modern Teenage Werewolf - BBC Sounds
An investigation into the Werewolf convictions of the 17th Century.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Knew this was coming but still exciting:
My 2021 interview with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on an #earlymodern teen werewolf has been moved to BBC Sounds!
You can hear us ponder children's fantasies, parental fears, and masculine aggression, all without ads. 😊
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
My 2021 interview with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on an #earlymodern teen werewolf has been moved to BBC Sounds!
You can hear us ponder children's fantasies, parental fears, and masculine aggression, all without ads. 😊
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I’ve had the privilege of reading this extraordinary book in draft. It’s an absolute MUST-READ from the bestselling, prize-winning author of The Volunteer.
My new book on the amazing Fritz Bauer is out this month! It's the story of Bauer's battle to force a West German govt stacked with ex-Nazis to reckon with the Holocaust. I’m going to be sharing research that's moved and disturbed me over the past 5 yrs of following Bauer's footsteps, but first
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’ve had the privilege of reading this extraordinary book in draft. It’s an absolute MUST-READ from the bestselling, prize-winning author of The Volunteer.
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I signed up for #historyhit so I could watch @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social’s series about the Dissolution of the monasteries, for Year 12.
I didn’t realise there were so many different programmes and series to watch, I think this could be dangerous for me #historyteacher
I didn’t realise there were so many different programmes and series to watch, I think this could be dangerous for me #historyteacher
January 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I signed up for #historyhit so I could watch @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social’s series about the Dissolution of the monasteries, for Year 12.
I didn’t realise there were so many different programmes and series to watch, I think this could be dangerous for me #historyteacher
I didn’t realise there were so many different programmes and series to watch, I think this could be dangerous for me #historyteacher
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Lots of money was made by dissolving the monasteries in the 16thC (some of it used to endow the institution that pays most of my salary). The monks found work, but where did the nuns go? Fascinating #NotJustTheTudors pod from @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Podcast Episode · Not Just the Tudors · 13/01/2025 · 52m
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January 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Lots of money was made by dissolving the monasteries in the 16thC (some of it used to endow the institution that pays most of my salary). The monks found work, but where did the nuns go? Fascinating #NotJustTheTudors pod from @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
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Catching up on Not Just the Tudors and delighted to hear the brilliant @thehistoriann.bsky.social discussing piracy and the Spanish Pacific with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social . More early modern #Pacifichistory, please! 🗃️
open.spotify.com/episode/75hT...
open.spotify.com/episode/75hT...
Pirates of the Pacific & the Spanish Empire
Not Just the Tudors · Episode
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January 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Catching up on Not Just the Tudors and delighted to hear the brilliant @thehistoriann.bsky.social discussing piracy and the Spanish Pacific with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social . More early modern #Pacifichistory, please! 🗃️
open.spotify.com/episode/75hT...
open.spotify.com/episode/75hT...
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Great to see the climactic episode of History Hit's new Dissolution documentary. Glad to join @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social in November sunshine at Fountains Abbey: access.historyhit.com/a-world-torn...
A World Torn Apart: The Dissolution of the Monasteries - 1 - Season 1 - History Hit
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb unravels one of the most profound transformations in Tudor society, when faith and politics collided: the dissolution of the monasteries. Over just four years in the 1530s,...
access.historyhit.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Great to see the climactic episode of History Hit's new Dissolution documentary. Glad to join @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social in November sunshine at Fountains Abbey: access.historyhit.com/a-world-torn...
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Lovely way to spend a chilly afternoon! Warm fire, brilliant course by #Suzannahlipscomb. And a bit of Tudor rebellion to keep things interesting. @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social #tudorcrisismanagement
January 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Lovely way to spend a chilly afternoon! Warm fire, brilliant course by #Suzannahlipscomb. And a bit of Tudor rebellion to keep things interesting. @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social #tudorcrisismanagement