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In 1594 Roderigo Lopez was hung, drawn and quartered for trying to poison Queen Elizabeth I. Many historians have argued that he was framed -...  Read more : Conspiring Against The Queen

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Gutenberg is credited with having invented printing using movable type. It has been assumed that the process he invented around 1450 was the method that...  Read more : What Did Gutenberg Invent?

Venice: A Second-Hand City? Copyrighted imageCredit: Production team

Thomas Coryat described Venice as a city of opulence and wealth. But Patricia Allerston suggests that Venice was a second-hand city.  Read more : Venice: A Second-Hand City?

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American art historian Claudia Swan travels from Krakow to Leiden on a mission to discover the secret of 1,800 priceless paintings hidden deep inside a...  Read more : Secret of the Winter Garden

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How does a person set about being a historian?  Read more : What Is History?: Being A Historian

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The dome of Florence Cathedral is one of the greatest monuments of the Renaissance. But nearly 600 years after being built, it is only now...  Read more : Riddle of the Dome - Synopsis

First broadcast: Tuesday 30 Nov 1999 on BBC TWO