The Little World: Tudor & Stuart England with Nandini Das (ep 250)

The Little World: Tudor & Stuart England with Nandini Das (ep 250)

June 17, 2026 · 47 min · Season 6 · Episode 250

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Nandini Das discusses the interconnectedness of Tudor and Stuart England and its historical implications.

Tudor and Stuart England is sometimes considered "a scepter'd isle," as Shakespeare put it--proudly alone. But in fact, the history is much more complicated. Nandini Das explores how small and interconnected the world was in the 16th and 17th centuries, and how that contributed to the nature and character of England at the time. Nandini Das University of Oxford https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/nandini-das https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/nandini-das @rentravailer on Twitter This Littl...

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Host: Carol Ann Lloyd

Guest: Nandini Das

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