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Reading the Past

Hello and welcome! This is Reading the Past with Dr Kat. I'm a researcher and lecturer specialising in early modern literature and culture.

I think history is pretty brilliant, but I also know that sometimes the best bits get left out. So on this channel, we're going to look at the blood, guts and gore; the plays, passions and power struggles; but we're also going to find answers for questions you never even knew you wanted answers to. Questions like "Why is Shakespeare like the Kardashians?"

So buckle up and enjoy the ride because history is weird!

Unless there is some unforeseen setback, I will upload videos to this channel every Friday at 4pm GMT - please subscribe and click the bell icon so that YouTube will notify you when a new video goes live.

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23:41

The Real Village of the Damned?: Eyam and the Great Plague

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The Bacton Altar Cloth: Elizabeth I's Lost Gown?

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"Amphibious Thing": The Life and Loves of Lord Hervey

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A History of Tea in Britain: A Queen's Command?

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The Battle of Cable Street

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George Boleyn: In His Sister's Shadow?

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Breaking the Rules: Doing History by "Vibes"

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Westminster Abbey and "The Great [Cosmati] Pavement"

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FREE HISTORY RESOURCES pt. 2

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Renaissance Prince: Henry VIII and His Music

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37:28

Reading The Past vs ChatGPT

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20:44

Historical Gift and Game Ideas

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Branding the Tudor Dynasty: Badges of Henry VIII's Children

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3 HOURS OF TOWER OF LONDON HISTORY

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Benjamin Lay: Early Abolitionist

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Edith Garrud: "Suffrajitsu"

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Reviewing Firebrand: Facts and Fiction on Film

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A History of Gynaecology: Infant Care (Then and Now)

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Cockney: A History of People and Rhyme

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Henry VIII's Fatal Accident: What if the King had died in 1536?

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FREE HISTORY RESOURCES pt.1

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Pregnancy in the Past: Confinement with Lauren Johnson

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Pregnancy in the Past: "The Birth of Mankind"

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Leonora Cohen: "Tower Suffragette"

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Domesday Book: William I's Great Survey

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King James VI in Mortal Danger: The Gowrie Conspiracy

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Enemies of the King?: Matilda de Braose and her Family

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Pregnancy in the Past: Pregnancy, Pilgrimage and Prayer

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Llywelyn ap Gruffudd: The Last Prince of Wales

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Shakespeare in Prison: The Robben Island Bible

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John Balliol: Magnate, King Prisoner

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Pregnancy in the Past: A History of Conception

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Inspired By Shakespeare: Stage and Screen

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The Empress Matilda: A Queen Betrayed?

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The Jacobites: The Would Be Stuart Kings

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Periods in the Past: A History of Menstruation

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William I: Conquerer or Criminal? (The Harrying of the North)

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BUSTING HISTORY MYTHS

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Beasts at the Tower: The Royal Menagerie

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A Harlot's Progress: Hogarth's First "Modern Moral Subject"

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The Glorious Revolution?

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Mary Fitzroy: Potential Queen of England?

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Sir William Kingston: Imprisoning Henry VIII's Enemies

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William Rufus: In The Conqueror's Shadow?

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Pets at Court: Puppies, Monkeys and Ferrets ... OH MY!!!

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Nonsuch Palace: Henry VIII's Lost Wonder

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The Family of King Henry VIII

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"This Turbulent Priest": The Life, Death and Legacy of Thomas Becket

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Imprisoning Mary, Queen of Scots: James VI's Response

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Stephen Gardiner: Wily Winchester?

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French Pox, Bloody Flux and Other Historical Illnesses

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The Exeter Conspiracy: True Traitors or Falsely Framed?

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The Cecils: The Men Who Made England? (alt. title: "Slandering the Cecils")

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William Hogarth: "Gin Lane" and "Beer Street"

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Cardinal Reginald Pole: Henry VIII's Dangerous Kinsman?

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The Annulment of Katherine of Aragon: A Counterfactual History

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Elizabeth I's Suitors: Fates and Fortunes

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Keeping Time With The Tudors

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New Year Gifts for King Henry VIII

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Answering Your Questions

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