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Rebecca Rideal

History, folk takes, true crime and everything in between with early modern historian Rebecca Rideal.

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By 1719, the Great Plague of 1665 was a distant memory. The population in London skewed young, with an average life expectancy of between 35 and 40. Only those in their late 50s could claim to have a genuine memory of the epidemic that saw...

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Elias Ashmole: A 17th-century weatherman?

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“Whom then could I trust, if my own daughters had deserted me?" -- James VII & II

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The Gunpowder Plot's influence on Britain is profound

It was 6pm on Wednesday 5 November 1673, and thousands of Londoners flooded towards Poultry market. Led by a procession of hundreds of torches, the crowd followed an effigy of the Whore of Babylon.

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The Curious Case of the Interrupted Funeral

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    Historian of 17th-century. Teaches at Oxford University. Author of 1666: Plague, War & Hellfire.

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