🎧 Uncovering the Lost Stories of Women in the Past with Suzannah Lipscomb
🎧 Dan Snow's History Hit
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20m
Suzannah Lipscomb's latest work unearths the lives of women in 16th and 17th century through a series of court sources that few have looked through. Dan talks to her about the ways in which these women were far more violent and aggressive than previously assumed, and the ways they fought for power in a patriarchal world.
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