🎧 Thomas Cromwell with Diarmaid MacCulloch - History Hit LIVE in association with the British Academy
Early Modern • 51m
In our first-ever History Hit Live in association with the British Academy, Dan talks to Diarmaid MacCulloch about Thomas Cromwell, whether or not the Reformation was like Brexit, and what is wrong with Putney.
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