{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e9c7da787f38d39093e2d78/67880b3d6fdb31febd570000?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dr Roderigo Lopez - Sex, spies and enemas in Elizabethan England ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e9c7da787f38d39093e2d78/1736975836403-e5d89703-1948-490e-9a0e-989e6ce6b3df.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We are delving into the world of Elizabethan espionage this week to discuss a displaced Jewish doctor who realised that the way he communicated with his fellow exiles across Europe could just so happen to be turned into a readymade spy network for profit.</p><p><br></p><p>Quickly rising in influence after leaving his home of Portugal in his 30s, Dr Lopez managed to reach the dizzying heights of personal physician to Queen Elizabeth herself.</p><p><br></p><p>But the desire to return home never left him, and the schemes he participated in to try and engineer a chance to live out his days back in Portugal led him deeper and deeper into a tangled web of split loyalties and risky choices...</p><p><br></p><p>Guest Host: Emma Heathcote</p><p><br></p><p>If you enjoy our podcast you can drop us a donation on KoFi at:</p><p><br></p><p>ko-fi.com/consistentlyeccentrichistory</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Joe Heathcote"}