Elizabethan London: a multicultural melting pot
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To join us as we serve up stories of some remarkable delicacies from the past, search History's Greatest Dishes and follow the feed wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine. London today is known for being a multicultural city. But what about in the past? Well, for today's episode, Emily Briffitt spoke to the historian
Dr. John Gallagher about his research into the vibrant and exciting melting pot of language and culture that was Elizabethan London, revealing what life looks like for the migrant population and those around them. So I was wondering if we can go back in time a little bit. Today we live in a multicultural society here in the UK. If we were to go back to early modern England, how would it compare?
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