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    In Our Time: History

    In Our Time: History

    In Our Time: History

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    Length:
    302 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 302 episodes

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    The Theory of the Leisure Class

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most influential work of Thorstein Veblen (1857-192...

    55 minutes
    		Dec 14, 2023

    The Barbary Corsairs

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the North African privateers who, until their demise in...

    52 minutes
    		Dec 07, 2023

    The Federalist Papers

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay's essays...

    50 minutes
    		Nov 09, 2023

    The Economic Consequences of the Peace

    In an extended version of the programme that was broadcast, Melvyn Bragg and guests dis...

    66 minutes
    		Oct 26, 2023

    Louis XIV: The Sun King

    In 1661 the 23 year-old French king Louis the XIV had been on the throne for 18 years w...

    47 minutes
    		Jun 22, 2023

    The Shimabara Rebellion

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Christian uprising in Japan and its profound and lo...

    48 minutes
    		Jun 08, 2023

    The Battle of Crécy

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the brutal events of 26 August 1346, when the armies of...

    50 minutes
    		May 11, 2023

    Cnut

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Danish prince who became a very effective King of E...

    51 minutes
    		May 04, 2023

    Mercantilism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, between the 16th and 18th centuries, Europe was d...

    57 minutes
    		Apr 13, 2023

    Megaliths

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss megaliths - huge stones placed in the landscape, often ...

    50 minutes
    		Mar 30, 2023

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