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American scholar James Shapiro examines the plays Shakespeare wrote during the turbulent reign of Elizabeth’s successor, King James I. One of the new king’s first official acts was to name Shakespeare a...
A series of 12 x 30-minute programmes in which five archaeologists and historians take on the challenge of running a farm on the Welsh borders for a year, as it would have been in the reign of James I....
A four-part historical documentary series on the life of Shakespeare, presented by Michael Wood.
Claire Tomlin reads her biography of Samuel Pepys, the Fleet Street tailor’s son who made himself rich and powerful, an MP and advisor to royalty. She also traces his relations with many women, from...
A local history research project showing people discovering more about Nicholas Assheton, a Lancashire man who lived in the early 17th century. Part of a distance-learning programme.
Uses reconstructions and footage of the battlefield as it is today to present an account of the battle of Edgehill of 23 October 1642.
A collection of source material covering the history of the United Kingdom from 1500 to 1750. Structured around 14 investigations into key questions of political and religions change, such as the effects of...
Looks at the daily lives of eight 17th-century women writers and the range of issues that concernd them, including midwifery, the plight of the poor under Cromwellian rule, and the battle against the...
Looks at a selection of almshouses, hospitals and churches built in France, England, Scotland and Ireland in the 17th century, examining the role played by patrons and ocmmunities in their construction, and...
Tells the story of the Separatists, a non-conformist religious movement, from its beginnings in England near the end of the 16th century to the journey of the ‘Mayflower’, which arrived at Cape Cod...
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