16th Century - Browse the 16th Century era within the In Our Time archive.
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· Mercantilism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.
16 Mar 2023
57:33
· Romeo and Juliet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's tragedy of young star-crossed love in Verona
17 Feb 2022
50:13
· Journey to the West
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great novel from the Ming Era, with its heroic Monkey.
20 May 2021
51:49
· Albrecht Dürer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and timeless works of the great German artist.
12 Nov 2020
54:00
· The Valladolid Debate
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dispute in 1550 over enslavement of native Americans.
20 Feb 2020
53:00
· Li Shizhen
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the heights of medical knowledge under the Ming dynasty
28 Nov 2019
51:46
· The Inca
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the advanced Andean empire, dominant until Pizarro arrived
13 Jun 2019
52:49
· A Midsummer Night's Dream
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's comedy, one of his most popular plays
18 Apr 2019
54:53
· William Cecil
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful man in the court of Elizabeth I.
07 Mar 2019
51:23
· Is Shakespeare History? The Romans
Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 2 of 2).
18 Oct 2018
42:00
· Is Shakespeare History? The Plantagenets
Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 1 of 2)
11 Oct 2018
51:27
· Mary, Queen of Scots
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.
19 Jan 2017
52:19
· Sovereignty
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of sovereignty.
30 Jun 2016
47:21
· Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China.
16 Apr 2015
45:24
· Holbein at the Tudor Court
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Holbein at the court of Henry VIII.
15 Oct 2015
43:00
· Montaigne
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the great French writer Michel de Montaigne.
25 Apr 2013
42:03
· The Book of Common Prayer
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer.
17 Oct 2013
42:00
· Bruegel's The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bruegel's painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent.
15 Jan 2015
45:35
· The Battle of Lepanto
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Lepanto, 1571.
12 Nov 2015
43:00
· The Dutch East India Company
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.
03 Mar 2016
46:12
· Cryptography
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins and history of codes.
29 Jan 2004
45:00
· Baconian Science
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science.
02 Apr 2009
45:00
· Calvinism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of John Calvin and their impact.
25 Feb 2010
45:00
· Elizabethan Revenge
Melvyn Bragg discusses why revenge tragedy was so popular with Elizabethan theatre goers.
18 Jun 2009
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· Faust
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the myth of Faustus and temptation by evil.
23 Dec 2004
45:00
· Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
18 Nov 2010
45:00
· Imaginary Numbers
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss imaginary numbers.
23 Sep 2010
45:00
· Machiavelli and the Italian City States
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli.
09 Dec 2004
45:00
· Marlowe
Melvyn Bragg examines the life of glittering Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe.
07 Jul 2005
45:00
· Rudolph II
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rudolph II and his Renaissance Court in Prague.
31 Jan 2008
45:00
· Shakespeare and Literary Criticism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enduring popular and academic appeal of Shakespeare.
04 Mar 1999
30:00
· Shakespeare's Life
Melvyn Bragg and guests consider the enigma of the life of William Shakespeare
15 Mar 2001
45:00
· Shakespeare's Work
Melvyn Bragg examines what it is about Shakespeare’s work that makes it universal.
11 May 2000
45:00
· St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572.
27 Nov 2003
45:00
· The Spanish Armada
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Spanish Armada.
07 Oct 2010
45:00
· The Aztecs
Melvyn Bragg examines the creation, power and legacy of the Aztec Empire.
27 Feb 2003
45:00
· The Dissolution of the Monasteries
Melvyn Bragg examines Henry VIII's policy of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
27 Mar 2008
45:00
· The Jesuits
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Jesuits, “the school masters of Europe”.
18 Jan 2007
45:00
· Slavery and Empire
Melvyn Bragg examines British imperialism and its captives, both slaves and Britons.
17 Oct 2002
45:00
· The Siege of Munster
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Munster in 1534-35.
05 Nov 2009
45:00
· The Death of Elizabeth I
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth I.
15 Oct 2009
45:00
· The Diet of Worms
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events that helped trigger the European Reformation.
12 Oct 2006
45:00
· The Field of the Cloth of Gold
Melvyn Bragg examines the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and Tudor conspicuous consumption.
06 Oct 2005
45:00
· The Tudor State
Melvyn Bragg looks at the re-shaping of England as a modern state by the Tudor dynasty.
26 Oct 2000
45:00
· Witchcraft
The history of witchcraft in Reformation Europe.
21 Oct 2004
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