17th Century - Browse the 17th Century era within the In Our Time archive.
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Louis XIV: The Sun King
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and reign of the French king who built Versailles
25 May 2023
47:25
The Shimabara Rebellion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1637-8 Christian uprising in Japan.
11 May 2023
48:03
Mercantilism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.
16 Mar 2023
57:33
John Donne
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the priest who was one of England's finest love poets.
12 Jan 2023
51:47
Comenius
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 17th-century Czech educator committed to toleration.
19 May 2022
56:32
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the greatest and most challenging poems in English
24 Jun 2021
52:25
The Interregnum
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the upheavals of 1649-60 in the British Isles
27 May 2021
52:24
Mary Astell
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher Mary Astell (1666 – 1731).
05 Nov 2020
51:34
Macbeth
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.
01 Oct 2020
51:45
The Covenanters
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Presbyterian solidarity in C17th Scotland and its impact.
12 Mar 2020
53:49
The Treaty of Limerick
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaty ending the Williamite War in Ireland in 1691
07 Nov 2019
52:40
Sir Thomas Browne
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physician with a curious mind in dangerous times
06 Jun 2019
52:44
Judith beheading Holofernes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how this Bible story has inspired artists for centuries.
14 Feb 2019
49:30
The Thirty Years War
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating war across the Holy Roman Empire 1618-1648
06 Dec 2018
50:35
Hamlet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, longest and most quoted play.
28 Dec 2017
52:33
Aphra Behn
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689): playwright, poet, spy.
12 Oct 2017
49:51
Johannes Kepler
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss astronomer Johannes Kepler.
29 Dec 2016
48:42
The Putney Debates
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Putney Debates of 1647.
18 Apr 2013
41:56
Pascal
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French thinker Blaise Pascal.
19 Sep 2013
43:00
The Tempest
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest.
14 Nov 2013
41:59
Pocahontas
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of the Native American Pocahontas.
21 Nov 2013
41:50
The Microscope
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the development of the microscope.
28 Nov 2013
43:00
Robert Boyle
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the pioneering scientist Robert Boyle.
12 Jun 2014
46:36
Fermat's Last Theorem
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Fermat's Last Theorem.
25 Oct 2012
42:06
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The Salem Witch Trials
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials.
26 Nov 2015
43:00
Robert Hooke
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 17th-century scientist Robert Hooke.
18 Feb 2016
48:11
The Dutch East India Company
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.
03 Mar 2016
46:12
Alchemy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alchemy, the ancient science of transformations.
24 Feb 2005
45:00
Baconian Science
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science.
02 Apr 2009
45:00
Calculus
The dispute between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over who invented calculus.
24 Sep 2009
45:00
Don Quixote
Melvyn Bragg considers the importance of the 17th century Spanish novel Don Quixote.
16 Mar 2006
45:00
Empiricism
Melvyn Bragg examines the 17th century idea that all knowledge arises from experience.
10 Jun 2004
45:00
George Fox and the Quakers
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of Quakerism.
05 Apr 2012
41:53
Hobbes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
01 Dec 2005
45:00
Lear
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine Shakespeare’s bloodthirsty tragedy, King Lear.
28 Feb 2008
45:00
Milton
Melvyn Bragg examines both the literary and political careers of the poet John Milton.
07 Mar 2002
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
Slavery and Empire
Melvyn Bragg examines British imperialism and its captives, both slaves and Britons.
17 Oct 2002
45:00
Tea
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss tea, the first truly global commodity.
29 Apr 2004
2:30:00
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Robert Burton's book The Anatomy of Melancholy.
12 May 2011
45:00
The Baroque Movement
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the culture of the Baroque.
20 Nov 2008
45:00
The Divine Right of Kings
Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea that kingly authority derives from God.
11 Oct 2007
45:00
The Fire of London
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Fire of London and the rebuilding of the city.
11 Dec 2008
45:00
The Glencoe Massacre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Glencoe Massacre of 1692.
21 Jan 2010
45:00
The Glorious Revolution
Melvyn Bragg considers whether the events of 1688 were really glorious or revolutionary.
19 Apr 2001
45:00
The Laws of Motion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion.
03 Apr 2008
45:00
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The Metaphysical Poets
Melvyn Bragg examines the Metaphysical poets, including John Donne and Andrew Marvell.
03 Jul 2008
45:00
The Mughal Empire
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine how much the British Raj owed to the Mughal Emperors.
26 Feb 2004
45:00
The Pilgrim Fathers
Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans.
05 Jul 2007
45:00
The Restoration
Melvyn Bragg looks at the reign of Charles II and the consequences of the Restoration.
15 Feb 2001
45:00
The Royal Society
The history of the formation of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy.
23 Mar 2006
45:00
The Royal Society and British Science: Episode 1
In Our Time: The Royal Society and British Science
Melvyn Bragg travels to Oxford, where the young Christopher Wren and friends experimented.
04 Jan 2010
45:00
The Siege of Vienna
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1683 siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Army.
14 May 2009
45:00
The Trial of Charles I
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the trial of Charles I.
04 Jun 2009
45:00
Toleration
Melvyn Bragg looks at the politics behind the rise of religious freedom in England.
20 May 2004
45:00
Witchcraft
The history of witchcraft in Reformation Europe.
21 Oct 2004
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