18th-century German LGBTQ people
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Frederick the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Frederick II, king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786.
2 July 2015
Featuring: Tim Blanning, Katrin Kohl, Thomas Biskup
History18th-century German composersGerman opera librettistsGerman military writersGerman male classical composersRoyal reburials18th-century male musiciansGerman critics of ChristianityGerman classical composersGerman FreemasonsWriters from BerlinPeople of the Age of Enlightenment18th-century classical composersPeople of the Silesian Wars18th-century German LGBTQ people18th-century art collectors, German art collectors, People of the War of the Bavarian Succession, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)Humboldt
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Prussian naturalist and explorer, Alexander Von Humboldt. A hero in South America; Charles Darwin described him as ‘the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived’.
28 September 2006
Featuring: Jason Wilson, Patricia Fara, Jim Secord
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