Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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  1. Constantine the Great

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Constantine the Great, the Roman emperor who made Constantinople his capital rather than Rome and who legalised Christianity across the Empire.

    5 October 2017

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    Featuring: Christopher Kelly, Lucy Grig, Greg Woolf

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  2. Hildegard of Bingen

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval mystic, composer and writer Hildegard of Bingen.

    26 June 2014

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    Featuring: Miri Rubin, William Flynn, Almut Suerbaum

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  3. Mary Magdalene

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible.

    25 February 2016

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    Featuring: Joanne Anderson, Eamon Duffy, Joan Taylor

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    ReligionAnglican saintsChristian saints from the New TestamentPeople celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendar1st-century deathsAngelic visionaries1st century20th century

  4. St Thomas Aquinas

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic Church's foremost western philosopher and theologian.

    17 September 2009

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    Featuring: Martin Palmer, John Haldane, Annabel Brett

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