Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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2 episodes

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HistoryReligionMilitary personnel from JerusalemPeople in the deuterocanonical booksWomen in 12th-century warfare, Christians of the Second Crusade, Women in war in West Asia

  1. Judas Maccabeus

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolutionary Jewish leader Judas Maccabeus, who in the second century BC led a successful revolt for religious freedom.

    24 November 2011

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    Featuring: Helen Bond, Tessa Rajak, Philip Alexander

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    ReligionGileadPeople in the deuterocanonical booksMilitary personnel from Jerusalem

  2. Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful queen in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in C12th, after the First Crusade, ruling with her husband Fulk and then their son Baldwin III

    21 November 2019

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    Featuring: Natasha Hodgson, Katherine Lewis, Danielle Park

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    HistoryGileadWomen in 12th-century warfare, Christians of the Second Crusade, Women in war in West Asia