
Eamon Duffy
Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Magdalene College
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
ReligionAnglican saintsCritics of the Catholic ChurchChristian humanistsUniversity of Paris alumniNatural law ethicistsPeople celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendarCatholic philosophersAngelic visionaries16th-century writers in LatinCounter-Reformation1st-century deathsChristian saints from the New TestamentProto-Protestants, Roman Catholic biblical scholarsUniversity of Turin alumniDutch expatriates in France
Mary Magdalene
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible.
25 February 2016
Also featuring: Joanne Anderson, Joan Taylor
Erasmus
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the Dutch humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus, one of the most significant figures of the Renaissance.
9 February 2012
Also featuring: Diarmaid MacCulloch, Jill Kraye