Justin Champion
Professor of the History of Early Modern Ideas at Royal Holloway, University of London and president of the Historical Association
11 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Kate Peters, David Wootton, Martin Palmer
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Bedlam
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early years of Europe's oldest psychiatric hospital, which opened as St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate and soon became known as Bedlam.
17 March 2016
Also featuring: Hilary Marland, Jonathan Andrews
The Putney Debates
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Putney Debates of 1647, when factions of the New Model Army considered a possible new constitution for England.
18 April 2013
Also featuring: Ann Hughes, Kate Peters
The Druids
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Druids, the mysterious priests of ancient Britain, Gaul and Ireland.
20 September 2012
Also featuring: Barry Cunliffe, Miranda Aldhouse-Green
George Fox and the Quakers
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the foundation of the Religious Society of Friends, otherwise known as the Quakers, in the 17th century.
5 April 2012
Also featuring: John Coffey, Kate Peters
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Foxe's Book of Martyrs, the celebrated sixteenth-century account of the suffering of Christian martyrs.
18 November 2010
Also featuring: Diarmaid MacCulloch, Elizabeth Evenden
Calvinism
Melvyn Bragg and guests Justin Champion, Susan Hardman Moore and Diarmaid MacCulloch explore the ideas of John Calvin and their impact.
25 February 2010
Also featuring: Susan Hardman Moore, Diarmaid MacCulloch
The Trial of Charles I
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the trial of Charles I, recounting the high drama in Westminster Hall and the ideas that led to the execution.
4 June 2009
Also featuring: Diane Purkiss, David Wootton
Miracles
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of miracles, the subject of fierce theological debate, intense popular piety and serious medical study.
25 September 2008
Also featuring: Martin Palmer, Janet Soskice
The Divine Right of Kings
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Divine Right of Kings. The idea that kingly authority derives from God alone bit deep into the culture of 17th century Britain.
11 October 2007
Also featuring: Thomas Healy, Clare Jackson
Toleration
Melvyn Bragg discusses what had happened in England to make diverse religions ‘tolerable’. What was the philosophy and politics behind the idea of toleration, and does it differ from tolerance?
20 May 2004
Also featuring: David Wootton, Sarah Barber
The Apocalypse
Melvyn Bragg discusses how this powerful narrative of judgement and retribution evolved, and how it still shapes our thinking on the deepest questions of morality and history.
17 July 2003
Also featuring: Martin Palmer, Marina Benjamin