Niall Ferguson
Professor of Political and Financial History at the University of Oxford
3 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CulturePhilosophyFormer Roman CatholicsGerman critics of ChristianityGerman revolutionariesCatholic theology and doctrineArtists who died by suicide20th-century German male writersAustrian emigrants to GermanyHeads of state who died by suicidePeople with Parkinson's disease20th-century German non-fiction writersGerman eugenicistsHistoryThomas AquinasMilitary ethics
Money
Melvyn Bragg examines whether economic factors are really behind all historical events.
1 March 2001
Also featuring: Richard J. Evans, Jane Humphries
Hitler in History
Melvyn Bragg examines the debate between various historiographical theories. How do Intentionalist, Structralist and Marxist views of history explain events in Nazi Germany?
5 October 2000
Also featuring: Ian Kershaw, Mary Fulbrook
Just War
Melvyn Bragg examines where the idea of a just war originated and whether after over 100 years of almost unimaginably violent conflict, the term has any meaning at all.
3 June 1999
Also featuring: John Keane