Rosemary Sweet
Professor of urban history at the University of Leicester
4 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
Vase-mania
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore why eighteenth century collectors became so enthusiastic about ancient vases, especially Greek ones, and how Josiah Wedgwood reimagined these for consumers.
26 December 2024
Also featuring: Jenny Uglow, Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth
The Enclosures of the 18th Century
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th and 19th century enclosure movement which divided the British countryside both literally and figuratively.
1 May 2008
Also featuring: Murray Pittock, Mark Overton
The Aristocracy
Melvyn Bragg discusses the emergence, power and influence of the British aristocracy, what made it one of the most successful power elites in the world and what brought about its decline.
19 June 2003
Also featuring: David Cannadine, Felipe Fernández-Armesto
The Glorious Revolution
Melvyn Bragg examines the Glorious Revolution of 1688 but were the events of 1688 really either Glorious or Revolutionary?
19 April 2001
Also featuring: John Spurr, Scott Mandelbrote
HistoryMary II, William III of EnglandInvasions of EnglandAnti-Catholicism in the United KingdomMonarchy of the United KingdomAnti-Catholicism in EnglandSuccession to the British crownCivil wars in EnglandAnti-Catholicism in ScotlandStuart England, The RestorationJames II of EnglandAnti-Catholicism in Wales