Sarah Barber
Senior Lecturer in History at Lancaster University
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
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: Justin Champion, David Wootton
Republicanism
Melvyn Bragg examines how English republicanism has developed from Cromwell to the present day, and examines whether it is embedded as a sentiment deep within the culture of England.
3 February 2000
Also featuring: Andrew Roberts