Ulinka Rublack
Professor of Early Modern European History and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
3 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureAnglican saintsGerman LutheransNatural philosophersPeople celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendarWars involving France17th-century writers in LatinArtist authors16th-century writers in LatinCopernican RevolutionGerman Roman CatholicsManuscript illuminators16th-century German painters, German Renaissance painters, German printmakers, German male painters17th century in Europe17th century in the Dutch RepublicHistory of Central EuropeWars involving the Habsburg monarchyWars involving the Holy Roman Empire, Wars involving EnglandHistoryChristian astrologersUniversity of Tübingen alumniMembers of the Lincean Academy
Albrecht Dürer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dürer, the creator of some of the most memorable images in the late Renaissance from his woodcut of a rhinoceros to his stunning self portraits.
12 November 2020
Also featuring: Susan Foister, Giulia Bartrum
The Thirty Years War
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a topic suggested by listeners: the war which was centred on the Holy Roman Empire from 1618 and was unequalled in scale until C20th
6 December 2018
Also featuring: Peter Wilson, Toby Osborne
Johannes Kepler
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German astronomer Johannes Kepler.
29 December 2016
Also featuring: David Wootton, Adam Mosley