Valery Rees
Renaissance scholar and senior member of the Language Department at the School of Economic Science
4 episodes
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The School of Athens
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael's depiction of Plato and Aristotle and what it tells us about both the subjects and the painter.
26 March 2009
Also featuring: Angie Hobbs, Jill Kraye
Heaven
Melvyn Bragg discusses heaven and the afterlife, from Ancient Egypt, Zoroastrianism and Judaism through to Christianity, the arch promoter of heaven.
22 December 2005
Also featuring: Martin Palmer, John Carey
Angels
Melvyn Bragg discusses the heavenly host of Angels, so popular with so many believers and so problematic for philosophers and theologians.
24 March 2005
Also featuring: Martin Palmer, John Haldane
Renaissance Magic
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Renaissance obsession with Magic, including the serious and religious study of the 'hermetic texts' and the cabbala.
17 June 2004
Also featuring: Peter Forshaw, Jonathan Sawday