Early Modern

Traditionally, the Early Modern period covers the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries and we have kept to this tradition. One of history’s’ most famous Kings and his descendants Henry VIII are explored in podcasts in this section. Also featured are changes to Parliament, the relationship between leaders and the British people and the growth of the British Empire. Read more

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  • Women in 18th Century Britain

    Podcast

    In this podcast Professor Roey Sweet of the University of Leicester looks at how the lives of British women were transformed in the 18th century.

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  • Cromwell Discussions

    Podcast

    This set of podcasts feature Professor Ronald Hutton, Professor John Morrill, Dr David Smith and Dr Patrick Little discussing Dictatorship, Cromwell and the Crown and Richard Cromwell.

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  • Film: Acts of Union and Disunion

    Multipage Article

    Professor Linda Colley CBE, FBA, FRSL, FRHistS is a British Historian and a Fellow of the Historical Association. At the start of 2014 she wrote and presented a BBC Radio 4 series about the Acts of Union and Disunion, now a book. Over the summer she came into the HA...

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  • Intellectual & Scientific Revolution in Britain

    Podcast

    In this podcast Dr Nigel Aston of the University of Leicester looks at the origins of the Enlightenment in England.

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  • Early Modern British Jewish History

    Podcast

    Shakespeare. Cromwell and Ben Israel. Marrano Jews become an integral part of the community.

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  • James II, William III and the Glorious Revolution

    Podcast

    In this podcast Professor Tony Claydon of Bangor University discusses the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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