Main content

The Unexpected Impact of Influenza on the English Reformation

The Long ViewRethink
Episode 2 of 5

Taking the Long View of previous unforeseen crises in British history, Jonathan Freedland explores the hopes and fears for recovery - and the unexpected consequences that followed.

Jonathan Freedland returns with a special series of The Long View for the Radio 4 Rethink season. As the country looks for the best ways to recover from the pandemic and examine how it might change society for the better in its aftermath, Jonathan and his guests consider national crises in our past and ask how those in power at the time sought to rethink their future.

Episode Two - Prof Diarmaid MacCulloch on the profound impact the 'flu epidemic of 1558 had on the future of the Protestant Reformation in England.

Producer: Tom Alban

Available now

14 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 Aug 202017:40
BBC Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

The Unexpected Impact of the Black DeathRethink

Next

The Unexpected Impact of the loss of the American ColoniesRethink

See all episodes from The Long View

Broadcasts

  • Tue 23 Jun 202013:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sat 8 Aug 202019:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 9 Aug 202005:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 9 Aug 202017:40
    BBC Radio 4

Podcast

  • The Long View

    History series in which stories from the past shed light on current events