16th Century
Browse the 16th Century era within the In Our Time archive.
Mercantilism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.
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Romeo and Juliet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's tragedy of young star-crossed love in Verona
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Journey to the West
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great novel from the Ming Era, with its heroic Monkey.
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Albrecht Dürer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and timeless works of the great German artist.
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The Valladolid Debate
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dispute in 1550 over enslavement of native Americans.
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Li Shizhen
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the heights of medical knowledge under the Ming dynasty
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The Inca
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the advanced Andean empire, dominant until Pizarro arrived
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's comedy, one of his most popular plays
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William Cecil
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful man in the court of Elizabeth I.
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Is Shakespeare History? The Romans
Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 2 of 2).
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Is Shakespeare History? The Plantagenets
Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 1 of 2)
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Mary, Queen of Scots
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Sovereignty
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of sovereignty.
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Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China.
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Holbein at the Tudor Court
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Holbein at the court of Henry VIII.
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Montaigne
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the great French writer Michel de Montaigne.
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The Book of Common Prayer
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer.
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Bruegel's The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bruegel's painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent.
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The Battle of Lepanto
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Lepanto, 1571.
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The Dutch East India Company
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.
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Cryptography
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins and history of codes.
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Baconian Science
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science.
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Calvinism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of John Calvin and their impact.
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Elizabethan Revenge
Melvyn Bragg discusses why revenge tragedy was so popular with Elizabethan theatre goers.
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