Archive by Era: Enlightenment

1. Bolivar

   Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Simon Bolivar, the liberator of South America.
2. Catherine the Great

   Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Empress who transformed and modernized Russia.
3. Empiricism

   Melvyn Bragg examines the 17th century idea that all knowledge arises from experience.
4. Goethe and the Science of the Enlightenment

   Melvyn Bragg assesses the scientific legacy of the 18th century German poet Goethe.
5. Gothic

   Melvyn Bragg examines the origins and significance of the 18th century Gothic movement.
6. Mary Wollstonecraft

   Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft.
7. Materialism

   Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Materialism in Philosophy.
8. Spinoza

   Melvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch, Jewish and Christian Philosopher, Baruch Spinoza.
9. Sturm und Drang

   Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the German artistic movement known as Sturm und Drang.
10. Taste

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th century obsession with taste.
11. The Age of Doubt

    Melvyn Bragg examines the spread of religious doubt over the last three centuries.
12. The Building of St Petersburg

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the building of St Petersburg.
13. The Encyclopédie

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great achievements of the Enlightenment.
14. The Enlightenment in Scotland

    Melvyn Bragg examines the emergence and impact of the Scottish Enlightenment.
15. The French Revolution's reign of terror

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of terror during the French Revolution.
16. The Lunar Society

    Melvyn Bragg examines an 18th century group of pioneering scientists and engineers.
17. The Social Contract

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Social Contract; a key idea in political philosophy.
18. The Sublime

    Melvyn Bragg explores a transcendental idea that took hold on the Age of Enlightenment.
19. Washington and the American Revolution

    Melvyn Bragg examines the first President of the US and what drove him to revolution.
20. Women and Enlightenment Science

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the role played by women in Enlightenment science.

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