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