Browse the 17th Century era within the In Our Time archive.
Melvyn Bragg examines the Metaphysical poets, including John Donne and Andrew Marvell.
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine how much the British Raj owed to the Mughal Emperors.
Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans.
Melvyn Bragg looks at the reign of Charles II and the consequences of the Restoration.
The history of the formation of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy.
Melvyn Bragg travels to Oxford, where the young Christopher Wren and friends experimented.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1683 siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Army.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the trial of Charles I.
Melvyn Bragg looks at the politics behind the rise of religious freedom in England.
The history of witchcraft in Reformation Europe.
