Explore the history and culture of the early modern period. What was life like in the age of da Vinci? What is the basis of our understanding of concepts such as nature, romance, freedom, and ...

Salman Rushdie proposed that there seem to be 'hinge moments' in history, when many crucial changes take place at much the same time. But what are the forces that create change? Recorded at the ...

Two new studies have helped narrow down the time during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans to a period starting about 50,500 years ago and lasting over seven millennia. One of the ...

Robert Bucholz and Newton Key, Early Modern England, 1485–1714: A Narrative History, 2nd ed. (Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008) Neil MacGregor, Shakespeare’s Restless World: An Unexpected History in ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable rise of the Venetians who settled on some marshy islands on a lagoon after the fall of Rome and went on to build an empire. Show more ...