21/05/2013
Helen Castor is joined by leading historians to discuss the latest historical research, and the many and varied ways we are connecting with the past.
Helen Castor is joined by Dr Lucy Robinson from the University of Sussex and Dr Catherine Rider from the University of Exeter.
We hear about the conclusion to a four year project which helps us understand just how ordinary people worshipped in the sixteenth century. How did the church maintain its hold over a population that could not read or write and certainly didn't understand Latin?
Burnley may seem an unlikely place in the Lesbian and Gay history of Britain, compared perhaps with more metropolitan areas. However, a new project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund is uncovering some remarkable evidence which shows that East Lancashire was at the forefront of the gay liberation movement in the 1960's and 70's.
And Tom Holland is in the Oxfordshire countryside with a leading classicist and a beekeeper to find out how the Ancient Greeks and Romans would have tackled the decline of the bee population.
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Prayer in the Sixteenth Century
How did the church maintain its hold over a population that could not read or write and certainly didn't understand Latin? Helen talks to at the University of Bangor who is a co-investigator in a project which is drawing to a close but can be accessed via a dedicated website.
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Burnley Gay History
We head for Burnley an unlikely place perhaps in the Lesbian and Gay history of Britain. However, a new project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund is uncovering some remarkable evidence which shows that East Lancashire was at the forefront of the gay liberation movement in the 1960's and 70's.
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Bees and the Ancient World
Tom Holland is in the Oxfordshire countryside with leading classicist the author ofÌý Patterns of Redemption in Virgil's Georgics (1999) and beekeeper Phil Sharman to find out how the Ancient Greeks and Romans would have tackled the decline if the bee population.
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Making History returns on Tuesday 27 August 2013
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Making History
Popular history series where the past connects with the present.
