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July 15 Nanette the Velvet Brick and Mother of Slaves
Season 7 Episode 15
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The life of an incredible woman - Anne-Marie Javouhey - founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny. Freer of Slaves and nicknamed …
1 year, 11 months ago
July 14 Venice, Vivaldi and the collapsing Campanile
Season 7 Episode 14
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St Marks Basilica saw its bell tower collapse on July 14 1902. We tell the story of Venice, its cultural importance and the story of…
1 year, 11 months ago
July 13 C.S.Lewis - A grief observed
Season 7 Episode 13
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We look at the life of C S Lewis and his relationship with J R R Tolkien and Joy Davidman, his wife who died today
1 year, 11 months ago
July 12 The Fall of Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple
Season 7 Episode 12
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Today the Roman Emperor Titus attacked the walls of Jerusalem in A.D 70. It would lead to the massacre of many and the destruction o…
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July 11 Eric Liddell the flying Scotsman
Season 7 Episode 11
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The Scottish Missionary Eric Liddell won the Olympic 400-meter race in Paris after he had rejected an opportunity to run in the 100 m…
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July 10 Cardinal Richelieu and the French Academy
Season 7 Episode 10
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Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman and statesman also known as l'Éminence rouge, or "the Red Eminence" and became very powerf…
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July 6 Mircea Eliade - A History of Religious Ideas
Season 7 Episode 6
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Today we look at the life and thought of Mircea Eliade a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor …
2 years ago
July 5 Thomas Cook, the temperance movement and Package Tourism
Season 7 Episode 5
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Thomas Cook - a committed Baptist and fierce promoter of the Temperance movement in industrial Britain ended up being a pioneer of th…
2 years ago
July 4 The Empress Pulcheria and the Theotokos
Season 7 Episode 4
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One of the most powerful woman in the Ancient World - Pulcheria was a Eastern Roman empress who advised her brother emperor Theodosiu…
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July 3 The Mythical Kingdom of Prester John and Marco Polo
Season 7 Episode 3
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For more than 500 years, Europeans believed a Christian king ruled over a vast empire somewhere in the wilds of Africa, India or the …
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