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The Politics of Belief
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Documentary series exploring Protestantism. Tristram Hunt looks at how a debate about religion in 16th Century Germany sparked a political revolution.
Four-part documentary series in which historian Tristram Hunt explores the scientific, cultural, economic and political aspects of Protestantism. In this opening part, he uncovers how a debate about religion in 16th Century Germany (Martin Luther's challenge to the Pope) sparked a political revolution - from the bloody battlefields of medieval Germany to the Civil Wars of the 1640s in Britain, Protestantism unleashed a series of revolutions and wars that rippled across Europe.
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Wed 5 Mar 2008
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Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Tristram Hunt |
Broadcasts
- Wed 12 Sep 2007 21:00
- Thu 13 Sep 2007 03:25
- Thu 13 Sep 2007 23:30
- Wed 5 Mar 2008 00:30
- Wed 5 Mar 2008 03:20