Talks and lectures from the Dublin Festival of History.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 hours 52 minutes
Chris Patten: First Confession: A Sort of Memoir
Chris Patten in conversation with John Bowman In a long and distinguished career, Chris Patten has been a Westminster MP, a UK Cabinet minister, the last Governor of Hong Kong, Chairman of the BBC and Chancellor of Oxford University.
The Darkening Age: the Christian destruction of the Classical world – Catherine Nixey
Catherine Nixey in conversation with Hugh Linehan The Darkening Age tells the story of how between the 2nd and 6th centuries AD the Christians of the late Roman Empire set out deliberately to destroy all the books,
Janina Ramirez: The blending of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Christianity
Based on her recent book, The Private Lives of Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England, Dr Janina Ramirez, Oxford Art Historian and BBC broadcaster, will explore the incredible intellectual,
James Holland: The War in The West – The Allies Fight Back, 1941-1943
In the latest volume of his ground-breaking World War 2 trilogy, James Holland describes how the tide of war began to turn against the Axis. Looking at the war from the battle front to the factories and shipyards, he tells the story of how,
Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet
When Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper to the church door of a small university town in 1517, he set off a process that changed the Western world for ever. His attempts to reform Christianity by returning it to its biblical roots split the Western ...
Munich – Robert Harris
Robert Harris in conversation with James Holland September 1938. Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace. The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be notorious for what takes place t...
War and the Death of News
Martin Bell in conversation with Keelin Shanley In an age of international terror, where journalists themselves have become targets, more and more reports are issued from the sidelines. The dominance of social media has ushered in a post-truth world: ...
The Russian Revolution Debate
The sheer apocalyptic scale of the Russian Revolution seems almost to defy comprehension. What began as a challenge to the decadence and complacency of the Romanov dynasty ended up in the slaughter and immiseration an entire people.
The Irish and the Camino de Santiago: 800 years of history
This talk by Turlough O'Donnell marked the 800th anniversary of the connections between Dublin and the Camino de Santiago which was celebrated in 2016. Turlough O'Donnell is chair of the Camino Society Ireland CLG and has walked many parts o...
A City Divided: Dublin in the Civil War
In 1922-23, over 200 people were killed and 3,500 imprisoned in Dublin as rival pro and anti-Treaty factions of the nationalist movement came to blows. John Dorney will talk about urban guerrilla warfare, prisons,