How God Made the English

2012
1 Seasons
3 Episodes
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Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explores both what it means to be English and what has shaped English identity, from the Dark Ages, through the Reformation to modern times.

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Seasons

3. A White and Christian People?

March 31, 2012

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In the final programme, he examines the idea that there is an ethnic core to Englishness.

2. A Tolerant People?

March 24, 2012

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. He challenges the commonly held assumption that the English have a long tradition of tolerance.

1. A Chosen People?

March 17, 2012

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English. In this episode, he chronicles the roots of the idea that the English think themselves better than others.

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Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explores both what it means to be English and what has shaped English identity, from the Dark Ages, through the Reformation to modern times.