How did England become a military power? Adam Hart-Davis reveals how Henry VIII 's ascension to the throne necessitated invention in the field of armaments.
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What the Tudors and Stuarts Did for U...
Adam Hart-Davis turns to the beginning of the Stuart period and its exciting innovations.
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What the Tudors and Stuarts Did for U...
Adam Hart-Davis examines interesting innovations from the Stuart period that shaped the world we live in today. He describes how Britain became one of the world's leading scientific nations, thanks to the celebrated polymath Francis Bacon's introduction of the experiment.
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What the Tudors and Stuarts Did for U...
This episode looks at how, under the Stuarts, life became much more organised. There was the first public transport, street lighting, fire brigade and high street banks. But the biggest re-organisation was in politics, as England and Scotland came under the rule of one king.
