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Season 1, Episode 7 - "The Seventh Age 1530 - 1700 AD"

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Bettany Hughes provides an insight into the seventh age of Britain between 1530 and 1700, from the Elizabethan era to the eve of the agricultural and industrial revolutions. The documentary chronicles the emergence of many characteristics of the modern nation, such as political rights, secular entertainment, capitalism and the creation of the middle class

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Premiere: 2003

Type: TV Show

Genres/Tags: History, Documentary

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Seven Ages of Britain explores the lives and times of the ordinary people of the British Isles who rarely emerge into the light of written history but nonetheless were witness to its every twist and turn. In this edited extract from the book that accompanies the television series, the author Justin Pollard - who was also the producer of the series - looks at the changes that women experienced following the Black Death of the 14th century.