17th century

Traces four hundred years of Jewish history from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, and discusses the anti-semitism facing European Jews, the Jews of czarist Russia, their struggle for civil rights in the 1830s and 1840s, Jewish life in America, the effects of World War One and the Holocaust of World War Two, and much more.

Chronicles Olof Rudbeck's efforts to prove that the lost civilization of Atlantis really did exist and explores how the world responded to his claims.

Explores the mysterious work of seventeenth-century French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes, and examines his mathematical theories and his understanding of the order and mystery of the cosmos.

Chronicles the stormy collaboration between astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler at the turn of the seventeenth century, discussing how their discoveries would mark the transition from medieval to modern science and why Kepler is believed to have killed Brahe in order to take credit for Brahe's discoveries.

Chronicles Robert Hooke's efforts to rebuild London during the 1670s, after he was appointed London's Chief Surveyor after the Great Fire of 1666.

Explores the major developments in art and architecture that emerged in seventeenth-century Western Europe, discussing how the socio-political and cultural atmosphere of the century influenced design, profiling the careers of significant painters, sculptors, and architects, and highlighting legendary creations from the time.

Draws on period letters and papers to chronicle the opening of the first permanent English settlement in the New World, describing the day-to-day existence of the British men and women who dreamed of finding gold and prosperity in the New World and instead found hardship and misery.

Explains how the small but vibrant Dutch city of Delft produced a wide range of artworks during the seventeenth century, and traces the history and culture of Delft from the 1200s through the lifetime of the city's most renowned painter, Johannes Vermeer.

Recounts five true stories in which men and women in seventeenth-century England believe they had supernatural encounters.

The mysterious Madame de Morville rules high society and even the throne of seventeenth century Paris with her fortune telling, not foreseeing herself falling in love.