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Divine Women

All Episodes 2012

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  • 2012-04-11T20:00:00Z
  • 59m
  • 2h 57m (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • BBC
  • Documentary
Bettany Hughes sets out on an epic journey across continents and back in time to trace the hidden and often controversial history of women in religion

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2012-04-11T20:00:00Z

1x01 When God was a Girl

Series Premiere

1x01 When God was a Girl

  • 2012-04-11T20:00:00Z59m

Historian Bettany Hughes goes back to the beginning of time and visits the world's oldest religious site to find startling evidence that women were part of the very birth of organised religion.

2012-04-18T20:00:00Z

1x02 Handmaids of the Gods

1x02 Handmaids of the Gods

  • 2012-04-18T20:00:00Z59m

Historian Bettany Hughes uncovers the lost era of the priestess. She delves into the ancient Greek worship of the goddess of sex, Aphrodite, and finds out what this practice meant for women.

2012-04-25T20:00:00Z

1x03 War of the Words

1x03 War of the Words

  • 2012-04-25T20:00:00Z59m

Bettany Hughes discovers how the period known as the Dark Ages was in fact a golden age for a few remarkable women. She finds that education and the written word became vital tools for these women.

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