Divine Women – Series 1
2012
3 Episodes
Episodes
S01E01
When God was a Girl
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.
11 Apr 2012
S01E02
Handmaids of the Gods
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.
18 Apr 2012
S01E03
War of the Words
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.
25 Apr 2012