From popular revolt to the obsession with the self, even to modern nationalism, Simon Schama explores the enduring and powerful legacy the Romantics have left on our modern world.

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Simon Schama is a historian and Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University, New York. He is perhaps best known for writing and hosting the 15-par BBC television documentary series ...

Popular revolt. Our obsession with the self. Modern nationalism. In this series, Simon Schama reveals how these ideas, forged by the Romantics during a century-long revolution in art and culture, ...