Cromwellian Conversations 26: Forgotten History: Why do more people not know about the 1600s?

TV schedules have lots of programmes about history; on World War II, the Tudors, Victorians, Royalty and so on. Why do the 1600s get overlooked in the popular imagination? What is it about the upheavals of the 1640s and 1650s that leads to a collective historical amnesia? Cromwell Museum Curator Stuart Orme discusses popular perceptions (or lack of) about the 17th century with hsitorians Paul Lay, Miranda Malins and Rebecca Warren.