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The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses
Season 3 Episode 36
What brought the son of a German shoemaker to a blood-soaked English field in June, 1487? In today's episode, we follow the life of a composite chara…
6 years, 10 months ago
Leah Interviews Dr. Patrick Wyman, PhD, about his upcoming book
Season 3 Episode 35
Leah declared mutiny and there was a small defenestration from the 8th Floor Wondery Studio as she took full creative control of Tides of History. We…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Life of Margaret, Brewer of London
Season 3 Episode 34
What was it like to be a regular person in the late Middle Ages? We follow the life of a composite character, a brewer in London named Margaret, thro…
6 years, 10 months ago
Minisode: Is Netflix's "The King" Good History? And Winter Reading Recommendations!
Season 3 Episode 33
Leah is back on the show today to discuss The King on Netflix starring Timothee Chalamet as King Henry V, our favorite Sadboi King, as he becomes the…
6 years, 10 months ago
The End of the Crusades and the Fall of Acre: An Interview with Historian Roger Crowley
Season 3 Episode 32
Popular historian Roger Crowley returns to the show to discuss his new book, The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades, which …
6 years, 10 months ago
Was the Protestant Reformation Inevitable?
Season 3 Episode 31
Was history destined to happen as it did? That's what counterfactuals - alternative scenarios of how things might have gone - are useful for answerin…
6 years, 11 months ago
Medieval Merchants
Season 3 Episode 30
The medieval economy underwent a profound transformation, becoming ever more commercialized and monetized. Merchants helped drive that change, moving…
6 years, 11 months ago
Persecution, Toleration, and the Rise of Modernity: An Interview with Historian Mark Koyama
Season 3 Episode 29
Religious freedom is a core value of the modern West, but how did it emerge, and why does it matter? Economic historian Mark Koyama, of George Mason …
6 years, 11 months ago
The Commercial Revolution
Season 3 Episode 28
The roots of the modern economy, based on markets, money, and exchange, lie deep in the Middle Ages. The Commercial Revolution remade the European ec…
7 years ago
The Venetian Empire
Season 3 Episode 27
Venice was a commercial hub, the hinge of the medieval economy, but it was also the center of a remarkable empire that spanned the sea lanes and trad…
7 years ago