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The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age: An Interview with Stanford's Professor Richard White
Season 3 Episode 6
The Civil War and its decades-long aftermath continue to define American life well into the twenty-first century. Today we chat with Stanford's Profe…
7 years, 5 months ago
Minisode: Messianic Rulers and Military Revolutions in Spain
Season 3 Episode 5
Let's chat about some of the other interesting things Patrick discovered in his research for this month's episodes: messianic rulership and military …
7 years, 5 months ago
The Spanish Inquisition, the Expulsion of the Jews, and the Rise of Spain
Season 3 Episode 4
Queen Isabella of Castile was one of the great state-building monarchs of the later Middle Ages, but state-building had a dark side: the Spanish Inqu…
7 years, 6 months ago
Queen Isabella of Spain and the End of the Reconquista
Season 3 Episode 3
Queen Isabella of Castile was the greatest of the state-building rulers of the late Middle Ages. During her rule, she sent Columbus to America, marri…
7 years, 6 months ago
Historical Fiction and the Wars of the Roses: An Interview with Philippa Gregory
Season 3 Episode 2
We talked to bestselling novelist Philippa Gregory about her views of history and historical fiction, and her perspective on the Wars of the Roses, w…
7 years, 6 months ago
1492: A Guided Tour of Europe on the Brink
Season 3 Episode 1
1492 was a big year, and not just because a certain Genoese navigator set sail into the unknown. Europe was on the cusp of enormous changes. Follow a…
7 years, 6 months ago
Who Was Christopher Columbus? With Professor Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Season 2 Episode 35
1492 was a truly wild year, and there is no one better to talk about it with than one of Patrick's favorite historians, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, aut…
7 years, 7 months ago
Civil Servants, State Finance, and the Rising State
Season 2 Episode 34
States didn't pull themselves up by their bootstraps, driven solely by the will of indomitable rulers; instead, they benefited from the services of a…
7 years, 7 months ago
The Troubled Inheritance of Mary of Burgundy and Dynastic Consolidation
Season 2 Episode 33
When Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, met the business end of a Swiss halberd in 1477, his 19-year-old daughter Mary was set to inherit all of his…
7 years, 7 months ago
The Rise and Fall of Burgundy
Season 2 Episode 32
The Valois dukes of Burgundy were kings in all but name. Originally a branch of the French royal family, they fought for control of the French crown,…
7 years, 8 months ago