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Jan 30 - Oliver Cromwell and two executions
Season 1 Episode 30
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Today in 1661, Oliver Cromwell's dead body was exhumed and beheaded in revenge for his execution of King Charles I on Jan 30 in 1649. We look at how Cromwells puritanism motivated him…
Published on 11 months ago
Jan 29 - Martin Luther's Wife
Season 1 Episode 29
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Today we look at the life of Katarina Von Bora, who after a daring escape from a convent, married Martin Luther, had 6 children and ran many successful enterprises. We also take a tenta…
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Jan 28 - Excommunicating an Emperor
Season 1 Episode 28
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Todays pod looks at the incredible story of the walk to Canossa, where in the dead of winter, Henry IV crossed the Alps by foot in a penitential act. Today Pope Gregory VII lifted his e…
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Jan 27 - Dante's Exile and his Divine Comedy
Season 1 Episode 27
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Today in 1302, Italy's finest poet and some say the father of the Italian language, Dante Alighieri was exiled from Florence. In exile, he wrote the Divine Comedy, the greatest poem of…
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Jan 26 - India becomes a republic
Season 1 Episode 26
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In 1950 on Jan 26 the Constitution of India came into force, forming a republic. One of the oldest civilisations in the world, India is officially a secular country nut with a deeply r…
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Jan 25 - Founding of Sao Paulo
Season 1 Episode 24
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A group of Jesuit missionaries built a mission on top of a steep hill on the Piratiningha plains. As part of the mission they founded the Colégio de São Paulo de Piratininga today on J…
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Jan 24 - Gregorian Calendar is now almost universal
Season 1 Episode 24
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Today in 1918 the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars making its coverage almost universal. Today's pod looks at the history of …
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Jan 23 - Netherlands Splits, start of the Dutch Empire
Season 1 Episode 23
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Seismic events in Northern Europe today on the 23rd of January and the Union of Utrecht effectively unites the northern provinces of the Netherlands. A radical experiment in Religious F…
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Jan 22 - Arrival of the Swiss Guard in the Vatican
Season 1 Episode 22
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On Jan 22 1506 the first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican. Todays pod looks at the historical context for their arrival, their famous colourful uniforms and how th…
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Jan 21 - First prayer of Pilgrim Fathers in America
Season 1 Episode 21
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On this day in Christian History, we go back to the year 1621 and the Pilgrims from England left their ship the Mayflower and gathered on shore at Plymouth, Massachusetts, for their fir…
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