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Episode 320: King and Parliament
Season 1 Episode 320
The Stuart dynasty did NOT have a good relationship with the English Parliament. That begins with King James I.
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1 year, 3 months ago
Aesop's Fables: A New Translation
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Aesop’s fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Dog in the Manger,” and …
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 319: The Gunpowder Plot
Season 1 Episode 319
Guy Fawkes et al decide to blow up King James I and the English Parliament. Spoiler alert: it doesn't work...
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1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 318: James I
Season 1 Episode 316
The end of the reign of Elizabeth I ends the Tudor dynasty. James I becomes the first of the short-lived Stuart line. His reign begins with no shorta…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 317: Henry IV of France
Season 1 Episode 316
Henry of Navarre spends several years fighting for the crown of France, converts to Catholicism (again), and issues the famous Edict of Nantes.
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1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 316: The End of Tudor England
Season 1 Episode 316
Few dynasties have had the impact on a modern state more so than the Tudors on England. Yet, the dynasty lasted hardly more than a century. Elizabet…
1 year, 4 months ago
Western Civ 2.0 Episode 73: Tiberius Gracchus
In this bonus episode, you get a sneak peek of the great stuff going on in Western Civ 2.0. You can join for a free trial by clicking HERE.
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1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 315: England Triumphant
Season 1 Episode 312
England emerges from the defeat of the Spanish Armada, its stock never higher. Yet all around Elizabeth the signs of the end of the Tudor age continu…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 314: The End of the Valois
Season 1 Episode 312
We enter this episode with an heir and a spare. We end with neither and the end of France's ruling house since the High Middle Ages.
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1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 313: The Armada
Season 1 Episode 313
The "Protestant Wind" fells Philip's Armada, leaving Elizabeth "Eliza Triumphant".
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1 year, 5 months ago