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Bonus: The Mongol Storm
Season 1
In his upcoming book, The Mongol Storm, historian Nicholas Morton discusses the vast subject that is the Mongol Empire. All of it. Here we talk about…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 221: The Not So Merry Wives of Henry VIII
In this episode, Anne Boleyn fails to produce a male heir (definitely NOT her fault) and loses her head while Henry does his best to enforce religiou…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 220: Supremacy
Season 1
Last time, King Henry VIII took England right up to the brink of separation from Rome in order to divorce Queen Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn. In t…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 219: The King's Great Matter
Season 1
Sometimes in history, an unexpected event or emergency changes its course. In the late 1520s, Henry VIII, King of England, wanted to divorce his wife…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 218: The Origins of the English Reformation
Season 1
In this episode, we take a step back and examine the origins of the English Reformation up to, roughly, 1522. Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey work to …
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 217: Fallout
The Battle of Pavia left Francis I in Imperial custody, Henry VIII utterly jubilant, and Charles V hopeful but wary. While Francis stews in Italy and…
3 years, 7 months ago
Bonus: On Every Tide
Season 1
In this bonus episode, I sit down with Sean Connolly, author of "On Every Tide" a new history of Irish emigration. It is an amazing book that covers …
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 216: Pavia
Season 1
While last week Charles V and Henry VIII slowly boxed Francis I in, this time the French King risks all on one more throw of the dice. And loses. The…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 215: Francis Surrounded
This week we really just focus on Francis I. The rise of Charles V left Francis out in the proverbial cold. Desperate to rekindle some kind of moment…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 214: Henry and Francis and Charles... Oh, my!
In this episode, we begin following King Henry VIII, King Francis I, and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V as the tumultuous 1520s unfold. Francis sees hi…
3 years, 8 months ago