Hanging with History
Hanging with History
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217. How to Tear the West Apart
A miner’s son, decided one day, to nail 95 thesis to the door of All Saints Church in Wittenberg in the year of our lord 1517. It seems unlikely he intended to split his church, the Catholic, universal church, into a bewildering multiplic...
216. 1453, Before Humanism and the Reformation
We explore the roots of Humanism and the Reformation. Taking a long look at the Devotio Moderna, the Brethren of the Common Life. These were key influences on both Erasmus and Martin Luther. But more than that, the Devotio Mod...
215. Exploring the Causes of the Miracle
This episode is just a little introduction to the theories of the causes of the industrial revolution as of right now. We look at the Sheilagh Ogilvie classification of 5 general theories of the Causes of the Industrial Revolution a...
214, The Napoleonic Wars Come to an End
Consider the British Empire in 1792, the year of Macartney’s expedition to China and the year young Emperor Francis began to look askance at the French Revolution and all the ruling factions within it started to wish for a war. <...