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Theme: Europe

    324a The 30 Years War with Zack Twamley

    By David Crowther 2 years agoSep 30, 2023 6 Comments

    Zack is the author of for God and the Devil, and we discuss the highlights and numerous lowlights of the 30 years war Everyone loves a good historical novel –Read More

    324 Europe XII Colonisation and War

    By David Crowther 2 years agoSep 30, 2023 6 Comments

    The early 17th century saw the emergence of the Dutch Republic as a new colonial power, and the resurgence of France after her religious wars. But most of all theRead More

    323 Europe XII Absolutely Nations

    By David Crowther 2 years agoAug 22, 2021 2 Comments

    Hobbes argued that only an all powerful ruler could do what was required to protect the people and preserve property, and for that the loss of individual liberty was worth paying.Read More

    322 Europe XII Religion and Science

    By David Crowther 2 years agoAug 22, 2021 9 Comments

    In the first of three episodes on Europe 1600-1650, we talk about religion, scientific revolution, and Witchcraft. And why Galileo was a weaker No 8 than Dean Richards. For thoseRead More

    307a Renaissance Warfare by Ben Jacobs

    By David Crowther 3 years agoJan 31, 2021 5 Comments

      Ben Jacobs talks about how the demands and costs of Renaissance warfare changed the nature of Europe for ever   Wittenberg to Westphalia Podcast Ben Jacobs is the hostRead More

    255 Europe XI The Spanish Century

    By David Crowther 5 years agoSep 12, 2018 12 Comments

    By 1600, the Spain and her Empire was acknowledged as the richest and most powerful state in Europe. the hardworking Phillip II worked into the night deep in his massive palaceRead More

    254 Europe X Chaos and Threat

    By David Crowther 5 years agoMay 12, 2020 2 Comments

    Our survey of 16th century Europe moves on to the growth of the Ottoman Empire under Suleyman, and the chaos of the French religious wars. Religious division in Europe Here isRead More

    253 Europe IX Confessionalism Unleashed

    By David Crowther 5 years agoAug 19, 2018 4 Comments

    How the rise of Calvinism, the Catholic Reformation and the peace of Augsberg combined with attitudes towards heresy to divide Europe along harsher, confessional lines. The Hapsburg Empire under Charles VRead More

    224 Deadly Poison

    By David Crowther 6 years agoSep 18, 2017 4 Comments

    In 1520 the Pope threatened an obscure Augustinian monk with excommunication. Why ? What happened next? And how did the English react?        

    218a Witchcraft in Tudor England by Sam Hume

    By David Crowther 6 years agoJul 23, 2017 2 Comments

    The 16th and 17th centuries saw a surge in worry about witchcraft through most of Europe. Sam gives us a survey of how fear of witchcraft affected England. Sam also hasRead More

    195 The History of Europe Part VIII

    By Cerdic 7 years agoApr 07, 2017 2 Comments

    15th Century European kingdoms were wracked by internal division as well as international war. By the end of the century, many nations had achieved unity and some degree of internalRead More

    167a The Fall of Constantinople by Paul Vincent

    By Cerdic 8 years agoSep 17, 2016 1 Comments

    The fall of Constantinople in 1453 is one of the most momentous events in world history. Sure, the power of the Roman Empire had long since faded; but here atRead More

    153a Wycliffe, Hus and Bohemia

    By Cerdic 8 years agoSep 17, 2016 7 Comments

    This week a guest episode on Wycliffe, Hus and their influence on the history of Bohemia. With many thanks to Pete Collman from the Bohemican Podcast, and Travis Dow ofRead More

    133 The History of Europe Part VII

    By Cerdic 9 years agoSep 17, 2016 2 Comments

    This week we finish off our survey of Europe, bringing us up to date with Byzantium, and the threat from the East. But we’ll also bring you up to dateRead More

    Tagged ByzantiumNicopolisOttoman

    Maps: 1100 – 1300 Europe

    Here are maps of continental Europe you might find useful, and links to the relevant blog posts. Below we have: France Spain Germany and the Holy Roman Empire Italy FranceRead More

    132 The History of Europe Part VI

    By Cerdic 9 years agoSep 17, 2016 3 Comments

    The growth of Aragon and its mediterranean empire, consolidation and political change in Northern Italy, fragmentation in Germany; Jan Hus, heresy and the Council of Constance.  132 A History ofRead More

    Tagged AragonbohemiaConstancehus

    131 The History of Europe Part V: Economic change and technology

    By Cerdic 9 years agoJun 04, 2017 8 Comments

    Ths episode is the first of 3 to bring us up to date with the history of Europe to the time of Henry IVth. This week it's all about theRead More

    99a Stephen Guerra The Avignon Papacy

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 17, 2016 0 Comments

    The Story of the early 14th Century papacy and their exile in Avignon – a guest episode from Stephen Guerra   99a Stephen Guerra Avignon Papacy  

    96 A history of Medieval Europe – Part IV

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 17, 2016 5 Comments

    With the defeat of the Hohenstaufen, surely the Papacy had finally won it's battle for supremacy? Actually not. A new challenge rode into town in the form of Phillip IVthRead More

    95 The History of Medieval Europe – Part III

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 17, 2016 1 Comments

    Frederick II renewed the argument that had been going on since the time of Otto the Great – Emperor or Pope? This time there would be a solution one wayRead More

    56 The History of Medieval Europe, Part 2

    By Cerdic 12 years agoSep 29, 2016 4 Comments

    The Holy Roman Empire to the death of Barbarossa, the briefest of histories of Norway, Denmark and Spain, and the 4th Crusade. It's action packed.  56 The History of MedievalRead More

    Tagged barbarossaEnglishfourth crusadegregoty VIIHistoryPodcast

    55 The History of Medieval Europe, Part I

    By Cerdic 12 years agoSep 29, 2016 17 Comments

    From Charles Martel and the battle of Tours in 732, through Charlemagne and Otto the Great, the first installment concentrates on France, Germany and Italy and takes us to theRead More

    Tagged charlemagneeuropeHistorymedievalottoPodcast

Resources

Family Trees

  • Family Trees: Normandy and the Angevins, 1066 – 1225 May 22, 2011
  • Family Trees: 500-1066 May 1, 2011

Maps

  • Maps: Eleanor of Aquitaine November 25, 2018
  • Maps: 1100 – 1300 Europe August 10, 2014
  • Maps: 1000 – 1225 May 22, 2011
  • Maps: 500 – 1000 May 1, 2011
  • The Tribal Hidage January 7, 2011

Articles

  • The Perfect Sword November 2, 2022
  • Medieval Castles November 26, 2017
  • Medieval tournaments illustrated glossary June 5, 2017
  • St Bartholomew the Great June 3, 2017
  • Medieval Prices and Wages December 14, 2016
  • St Bees August 18, 2016
  • Economic and Social History Charts 1000-1485 September 8, 2012
  • Drawings of Matthew Paris May 5, 2012
  • Heraldy – Arms of the big medieval families May 5, 2012
  • Feast Days in Medieval England April 7, 2012
  • 49a Arrival of the House of Wessex video February 3, 2012
  • The Discovery at St Mary’s Church January 23, 2011
  • Origins of the British – a recent study January 2, 2011
  • Sources for Early Anglo Saxon England December 17, 2010

Original Sources

  • The Story of Cynewulf, 755 October 28, 2012
  • Selected Laws of Ine, 688-695 October 27, 2012
  • Selected laws of Aethelbert of Kent, 601-604 October 27, 2012
  • Letter of Anselm to Pope Paschal October 27, 2012
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine pleads for the release of her Son, 1193 October 27, 2012
  • The Treaty of Westminster, 1153 October 27, 2012
  • The Forest Charter, 1217 October 27, 2012
  • Magna Carta: The Great Charter of Liberties of King John, 1215 October 27, 2012
  • The Assize of Clarendon, 1166 October 27, 2012
  • The Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164 October 27, 2012
  • The Character of Henry II October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Henry II, 1154 October 27, 2012
  • A 12th Century Village October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Stephen October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Henry I, 1100 October 27, 2012
  • The Tribal Hidage January 7, 2011
  • Sources for Early Anglo Saxon England December 17, 2010

Quiz

  • William the Marshal end of Shedcast Quiz August 16, 2020
  • The Ladybird matching quiz July 14, 2017
  • Tournament Quiz June 18, 2017

Books

  • The Perfect Sword November 2, 2022
  • Books for Eleanor of Aquitaine December 2, 2018
  • Historical Podcasts you might like April 30, 2011
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