The Life of Margaret, Brewer of London
What was it like to be a regular person in the late Middle Ages? We follow the life of a composite character, a brewer in London named Margaret, through her family, work, and marriage. She was a produ...
5 Joulu 201944min
Minisode: Is Netflix's "The King" Good History? And Winter Reading Recommendations!
Leah is back on the show today to discuss The King on Netflix starring Timothee Chalamet as King Henry V, our favorite Sadboi King, as he becomes the greatest king England's ever seen. Overall, we lik...
28 Marras 201929min
The End of the Crusades and the Fall of Acre: An Interview with Historian Roger Crowley
Popular historian Roger Crowley returns to the show to discuss his new book, The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades, which covers the last great siege of the Crusades at the ...
21 Marras 201956min
Was the Protestant Reformation Inevitable?
Was history destined to happen as it did? That's what counterfactuals - alternative scenarios of how things might have gone - are useful for answering. In this episode, we apply them to the Protestant...
14 Marras 201946min
Medieval Merchants
The medieval economy underwent a profound transformation, becoming ever more commercialized and monetized. Merchants helped drive that change, moving goods from place to place and profiting on the ret...
7 Marras 201945min
Persecution, Toleration, and the Rise of Modernity: An Interview with Historian Mark Koyama
Religious freedom is a core value of the modern West, but how did it emerge, and why does it matter? Economic historian Mark Koyama, of George Mason University, joins me to discuss his recent book (co...
31 Loka 201949min
The Commercial Revolution
The roots of the modern economy, based on markets, money, and exchange, lie deep in the Middle Ages. The Commercial Revolution remade the European economy, paving the way for the explosive growth that...
17 Loka 201942min
The Venetian Empire
Venice was a commercial hub, the hinge of the medieval economy, but it was also the center of a remarkable empire that spanned the sea lanes and trade routes of the Mediterranean. The Venetian Empire ...
10 Loka 201953min
