Episodes

  • Episode 330: House Austria

    Episode 330: House Austria
    Jan 10 2025
    One simply cannot understand the Thirty Years War without first digesting the Austrian Habsburgs. Today, we tell that story.

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    39 mins
  • Episode 329: The Religions of the Empire

    Episode 329: The Religions of the Empire
    Jan 3 2025
    Today, I cover the convergence of faiths in the Holy Roman Empire that will, to an extent, drive the conflict of the Thirty Years War: Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism.

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    27 mins
  • Episode 328: The Empire

    Episode 328: The Empire
    Dec 27 2024
    As we begin the Thirty Years War, I back up a bit and explore the structure of the Holy Roman Empire.

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    28 mins
  • Early Modern Overview Four: Religion, Economics, and Technology

    Early Modern Overview Four: Religion, Economics, and Technology
    Dec 20 2024
    As you can imagine, much changed in European economic life and technology between 1450 and 1650. Here I cover many of the most relevant transformations that would alter European life in the Early Modern Period.

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    58 mins
  • Early Modern Overview Three: Politics and Culture

    Early Modern Overview Three: Politics and Culture
    Dec 13 2024
    In this episode, we discuss major political and cultural changes in Early Modern Europe.

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    42 mins
  • Early Modern Europe Part One: 1450

    Early Modern Europe Part One: 1450
    Nov 29 2024
    We begin our overview of Early Modern Europe with a close look at the year 1450. That is the year when most textbooks begin the era. Today we explore the changes in society, the economy, politics, and technology that make the 1450 essential for understanding how far Europeans had come since the depths of the Middle Ages.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 327: Ivan the Terrible (Part Four)

    Episode 327: Ivan the Terrible (Part Four)
    Nov 22 2024
    Ivan's reign ends as it began, with needless death and destruction. Ivan appears powerless to resist Lithuanian advances but is more than capable of murdering his son and heir.

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    49 mins
  • Episode 326: Ivan the Terrible (Part Three)

    Episode 326: Ivan the Terrible (Part Three)
    Nov 15 2024
    Ivan creates a new government and takes his anger out on the citizens of Novgorod.

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    36 mins