(Lucy) In the 16th century, high taxes and fears of apocalypse went hand in hand, and from the fairly common practice of calling for church reform emerged a series of movements which have become known as the capital-R Reformation. This week we’ll be discussing insults to the Pope, the problem of identifying Lutherans, and how civic and ecclesiastical leaders accidentally created an agreement that was called the most important event in the history of the world.
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Owney: Star Pup of the US Railway Mail Service
Medieval Coroners
Dressing Marie Antoinette
Tadeusz Kościuszko, Part II: Life and Legend
Tadeusz Kościuszko, Part I: International Icon, Revolutionary Hero
Harry Washington
Murder and the Mignonette
History for the Holidays III
The Many Adventures of Pope Innocent III
Kościuszko Squadron
History for Halloween X
The Witchcraft Trial of Alice Kyteler
Leo Frank and the Murder of Mary Phagan
The Cold Truth: A History of Refrigeration
Titus Oates, a Popish Plot, and the Mysterious Murder of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey
A Royal Son: Geoffrey, duke of Brittany
True Crime on Stage in Shakespeare’s England
Wyatt Earp and a Heavyweight Fix
William Mumler and Spirit Photography in the 19th century
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