(Lesley) The first of Disney’s Renaissance films was a project in progress since 1930. Based on the writings of Hans Christian Andersen, the film updated the original tragic story for a modern family audience. In this episode, Lesley places the original story within the religious, cultural, and imperial context of its creation...while revealing a personal pain the author wrote into the mermaid’s story.
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Censorship in Reformation England
Jewish Fighters of Medieval Europe
How to Be a Beguine
Back of Every Great Work: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling
Napoleon Bonaparte's Near-Fatal Christmas
The Malleus Maleficarum
Distrust of Chinese-Americans in Early 20th-Century New York City
History for Halloween IV
Cemeteries: Washington Park Cemetery and Early 20th-Century Atlanta
Belle Gunness, Black Widow Serial Killer
John Dee: Astrologer, Courtier, Mystic...Spy?
The Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie
The Murderess in History
Cemeteries: Local History of Mid-20th Century Atlanta
Guy de Montfort and Dante’s Inferno
Secret Santa: The History of Santa Claus
The Husband-Killing She-Wolf: The Life of Joanna of Naples
The One-Legged Nazi-Fighting Jesuit: Rupert Mayer
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