Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898

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This series consists of interviews with leading experts in the areas of Portuguese and Spanish history, from the beginning of the Portuguese discoveries in 1415 to the end of Spanish dominion in America in 1898. The interviews, conducted by historian Dr Edward Collins, cover a range of topics on the…

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Ep20: Francois Soyer - Antisemitism, Forgeries, and Conspiracy Theories in Early Modern Iberia

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 73:24


Episode 20 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr. François Soyer, Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of New England, in conversation with series host Edward Collins.

Ep19: Palmira Fontes da Costa - Garcia de Orta: Portuguese physician, herbalist and naturalist

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 89:13


Episode 19 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Assistant Professor Palmira Fontes da Costa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT)) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.

Ep18: Ben Vinson - Mestizaje and the Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 59:43


Episode 18 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Professor Ben Vinson III (Case Western Reserve) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.

Ep17: Adrian Masters - Petition and Response: Spanish America and the Council of the Indies in the 16th Century.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2018 73:01


Episode 17 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Adrian Masters (UT Austin) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.

Ep16: Stephanie Cavanaugh - Moriscos, Enslaved Children, and Litigating for Liberty in sixteenth-century Spain.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2018 71:34


Episode 16 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Stephanie Cavanaugh, Sir John Elliot Junior Research Fellow in Spanish History at Oxford University.

Ep15: Carla Rahn Phillips - The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait of Magellan, 1581-1584.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2018 59:28


Episode 15 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Carla Rahn Phillips, author of The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84.

Ep14: Amelia Almorza Hidalgo - Spanish women on transatlantic voyages in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2017 44:41


Episode 14 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Amelia Almorza Hidalgo.

Ep13: Aaron Alejandro Olivas - The Iberian Atlantic and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1700-1715.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2017 81:34


Episode 13 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Aaron Alejandro Olivas.

Ep12: Barbara E. Mundy - Tenochtitlan: Transformation and Endurance after the Spanish Conquest.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2017 73:37


Episode 12 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Barbara E. Mundy, Chair and Professor of Art History at Fordham University.

Ep11: Pedro Cardim - The Idea of Hispania: Portugal and the Spanish Monarchy in the 16th and 17th Centuries.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2017 128:20


Episode 11 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Pedro Cardim, Associate Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon).

Ep10: Tamar Herzog - Frontiers of Possession: Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2017 99:11


Episode 10 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor in the History Department at Harvard University

Ep9: Flora Cassen - Philip II of Spain and His Italian Jewish Spy.

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2017 58:32


In episode 9 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Flora Cassen (UNC) discusses her current project on Italian Jewish spies in the employ of Spain with series host Edward Collins (UCD).

Ep8: Zoltan Biedermann - A Negotiating Empire: Portuguese diplomacy in Asia and the Global Renaissance.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2017 99:35


In episode 8 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Zoltan Biedermann (UCL) discusses the importance of diplomacy in the Portuguese Empire, especially in Asia, with series host Dr Edward Collins.

Ep7: Jorge Canizares-Esguerra - Old Testament Culture in the Spanish Monarchy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2017 85:43


In episode 7 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Jorge Canizares-Esguerra (UT Austin) discusses Old Testament Culture of the Spanish Monarchy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with series host Dr Edward Collins.

Ep6: Onesimo T. Almeida - Portugal and the Dawn of Modernity, 1419-1620.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2017 81:22


In episode 6 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Onesimo T. Almeida (Brown) discusses Portugal and the dawn of modern science, from 1419 to 1620, with series host Dr Edward Collins.

Ep5: Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa - Early Colonial Brazil, English Piracy, and the Adventures of Anthony Knivet (1591-1599).

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2016 87:10


In episode 5 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa (Cambridge) is in conversation with Edward Collins on early colonial Brazil.

Ep4: Allison Bigelow. The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2016 68:42


In Ep 4 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Allison Bigelow (Virginia) is in conversation with Edward Collins on 'The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas'

Ep3: Ricardo Padron. The Spanish Lake: America, the Pacific, and Asia in the Imperial Imagination, 1513-1609.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2016 90:39


In episode 3 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Ricardo Padron (University of Virginia) discusses Spanish attempts to represent and conquer the Pacific as part of the greater Spanish imperial imagination in the sixteenth century with historian Edward Collins.

Ep2: Ellen Dooley on the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2016 33:56


In episode 2 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', art historian Ellen Dooley discusses the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700 with historian Edward Collins.

Ep1: Portugal and Spain in the 15th and early-16th centuries: a brief overview by Edward Collins.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2016 27:20


In episode 1 of his series 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', historian Edward Collins gives an overview of Portugal and Spain in the 15th and early-16th centuries

Introduction to 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' podcast series by Edward Collins.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2016 1:42


Edward Collins introduces his series of conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898.

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