Podcasts about Renaissance

Step into a world where knights, mottos, mythic beasts, and phoenixes rise again—and discover how Renaissance symbolism can illuminate your readings in entirely new ways with Tarot Emblemata: Decoding Magical Symbolism. On this episode of the Archetypal Tarot Podcast, Host Cyndera welcomes artist and deck creator Nitasia Roland for an enchanting conversation about (one of her) latest decks. Drawing from 16th-century French and Italian emblem books—particularly the 1551 collection curated by Claude Paradin—Rowland reimagines Renaissance “devices” (symbolic images paired with mottos) as a fully realized tarot system. These historic emblems, originally engraved by Bernard Salomon, explored themes of love, war, faith, philosophy, politics, and morality during the height of the Renaissance. Now, centuries later, they re-emerge as living archetypes. The conversation also explores the Renaissance world that birthed these emblems—a time of religious upheaval, artistic revolution, and humanist revival—and reflects on what this symbolic medicine offers us today. As Roland beautifully suggests, reviving these images is almost a calling: a way of bringing buried wisdom back into contemporary consciousness. In this episode, you'll discover: How a chance encounter with occult-flavored emblem art sparked the creation of the deck The fascinating structure of traditional emblems—pictura (image), inscriptio (motto), and subscriptio (commentary)—and how they translate seamlessly into tarot Why these 500-year-old images feel uncannily aligned with modern archetypes The alchemical and esoteric currents flowing beneath the artwork (such as the powerful phoenix symbolism of rebirth and transformation) The creative journey from black-and-gold indie edition to lush, colorized reimagining Roland shares her passion for pairing poetic language with evocative imagery, creating cards that speak directly to intuition—often without needing to consult the guidebook. The result is a deck that feels at once ancient and immediate, scholarly and mystical. Whether you're drawn to tarot as an intuitive art, a historical system, or a symbolic language of transformation, this episode offers rich insight into how past and present intertwine through archetype and image.

In this episode Natalie Grueninger interviews manuscript specialist Sienna Wells about illuminated medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. They discuss how manuscripts were made, who produced and owned them (including women), how the printing press changed book culture, and what physical traces of use reveal about past readers' lives and emotions. The conversation highlights personal stories like birthing girdles and the intimacy of Books of Hours, offering listeners insights into the human connections preserved in these remarkable objects. Follow Sienna on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sienna_a_wells/ Takeaway 'Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts' by Christopher de Hamel Find out more about your host at https://www.nataliegrueninger.com Support Talking Tudors on Patreon!

In this episode of I Remember Liking That Movie, we head back to the Renaissance for a supposedly smarter, more grounded take on Cinderella with Ever After from 1998. Starring Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, and Dougray Scott, the film ditches fairy godmothers and magic in favor of historical realism… and somehow still finds room for Leonardo da Vinci. One of us remembers this one as the “classy” Cinderella, the version with brains, attitude, and a heroine who can quote philosophy while throwing apples at royalty. One of us has never seen it. We'll let you guess who is who. So does this prestige fairy tale still charm, or does it feel more like a history lecture wrapped in corsets? Join us as we revisit mean stepmothers, awkward princes, suspiciously convenient Renaissance geniuses, and a fairy tale that may or may not be taking itself way too seriously. Does Ever After still hold up… or did one of us just remember liking it, and will the other even like it?

Fluent Fiction - Italian: Beneath the Ponte Vecchio: A Journey of Art and Inspiration Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/it/episode/2026-03-07-23-34-01-it Story Transcript:It: Le giornate di primavera cominciavano a illuminare le strade di Firenze.En: The spring days began to light up the streets of Firenze.It: Nel cuore storico della città, un caffè animato attirava turisti e residenti, con la sua posizione perfetta di fronte al Ponte Vecchio.En: In the historic heart of the city, a lively café attracted tourists and residents with its perfect location in front of the Ponte Vecchio.It: L'aria profumava di caffè appena macinato, mescolata con la dolce brezza primaverile, e ai tavoli si narravano storie di vita quotidiana.En: The air was scented with freshly ground coffee, mixed with the sweet spring breeze, and at the tables, stories of daily life were told.It: Giulia entrò nel caffè con passo deciso ma un cuore dubitoso.En: Giulia entered the café with determined steps but a doubtful heart.It: Era l'8 marzo, la Festa della Donna, e molti clienti portavano rami di mimosa, il classico fiore in regalo in questo giorno.En: It was March 8th, la Festa della Donna, and many customers were carrying mimosa branches, the classic flower given as a gift on this day.It: In cerca d'ispirazione per la sua tesi in storia dell'arte, si sedette vicino alla finestra, con vista sul ponte iconico.En: In search of inspiration for her thesis in art history, she sat by the window with a view of the iconic bridge.It: Di fronte a lei, c'era Marco, intento a disegnare.En: In front of her was Marco, intent on drawing.It: Le dita di Marco scivolavano veloci sulla carta; cercava di catturare i dettagli del ponte con brevi tratti.En: Marco's fingers glided quickly over the paper; he was trying to capture the details of the bridge with short strokes.It: La sua mente, però, era divisa tra l'arte e il futuro incerto che lo aspettava.En: His mind, however, was divided between art and the uncertain future that awaited him.It: La famiglia lo spingeva verso un impiego più stabile, ma lui sentiva l'arte come una chiamata.En: His family was pushing him towards a more stable job, but he felt art as a calling.It: Giulia, incuriosita, osservò prima i disegni, poi l'artista.En: Giulia, intrigued, first looked at the drawings, then at the artist.It: Prese un respiro profondo e si avvicinò.En: She took a deep breath and approached.It: "Ciao," disse con un sorriso timido.En: "Hi," she said with a shy smile.It: "Posso sedermi?En: "May I sit down?It: I tuoi disegni sono stupendi."En: Your drawings are wonderful."It: Marco alzò lo sguardo, sorpreso ma contento dell'attenzione.En: Marco looked up, surprised but pleased with the attention.It: "Certo, un tavolo condiviso rende la giornata più interessante," rispose.En: "Of course, a shared table makes the day more interesting," he replied.It: Parlarono a lungo, tra un caffè e l'altro.En: They talked for a long time, over coffee after coffee.It: Giulia raccontò del suo amore per l'architettura rinascimentale, mentre Marco confidò i suoi dubbi.En: Giulia spoke about her love for Renaissance architecture, while Marco confided his doubts.It: "Non so se scegliere la sicurezza o seguire il cuore," ammise, guardando le sue mani.En: "I don't know whether to choose security or follow my heart," he admitted, looking at his hands.It: Giulia ascoltò con empatia.En: Giulia listened with empathy.It: "Anche io a volte mi sento bloccata," disse.En: "I, too, sometimes feel stuck," she said.It: "Scrivere una tesi può sembrare un viaggi interminabile."En: "Writing a thesis can feel like an endless journey."It: Ma, in quella conversazione, trovarono entrambi una scintilla di ispirazione.En: But in that conversation, they both found a spark of inspiration.It: Marco realizzò che poteva dedicarsi all'arte senza abbandonare del tutto gli obblighi familiari.En: Marco realized he could dedicate himself to art without completely abandoning family obligations.It: Giulia scoprì nuove prospettive per la sua tesi, grazie alla passione di Marco per i dettagli.En: Giulia discovered new perspectives for her thesis, thanks to Marco's passion for details.It: Il pomeriggio si concluse con un senso di rinnovamento.En: The afternoon ended with a sense of renewal.It: Giulia sorrise, sentendosi finalmente pronta a scrivere, mentre Marco partì con una nuova determinazione.En: Giulia smiled, feeling finally ready to write, while Marco left with a newfound determination.It: Nel loro piccolo angolo di mondo, sotto l'immortale Ponte Vecchio, avevano trovato esattamente ciò di cui avevano bisogno.En: In their little corner of the world, under the immortal Ponte Vecchio, they had found exactly what they needed. Vocabulary Words:the heart: il cuoredetermined: decisothe scent: il profumofreshly ground: appena macinatothe breeze: la brezzathe inspiration: l'ispirazionethe thesis: la tesiintent: intentoto glide: scivolarethe vanity: la vanitàthe doubt: il dubbiothe determination: la determinazionethe architecture: l'architetturathe Renaissance: il Rinascimentoto confide: confidarethe security: la sicurezzathe empathy: l'empatiastuck: bloccatothe journey: il viaggiothe spark: la scintillathe perspective: la prospettivato abandon: abbandonarethe obligation: l'obbligoto realize: realizzarethe renewal: il rinnovamentothe corner: l'angolothe world: il mondoimmortal: immortaleexactly: esattamenteto attract: attirare

The Alliance for Civics in the Academy hosted "How Can Universities Strengthen Civic Education in K–12 Schools?" with Jennifer McNabb, Joshua Dunn, and Jenna Storey on March 4, 2026, from 9:00-10:00 a.m. PT. Universities are increasingly reexamining their role as incubators of effective citizenship. An essential yet often overlooked part of this work is strengthening K–12 civic education. This webinar explores how efforts within higher education can support civic learning in K–12 schools, with particular emphasis on the academy's role in training the next generation of educators. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Meira Levinson is a political theorist/philosopher of education who is working to start a global field of educational ethics that is philosophically rigorous, disciplinarily and experientially inclusive, and both relevant to and informed by educational policy and practice. In doing so, she draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines as well as her eight years of experience teaching middle school humanities, civics, history, and English in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.  Meira has written or co-edited nine books, including Civic Contestation in Global Education and Educational Equity in a Global Context (both 2024, with Ellis Reid, Tatiana Geron, and Sara O'Brien), Instructional Moves for Powerful Teaching in Higher Education (2023, co-authored with Jeremy Murphy), Democratic Discord in Schools (2019, with Jacob Fay), winner of the 2020 AERA Moral Development and Education SIG Outstanding Book Award, and Dilemmas of Educational Ethics (2016, with Jacob Fay). Her book No Citizen Left Behind (2012) won awards in political science, philosophy, social studies, and education and has been translated into Chinese and Japanese. Meira shares educational ethics resources on JusticeinSchools.org, materials to support K-12 educators working in politically charged environments at Educational Values in Action, and resources for youth activists and teacher allies at YouthinFront.org. Each of these projects reflects Levinson's commitment to achieving productive cross-fertilization — without loss of rigor — among scholarship, policy, and practice. Meira earned a B.A. in philosophy from Yale and a D.Phil. in politics from Nuffield College, Oxford University. Her work has been supported by fellowships from Guggenheim, the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, and the National Academy of Education. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, Meira taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Jennifer McNabb is Professor and Head of the Department of History at the University of Northern Iowa, where she teaches courses on early modern European history and the history of England. She was Co-Chair of UNI's Civic Education Task Force, which created UNI's Center for Civic Education, and she was Co-PI for a National Endowment for the Humanities Connections Grant that developed UNI's first civic education curriculum: "Civic Literacy, Engagement and the Humanities." McNabb is also a Co-PI of a national grant that will establish the Iowa Civic Educators Institute, providing professional development opportunities for in-service and pre-service social studies and history teachers throughout the state. McNabb has received several awards for her teaching and has completed four courses for The Teaching Company's The Great Courses on the Renaissance, witchcraft, sex, and marriage. She currently serves as a Councilor in the Professional Division of the American Historical Association and as president of the Midwest Conference on British Studies. Joshua Dunn (PhD, University of Virginia) serves as Executive Director of the Institute of American Civics at the Howard H. Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research and teaching focus on constitutional law and history, education policy, federalism, and freedom of speech and religion. His books include Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins (University of North Carolina Press), From Schoolhouse to Courthouse: The Judiciary's Role in American Education (Brookings Institution Press) and Passing on the Right: Conservative Professors in the Progressive University (Oxford University Press).  Moderator Jenna Silber Storey is the Ravenel Curry Chair in Civic Thought in the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies Division of the American Enterprise Institute, and Co-Director of AEI's Center for the Future of the American University.  She is also an SNF Agora Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and a Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.  She previously taught political philosophy at Furman University, where she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs, and Executive Director of Furman's Tocqueville Program.  Her writing has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, First Things, and The National Endowment for the Humanities flagship journal, Humanities.  Dr. Storey is the co-author, with her husband Ben, of Why We Are Restless:  On the Modern Quest for Contentment (Princeton University Press, 2021).  They are currently working on a book titled The Art of Choosing: How Liberal Education Should Prepare You for Life.

Mardi 20 Janvier 2026HISTOIREPrésentation du livre Alexandre Farnèse, prince et capitaine 1545-1592 | Oliver PoncetEn dialogue avec Stefano AndrettaÉdition PERRIN biographieLa destinée d'Alexandre Farnèse (1545-1592) s'inscrit aux lendemains de la Renaissance, dans l'histoire d'une Europe divisée par des conflits confessionnels dont il fut un acteur majeur, de la Méditerranée aux bords du Rhin, de l'Angleterre à la France.S'appuyant sur des archives dispersées dans une multitude de pays et sur une historiographie profondément renouvelée, Olivier Poncet brosse ici le portrait d'un personnage fondamental pour comprendre l'Europe politique, militaire, religieuse et diplomatique du XVIe siècle et le France des guerres de ReligionArchivistes paléographe et docteur en histoire, ancien membre de l'École française de Rome, Olivier Poncet est professeur à l'École nationale des Chartres, directeur d'études à l'École des haute sétudes en sciences sociales et correspondant de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.

It's time for one last mailbag! I cover everything from which historical figure would be the best Poster on social media to how ancient authors collected their letters for publication to how making Tides has shaped my interests in the past.Patrick launched a brand-new history show! It's called Past Lives, and every episode explores the life of a real person who lived in the past. Subscribe now: https://bit.ly/PWPLAAnd don't forget, you can still Get The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World in hardcopy, ebook, or audiobook (read by Patrick) here: https://bit.ly/PWverge.Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Tides of History ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why are the Swiss called the Swiss? After all, Schwyz in only of 26 cantons, and not one of the largest ones. How did the proud and prosperous citizens of Zurich or Berne, mighty city states in their own right, decide they wanted to be named after a mountainous region largely inhabited by peasants tending to their gorgeous brown cattle, the Braunvieh. They even called their national airline Swissair, until my former colleagues at McKinsey let the air out of that one.So, why Swiss? The answer goes back to today's topic, a war that the Swiss call the Schwabenkreig or Swabian War. This war played a massive role in Swiss historiography, and its main battles at the Caven and at Dornach was mentioned in the same breath as Morgarten and Sempach. It was seen as the moment when Switzerland de facto exited the Holy Roman Empire and began ploughing its own furrow in European history. Meanwhile in Germany, this war that we called the Schweizerkreig or Swiss War is largely forgotten amongst the hundreds of other military conflicts.It was also the first of many contests between the two formidable fighting forces of the Renaissance, the Swiss Reisläufer and the German Landsknechte. These soldiers of fortune have percolated the national consciousness on both sides, their fanciful dress depicted in art on both sides of the Rhine and still providing one of Rome's most instagrammable photo opportunities.That on top of the usual incompetence and skullduggery should be incentive enough to listen to this episode.The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0.As always:Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.historyofthegermans.comIf you wish to support the show go to: Support • History of the Germans PodcastFacebook: @HOTGPod Threads: @history_of_the_germans_podcastBluesky: @hotgpod.bsky.socialInstagram: history_of_the_germansTwitter: @germanshistoryTo make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season. So far I have:The OttoniansSalian Emperors and Investiture ControversyFredrick Barbarossa and Early HohenstaufenFrederick II Stupor MundiSaxony and Eastward ExpansionThe Hanseatic LeagueThe Teutonic KnightsThe Holy Roman Empire 1250-1356The Reformation before the Reformation

This week on Movies With the Mouse, we're back at it again with another high-stakes Disney Duel! Two iconic films from the legendary Disney Renaissance era enter the ring, and only one can walk away victorious. We break them down category by category—music, animation, story, characters, emotional impact, and more—to see which classic truly stands above the rest. It's nostalgia, debate, and a whole lot of Disney magic. Which Renaissance favorite will claim the crown? Tune in to find out! Book your next Disney vacation with Justin and Jamie at Away With Me Travel. Contact them today to start the magical planning process at show@awaywithmetravel.com BECOME A PATREON MEMBER AND GET ACCESS TO THE PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP AND WEEKLY EXTRA CONTENT. If you would like to support all of the Disney Dads shows and help us bring you more content commercial free, click the link https://www.patreon.com/c/disneydadspodcast

In this week's episode, we discuss Romantasy, the Franken-genre that has conquered the publishing world and defined the libidinal landscapes of a generation of women. We decode the genre's DNA from dimestore bodice-rippers to high fantasy epics, examine the sociological profile of its authors and audiences, and explore how it's mutated in the digital age via AI visualizers and high-budget audio erotica. We also talk about Renaissance faires, fujoshi discourse, the mirror image of male vs. female gooning in popular culture, Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights as the BookTok movie of the century, and more. Links: Image boardSam's Romantasy Spotify Playlist“Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Author Steal Another Writer's Story?” by Katy Waldman in The New Yorker“She Fell in Love With ChatGPT. Then She Ghosted It.” (r/MyBoyfriendIsAI profile) by Kashmir Hill in The New York Times“Gender difference in brain activation to audio-visual sexual stimulation” by Chung et. al. in PubMed“Sexual Scripts: Permanence and Change” by William Simon and John H. Gagnon in Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 15, No. 2“How the Renaissance Fair became America's favorite fantasy” by Kelly Faircloth in National Geographicr/AskAHistorian discussions about medievalism and high fantasy (one, two, three)The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism ed. Joanne Parker and Corinna WagnerHard to Be a God (2013) dir. Aleksei GermanCandlelight Ecstasy Romance Guidelines c. 1980Love Story magazine ed. Daisy Bacon (1921–1947) (see covers here) “The Uses of Reading Mass-Produced Romance Fiction” (Harlequin study) by Susan B. Neuman (1985) History of the “sex and shopping” genre by Pascal Tréguer“Girls Who Love Boys Who Love Boys” by E. Alex Jung in VultureInterview with Quinn founder and CEO Caroline Spiegel in Refinery29“Aural Fixation: Celebrity Audio Erotica Is 2025's Answer to the Centerfold” by Hannah Jackson in Vogue“The Importance of Critical Thinking in a Zombiefied World” (Why romantasy is crucial to understanding Apple TV's hit show Pluribus) by Maris Kreizman in The Atlantic“Liking Books is Not a Personality” by Hannah McGregor in Electric Literature@shauna_the_author on Instagram This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nymphetalumni.com/subscribe

Anne Ghesquière reçoit Maud Ankaoua, romancière à succès, coach et conférencière. Comment avancer quand l'incertitude nous fige, comment accepter sans se résigner ? Que faire lorsque les réponses ne viennent pas et que l'espoir vacille ? À travers cette histoire bouleversante, Maud Ankaoua nous rappelle que même dans nos plus grandes blessures se cachent les graines de notre renaissance. Une leçon d'espoir et de sagesse. Un voyage initiatique au cœur des paysages africains, mais surtout un profond chemin intérieur, nourri de sagesse ancestrale, de rencontres décisives et d'enseignements clés sur l'attente, l'acceptation, nos choix, le deuil, la résilience et la joie retrouvée. Dans son nouveau roman Tu m'avais promis aux Éditions Eyrolles, Maud Ankaoua nous emmène au Kenya, aux côtés de Gabin et de sa fille Luce, partis sur les traces d'une promesse et d'une disparition restée sans réponse. Épisode #672Quelques citations du podcast avec Maud Ankaoua :"Le problème de l'espoir, c'est que lié à l'espoir, il y a l'attente. Et quand il y a l'attente, il n'y a pas de place pour le reste.""Accepter n'est pas forcément se résigner.""Quoi qu'il puisse nous arriver dans la vie, il y a toujours cette flamme en nous, cette source profonde."À réécouter : #605 Ton bonheur prend racine en toi, au Kilomètre Zéro, avec Maud Ankaoua #357 Maud Ankaoua : Apprendre à s'aimer#78 Maud Ankaoua : Comment savoir si nous sommes à notre juste place ?Recevez chaque semaine l'inspirante newsletter Métamorphose par Anne GhesquièreDécouvrez Objectif Métamorphose, notre programme en 12 étapes pour partir à la rencontre de soi-même.Suivez nos RS : Insta, Facebook & TikTokAbonnez-vous sur Apple Podcast /Spotify / Deezer / CastBox / YoutubeSoutenez Métamorphose en rejoignant la Tribu MétamorphoseThèmes abordés lors du podcast avec Maud Ankaoua :00:00Introduction01:30L'invitée03:50Un voyage fou chez les Maasaï04:45Voyage et processus d'écriture05:43Parler de soi 07:13La force de la relation fraternelle08:45Les enseignements du peuple Maasaï17:06L'impasse de l'espoir20:08Sortir de l'attente et du bug du mental25:24La perspective de l'arbre pour élargir sa vision28:53Oubli et culpabilité32:10Comment renouer avec la joie41:33Accepter n'est pas se résigner45:08Mouvement et changement50:27Les bienfaits de l'incompréhension54:27Vécu et principe du boomerang59:25Un apprentissage continu01:02:35Meute et corps social01:06:50Une relation rare avec son frère01:13:59Un message pour les personnes qui souffrentAvant-propos et précautions à l'écoute du podcast Photo © Olivier Seignette Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

An episode about Goths and Atlantis featuring the parapol goat Reid does not really need an introduction but you deserve one anyway. I will set the stage by talking about language magic and how it developed during the Renaissance after the kabbalists fled Spain.We will trace the origins of this Word and practice back through the eras of the neoplatonic logos doctrine. Reading early church fathers, apostles, desert dwelling mystics and my absolute favorite women among the Beguines and Beghards during the High Middle Ages.After this extended dreamy first act which might lull you to sleep in the best of ways, or have you thirsting for more in the night under this still quite full moon. Sebbe, Reid and I will tell you about the OG modern Atlantis researcher, Olaus Rudbeck (1630-1702).Together with this mad genius we will go through strange runic translations of old Greek myths, newly arrived Icelandic sagas, as spoils of war from the continental 30 year war fill up the shelf of the Collegium of Antiquites, with the most priced being the Gothic Silver Bible.

Danny is starting the show with some thoughts on this season of Southern Charm--Salley's chickens, Whitn*y, and more! After Southern Charm, he dives into this week's episode of Summer House, which featured a renaissance theme, magician, and rat costumes!Summer House Recap: 20:23ishORDER DANNY'S BOOK: https://linktr.ee/jolliestbunchDANNY'S (OTHER) BOOK: Smarturl.it/unrememberTwitter: @DannyPellegrinoInstagram: @DannyPellegrinoYouTube: www.YouTube.com/DannyPellegrino1TikTok: @DannyPellegrinoPatreon: www.Patreon.com/EverythingIconic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Located in the remains of the 16th-century Palazzo del Pilotta, once the royal residence of the Farnese dukes of Parma, the National Gallery houses one of Italy's premier collections of Renaissance paintings. It includes masterpieces by Fra Angelico, Correggio, Parmigianino, and Leonardo da Vinci. 

Huzzah! Another week of petty crime chaos is upon us. In this episode of Live, Laugh, Larceny: A True Petty Crime Podcast, Amanda takes us back to the Renaissance — from medieval period problems to terrifying torture devices — while Trevin seeks advice for his lifelong nail-biting habit and delivers a strange-but-true Two Truths and a Lie about fingernails. Amanda's Two Truths and a Lie dives into infamous medieval torture devices before bringing us to the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur, Colorado, where 22-year-old Connor Ward allegedly crashed a live jousting performance and attempted to steal a knight's sword mid-tournament. Trevin's story heads to Kent County, Michigan, where 51-year-old Shannon Soltys was charged after allegedly forging attorney-client mail to smuggle narcotics into the Kent County Jail, leading to arrests on Trenton Avenue in Cedar Springs. From jousting theft to forged jail mail, this episode proves that crime can span centuries — but it's always petty.

The concept that originated from the Renaissance humanism, uomo universale describes the potential for individuals to excel in multiple fields of knowledge and skills, reflecting the belief in the importance of human capabilities and education. We spoke about this concept in era of "specialization" that we live in, how modern polymaths differ from figures like Da Vinci and Alberti and joy of achievement. Enjoy!

Bold Enough to Bother God   Series - The Gospel of Luke   Jordan Rice   Luke 11:5-13   Most of us believe in prayer, we just don't do it enough. In this message, Pastor Jordan Rice walks through Luke 11:5–13. If your prayer life feels distant, dry, or just nonexistent, this one is for you.  Give to support the ministry of Renaissance Church: https://renaissancenyc.com/give   Keep up with Renaissance by filling out a connection card: https://renaissancenyc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/5/responses/new

In this episode of Possible, Reid and Aria talk with Ivan Zhao, co-founder of Notion, about what happens when intelligence becomes abundant rather than scarce. Zhao shares his philosophy of treating computing as a material — like steel or steam — and why organizations must be built for human scale in an AI-driven world. From Renaissance cities to Xerox PARC, the conversation traces a shift from productivity software to cognitive infrastructure, and arrives at a clear conclusion: in an AI-powered future, human judgment, taste, and values matter most. For more info on the podcast and transcripts of all the episodes, visit https://www.possible.fm/podcast/

This episode all the things Jess has been saying about Ciara catches up to him at the Renaissance fair. Meanwhile, KJ and Dara's romance is budding. Bailey and Levi scare them all as plants.If you enjoyed this episode please share it with your Summer House and Bravo friends and follow us on Instagram at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@taglinetwinks⁠⁠

Take the money and don't run, because we are back for our surprise eighth season of new/old Wie is de Mol episodes - and we're beginning the year by going all the way back to 2012's offering in Iceland & Spain! Over these nine weeks, three guys who are almost back to where they were four episodes ago - Logan, Michael & Bindles - are recapping and negotiating their way through everything that happened on another season with a very interesting backstory now built upon further by Renaissamce, continuing with the eighth episode and elimination of Tim. In this episode - Logan is very inconvenient, we discuss the most important topics, Michael never learns, there's some more weird green screening, we explain why there was no-one near the plaza, Hadewych has the right idea, we make some wildly accurate Renaissamce jokes, there's some inadvertent preparation, we realise we don't need to do Australia 6 anymore, Nature's Pockets bring back bad memories, Tim is a disappointment, Logan locks in his penultimate set of suspects and Bindles has a big tease for next week. Thank you for listening - we will see you next week for the finale! Please note: This season is intended on being spoiler-free, so please watch the episodes along with us. As with our coverage of Seasons 9, 11, 14, 16 & 17, there are no spoilers due to Logan not having seen the season before. However, any season we have already covered (WIDM 9-11, 14, 16-25 and Renaissance; België 4-13) is fair game though.  This episode is supported by our friends over at Zencastr. Create your podcast today! Social Media: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Bluesky Threads Patreon

Get the latest on Justin Bieber as he celebrates turning 32 years old in March 2026 with a quiet, intimate birthday gathering at home in Los Angeles surrounded by close friends, manager Scooter Braun, wife Hailey Bieber, and baby son Jack Blues Bieber. Hailey melted hearts across the internet with a stunning black and white Instagram photo of Justin holding their son, captioned "happy birthday to my favourite person," while Justin shared a candid selfie expressing that "thirty two feels different, grateful." This episode of Justin Bieber Biography Flash covers all the biggest recent Bieber news, including his incredible four Grammy nominations for his 2025 album Swag, his unforgettable stripped-down performance of the single Yukon at the 68th Grammy Awards where he took the stage in just boxers and socks, and the power couple fashion moment when Justin and Hailey arrived in coordinated all-black looks featuring Balenciaga and Alaïa. The episode also breaks down the massive announcement that Justin Bieber will headline Coachella alongside Karol G and Sabrina Carpenter, marking a major milestone in what many are calling a full Bieber renaissance in 2026. From Grammy-nominated artist and Coachella headliner to devoted father and husband celebrating quiet moments at home, this episode explores the compelling duality of Justin Bieber at this stage of his career and personal life. Host Roxie Rush delivers all the details on why this new chapter feels different for the global pop superstar and what fans can expect as his visibility continues to grow throughout the year. Brought to you by Quiet Please Podcast Networks.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Fluent Fiction - Italian: Winter Whispers: Love and Art Blossom in Firenze Café Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/it/episode/2026-03-04-08-38-20-it Story Transcript:It: Il sole invernale filtrava attraverso le finestre del caffè, riscaldando l'atmosfera con un'illuminazione soffusa e accogliente.En: The winter sun filtered through the café windows, warming the atmosphere with a soft and cozy light.It: Il caffè, situato in un angolo pittoresco di Firenze, offriva una vista della vivace Piazza della Signoria, con i passanti imbacuccati nei cappotti pesanti, mentre aquiloni di carta colorata volavano tra i bambini che ridevano.En: The café, located in a picturesque corner of Firenze, offered a view of the lively Piazza della Signoria, with passersby bundled up in heavy coats, while colorful paper kites flew among the laughing children.It: Giulia era seduta a un tavolino di legno, il suo sguardo vagava nervosamente tra i piattini pieni di dolci deliziosi e le tazzine di caffè fumante.En: Giulia was seated at a wooden table, her gaze nervously wandering between the plates full of delicious pastries and the steaming cups of coffee.It: Era una studentessa di storia dell'arte, appassionata e sempre alla ricerca di qualcuno che capisse e condividesse la sua passione.En: She was a passionate art history student, always looking for someone who understood and shared her passion.It: Ma ora si sentiva ansiosa.En: But now she was feeling anxious.It: Questo appuntamento con Alessandro la metteva un po' in agitazione.En: This date with Alessandro made her a bit agitated.It: Lui era un musicista conosciuto per il suo talento e la sua fiducia in se stesso, caratteristiche che in qualche modo la intimorivano ma allo stesso tempo la affascinavano.En: He was a musician known for his talent and self-confidence, qualities that somehow intimidated her but at the same time fascinated her.It: Alessandro entrò nel caffè con un sorriso rilassato e sicuro.En: Alessandro entered the café with a relaxed and confident smile.It: "Ciao Giulia", disse con un cenno.En: "Ciao Giulia," he said with a nod.It: Si sedette di fronte a lei, ordinò un cappuccino e iniziò a raccontare storie di concerti e viaggi.En: He sat down across from her, ordered a cappuccino, and began to tell stories of concerts and travels.It: Giulia annuiva, cercando di mascherare la sua ansia con un sorriso.En: Giulia nodded, trying to mask her anxiety with a smile.It: Ma le parole sembravano bloccarsi in gola ogni volta che provava a parlare.En: But the words seemed to get stuck in her throat every time she tried to speak.It: L'atmosfera cambiò quando Alessandro notò un dipinto alle pareti del caffè.En: The atmosphere changed when Alessandro noticed a painting on the café walls.It: "Sai, questo mi ricorda il tuo amore per l'arte", disse con curiosità sincera.En: "You know, this reminds me of your love for art," he said with genuine curiosity.It: Quel commento semplice illuminò Giulia.En: That simple comment illuminated Giulia.It: "Oh, sì!En: "Oh, yes!It: Questo è uno stile fiorentino tipico!En: This is a typical fiorentino style!It: Amo come catturano la luce", rispose con entusiasmo ritrovato.En: I love how they capture the light," she responded with newfound enthusiasm.It: La conversazione iniziò a fluire mentre parlavano di arte e musica.En: The conversation began to flow as they talked about art and music.It: Alessandro raccontò del suo ultimo viaggio a Napoli, tentando di spiegare come la vista del mare e dei vecchi castelli lo ispirassero.En: Alessandro recounted his recent trip to Napoli, attempting to explain how the sight of the sea and old castles inspired him.It: Giulia, sentendosi finalmente a suo agio, parlò delle sue visite ai musei e della sua passione per Botticelli e il Rinascimento.En: Giulia, feeling finally at ease, spoke about her visits to museums and her passion for Botticelli and the Renaissance.It: Improvvisamente, Alessandro prese la sua chitarra, che aveva portato con sé.En: Suddenly, Alessandro took his guitar, which he had brought with him.It: "Non lo faccio spesso al primo appuntamento, ma voglio mostrarti qualcosa", disse con un sorriso malizioso.En: "I don't often do this on the first date, but I want to show you something," he said with a mischievous smile.It: Iniziò a suonare una melodia dolce, sussurrando parole che parlavano delle strade, dei ponti e della magia di Firenze.En: He began to play a sweet melody, whispering words that spoke of the streets, the bridges, and the magic of Firenze.It: Giulia ascoltò incantata, mentre la musica sembrava dissolvere ogni traccia di nervosismo.En: Giulia listened enchanted, as the music seemed to dissolve every trace of nervousness.It: Alla fine della canzone, Giulia rise di cuore.En: At the end of the song, Giulia laughed heartily.It: "È bellissima!En: "It's beautiful!It: Davvero!"En: Really!"It: Lo sguardo di Alessandro si schiarì, felice di aver trovato qualcuno che apprezzava le sue canzoni.En: Alessandro's face brightened, happy to have found someone who appreciated his songs.It: "Posso dedicartela?"En: "Can I dedicate it to you?"It: chiese, e Giulia annuì con gratitudine.En: he asked, and Giulia nodded with gratitude.It: L'appuntamento finì con piani di visitare insieme la Galleria degli Uffizi il fine settimana seguente.En: The date ended with plans to visit the Galleria degli Uffizi together the following weekend.It: Entrambi lasciarono il caffè con il cuore leggero e un sorriso genuino sulle labbra.En: Both left the café with a light heart and a genuine smile on their faces.It: Giulia sentiva finalmente di poter esprimere le sue passioni liberamente, mentre Alessandro aveva trovato una nuova fonte di ispirazione.En: Giulia felt she could finally express her passions freely, while Alessandro had found a new source of inspiration.It: In quell'angolo di Firenze, tra l'arte e la musica, era nata una promessa di amicizia e forse qualcosa di più.En: In that corner of Firenze, between art and music, a promise of friendship and perhaps something more was born.It: L'inverno si sentiva meno freddo e le strade di Firenze sembravano più luminose.En: The winter felt less cold, and the streets of Firenze seemed brighter. Vocabulary Words:the atmosphere: l'atmosferathe corner: l'angolopicturesque: pittorescothe passerby: il passantethe anxiety: l'ansiathe student: la studentessathe talent: il talentoself-confidence: la fiducia in se stessonervousness: il nervosismoenthusiasm: l'entusiasmothe castle: il castellothe throat: la golato illuminate: illuminareto inspire: ispirarethe melody: la melodiathe bridge: il ponteenchanting: incantatothe friendship: l'amiciziathe promise: la promessathe painting: il dipintothe musician: il musicistato share: condivideremischievous: maliziosothe inspiration: l'ispirazionethe light: la lucethe date: l'appuntamentoto whisper: sussurrareto dissolve: dissolverethe museum: il museothe Renaissance: il Rinascimento

Dr. Eric Brown is the executive director of the Maine Irish Heritage Center and a scholar whose background spans Renaissance drama, poetry, and even insect studies. In this episode of Radio Maine, Brown joins Dr. Lisa Belisle to explore how Irish heritage, literature, and imagination intersect in Maine today. Raised in Dover-Foxcroft with deep Irish roots, Brown reflects on rediscovering his ancestry during the pandemic and how that journey led him from academia into community leadership. Now stewarding the former St. Dominic's Church in Portland, he is helping transform the historic “Irish Cathedral” into a vibrant cultural hub—hosting music, education, and cross-cultural events like the upcoming Shalom & Shamrocks dinner. Thoughtful and wide-ranging, this conversation touches on diaspora, creativity, discomfort, and the power of shared space to build understanding across communities. Join our conversation with Dr. Eric Brown today on Radio Maine—and be sure to subscribe to the channel.

Driven by passion, Erni Loosen, Managing Director of Loosen Bros, has spun up countless joint ventures in his career. All with no business plan or goal of making money, but a greater purpose of driving a Renaissance for Riesling and out of passion for Riesling and Pinot Noir. Erni goes into the qualities that make for good partnerships and some pitfalls to avoid. Detailed Show Notes: Erni's background: Managing Director Loosen Bros, Dr Loosen Estate in Mosel; took over in 1987Loosen Bros overview & history~200 years in the familyOnly Riesling in the Mosel (Dr Loosen)1996 bought Villa Wolf in Pfalz1999 JV w/ Chateau Ste Michelle (Eroica), largest Riesling producer in US2003 founded Loosen Bros USA in Portland OR as an import company for Loosen wines, then imported other people's wines; desired to have more flexibility (e.g. - deciding on lower margins due to tariffs)2005 Appassionata (OR Pinot Noir)2009 purchased 40 acres in Willamette Valley, planted vineyards, and built winery2015 JV w/ Telmo Rodriguez (a big Riesling fan) in Rioja w/ Lanzaga2017 1st vintage of JV w/ Peter Barry in Clare Valley Australia to see if Oz Rieslings were always limey; tried 3,000L barrels - Wolta Wolta2019 took full ownership of J Christopher in ORBurgundy purchased part of Vieux Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet to start Perron de Mypont and started a negoce2023 founded Dr Loosen Int'l ChinaA great wine starts w/ an idea in your headFor successful JVs, need the right partners with real passion and the same visionNeed to see the spirit from the beginningHas never had a business planJVs are not one way, but learnings on both sides (e.g. - Erni learned how to delay ripening in WA)Erni's goal for JV's was not making money, but trying to create a Renaissance for Riesling, which used to be the most expensive wine in the world ~1900, but got a low quality image w/ Blue Nun and LiebfraumilchMost partnerships structured as 50/50 and handshake deals (except Eroica is 40% Loosen, 60% Chateau Ste Michelle, which is also the only contract)Key challenge of JVs are when two visions don't fit, had one that went bankruptWould love to do an Alsatian Riesling at some point Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samah Karaki est neuroscientifique et essayiste et son dernier essai "contre les figures d'autorité" est la raison pour laquelle je la reçois de nouveau!C'est la quatrième fois que je reçois Samah. Et à chaque fois, je sens que quelque chose me bouscule profondément.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de notre besoin presque viscéral de figures d'autorité. Pourquoi nous aimons tant certains visages. Pourquoi nous leur déléguons notre jugement. Pourquoi nous sommes parfois déçus comme si nous avions été trahis personnellement.J'ai questionné Samah sur la naissance historique de la figure du “génie”, sur la Renaissance, sur le mythe du héros, sur le mérite, sur la visibilité, sur les médias, sur les algorithmes. Mais aussi sur quelque chose de plus intime : qu'est-ce que ça fait de devenir soi-même une figure d'autorité ?Ce que j'aime dans cette conversation, c'est qu'elle ne cherche pas à “cancel”. Elle cherche à déplacer le regard.On parle de plagiat, de création collective, d'impunité, de Heidegger, de Bertolucci, d'écologie, de réseaux sociaux, de gourous, de soft skills… et surtout d'utopie.Et si la pensée n'appartenait jamais à une seule personne ?Et si le vrai pouvoir, c'était de négocier le sens ensemble ?Citations marquantes “Nous avons besoin de boussoles, mais pas de sommets.”“Le problème n'est pas la signature. C'est pourquoi on voit toujours les mêmes noms.”“Quand on sacralise quelqu'un, on suspend notre jugement.”“La pensée n'appartient pas à une figure. Elle appartient à ceux qui la manipulent.”“L'utopie, c'est un endroit où le sens se négocie en permanence.”Big Ideas (Idées centrales)1. Le besoin d'autorité est humainNous manquons d'attention. Nous avons besoin de repères.

Samah Karaki est neuroscientifique et essayiste et son dernier essai "contre les figures d'autorité" est la raison pour laquelle je la reçois de nouveau!C'est la quatrième fois que je reçois Samah. Et à chaque fois, je sens que quelque chose me bouscule profondément.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de notre besoin presque viscéral de figures d'autorité. Pourquoi nous aimons tant certains visages. Pourquoi nous leur déléguons notre jugement. Pourquoi nous sommes parfois déçus comme si nous avions été trahis personnellement.J'ai questionné Samah sur la naissance historique de la figure du “génie”, sur la Renaissance, sur le mythe du héros, sur le mérite, sur la visibilité, sur les médias, sur les algorithmes. Mais aussi sur quelque chose de plus intime : qu'est-ce que ça fait de devenir soi-même une figure d'autorité ?Ce que j'aime dans cette conversation, c'est qu'elle ne cherche pas à “cancel”. Elle cherche à déplacer le regard.On parle de plagiat, de création collective, d'impunité, de Heidegger, de Bertolucci, d'écologie, de réseaux sociaux, de gourous, de soft skills… et surtout d'utopie.Et si la pensée n'appartenait jamais à une seule personne ?Et si le vrai pouvoir, c'était de négocier le sens ensemble ?Citations marquantes “Nous avons besoin de boussoles, mais pas de sommets.”“Le problème n'est pas la signature. C'est pourquoi on voit toujours les mêmes noms.”“Quand on sacralise quelqu'un, on suspend notre jugement.”“La pensée n'appartient pas à une figure. Elle appartient à ceux qui la manipulent.”“L'utopie, c'est un endroit où le sens se négocie en permanence.”Big Ideas (Idées centrales)1. Le besoin d'autorité est humainNous manquons d'attention. Nous avons besoin de repères.

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Denis Stewart is widely recognised as the Godfather of Australian Herbalism—a pivotal figure in the modern development of herbal medicine in Australia. His influence spans more than five decades of clinical practice, education, and advocacy in natural therapies. Stewart’s journey in herbal medicine began in the early 1970s, a time when interest in alternative health approaches was growing. He is credited with spearheading a Renaissance in Australian herbal medicine by establishing formal training and professional standards for the discipline. At the National Herbalists’ Association of Australia, he developed professional examinations, curricula, and course studies that helped shape herbalist education nationally. He also established and taught the first three-year, full‑time program in herbal medicine at the NSW College of Naturopathic Sciences. In the late 1970s, Stewart founded the Southern Cross Herbal School, offering undergraduate and postgraduate herbal medicine programs and training many of Australia’s leading practitioners. Later, from 2002 to 2007, he served as a Conjoint Associate Professor at University of Newcastle, helping develop its Bachelor of Herbal Therapies degree. Stewart’s contributions have been widely recognised: he was inducted into the Australian Traditional Medicine SocietyHall of Fame and awarded life membership for his service to the industry. Beyond formal education and practice, he has also shared his expertise via a long‑running radio program, Health Naturally with Denis Stewart, where he discusses herbal approaches to health and well‑being. Through his teaching, clinical work, curriculum development, and advocacy, Denis Stewart has had a profound impact on the evolution of herbal medicine in Australia, earning him a reputation as one of the field’s most influential figures.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The period known as the Middle Ages was defined by more than knights and warfare. It began centuries before the First Crusade was called, in the confusion that followed the end of Roman rule in western Europe. And it persisted for a thousand years, until the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the discovery of the so-called New World ushered in the beginnings of modernity.   But just how important was the fall of Rome for people across the continent? What political and religious institutions sprang up to fill the power vacuum left behind? And who were the leaders who strengthened Europe sufficiently to once again launch armed expeditions across the sea? This is a Short History Of The European Middle Ages, Part 1 of 2. A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. With thanks to Martyn Whittock, author of many books on the medieval period, including A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages. Written by Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow | Produced by Kate Simants | Production Assistant: Chris McDonald | Exec produced by Katrina Hughes | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design by Oliver Sanders | Assembly edit by Anisha Deva | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cody Reynolds-Shaw | Fact Check: Sean Coleman Get every episode of Short History Of… a week early with Noiser+. You'll also get ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to shows across the Noiser podcast network. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions ⁠A Short History of Ancient Rome⁠ - the debut book from the Noiser Network is out now! Discover the epic rise and fall of Rome like never before. Pick up your copy now at your local bookstore or visit ⁠⁠noiser.com/books⁠⁠ to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ted Ligety is back to talk about the ‘26 Olympic games, and the performances of Breezy Johnson, Lindsey Vonn, Federica Brignone, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, Ryan Cochran-Siegel, Franjo von Allmen, and what specific attribute makes Marco Odermatt such an all-time great. Then, we talk about the ‘carving renaissance' we are currently experiencing, and Ted walks us through the new DPS Pisteworks skis he's been developing.Note: We Want to Hear From You!We'd love for you to share with us the stories or topics you'd like us to cover next month on Reviewing the News; ask your most pressing mountain town advice questions, or offer your hot takes for us to rate. You can email those to us here.RELATED LINKS: Palisades TahoeBLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredDiscounted Summit Registration for BLISTER+ MembersNon-Member Registration: Blister Summit 2026Get Our 25/26 Winter Buyer's GuideEnter Our Free Weekly Gear GiveawaysOur Podcast Conversations with Ted:- GEAR:30 ep 342: Ted on Testing Gear- GEAR:30 ep. 340: Ski Tuning & the Art of Going Fast- Blister Pod ep 332: Major Storylines of 24/25 WC- GEAR:30 ep 272: The Pro's Gear: Ligety- Blister Pod ep 14: Ted's Story + FIS-Regulation SkisCHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS:Blister Studios (our new channel)Blister Review (our original channel)TOPICS & TIMES:Palisades Tahoe (1:33)BLISTER+ Updates (2:23)Comparisons: the ‘26 Olympics (5:08)Broadcasting Logistics (8:12)Favorite Men's Ski Race? (20:24)Drone Coverage of Ski Racing (22:48)Marco Odermatt (24:40)Franjo von Allmen (30:52)Breezy's Gold-Winning Run (39:20)Lindsey Vonn (48:42)Comebacks / are Europeans still interested in Vonn? (56:00)Other Memorable Moments? (1:00:28)The ‘Carving Renaissance' (1:07:41)DPS Pisteworks Series (1:13:25)FIS Width Regulations (1:22:19)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister CinematicCRAFTEDBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rece Davis, Pete Thamel, and Dan Wetzel break down whether college basketball is in the middle of a resurgence, and what that momentum could mean for college football. They examine whether Florida basketball can realistically match the standard set by Florida Gators football and discuss what football should learn from both the rise and missteps of college hoops. Plus, the guys tackle whether a White House roundtable can actually fit college sports. 0:00 - Welcome 0:30 - Is college hoops making gains on college football? 6:51 - Can Florida Gators basketball match the school's football standard? 13:03 - What college football can learn from college basketball 22:39 - Tension between Miami (Ohio) vs Auburn 27:16 - Why NCAA Tournament expansion is a bad idea 41:26 - Will the White House roundtable fix college sports? 44:59 - WH roundtable: The biggest issue about this meeting 52:18 - WH roundtable: The clearest path to a solution is… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Wrong Side of the Flame: A Brighid LaFlamme Mystery by Renaii West Renaiiwest.com https://www.amazon.com/Wrong-Side-Flame-Brighid-LaFlamme-ebook/dp/B0CP8W6N99 Brighid LaFlamme, Belly dancer and fire performer, is the undisputed leader of a tight knit group of friends she has dubbed her Fire Buddies. When they are not performing at Renaissance faires or other events, they can be found enjoying alternative forms of adult entertainment and activities at the local kink-oriented venue. When one of her Fire Buddies, who had recently distanced himself from the group, dies, she has trouble accepting the official story of a tragic accident and becomes determined to learn the truth, despite the challenges and discouragement she faces. Dragging her buddies into this journey, and picking up a few new friends along the way, Brighid discovers the darker side of ambition, talents she never knew she had, and the value of friendship. About the author Renaii West has been writing and performing from an early age. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, she became the dramatic arts instructor in a performing arts program, where she wrote and directed many of her own productions. Desiring to spread her creative wings, she is now creating fun-loving and sometimes quirky characters who inadvertently find themselves in the middle of a mystery and must use their wits and cunning to solve the case. Her passions and hobbies include mythology, classic films, travel, belly dancing, yoga, jigsaw puzzles, and, of course, mysteries.

In this episode, we explore what the "Ides" actually meant in ancient Rome and how March 15th transformed from an ordinary—sometimes even festive—date on the Roman calendar into one of history's most infamous days. Jörg Rüpke explains how Romans understood their calendar, what rituals or superstitions may (or may not) have surrounded the Ides, and how news of Caesar's assassination would have spread through the city. We also examine the differences between ancient historical sources and Shakespeare's dramatic choices, from Calpurnia's ominous warnings to the political and religious tensions surrounding tyrannicide. We then turn to Shakespeare's England, asking how Renaissance audiences would have interpreted Roman dates, costumes, and political symbolism on stage. Did Elizabethans already fear March 15th, or did Shakespeare himself help create that association? Along the way, we consider how the play reflects the delicate political climate of Elizabeth I's reign, the moral dangers of overthrowing authority, and why the assassination scene unfolds at "the Capitol" instead of the historically accurate Curia of Pompey.

Send a textYou didn't build your business to feel this alone.And yet, so many women are carrying the weight of their companies on their own shoulders — making every decision, solving every problem, holding every role.In this solo episode, Sydney shares the framework behind the 2026 Renaissance Women's Summit and breaks down the 4 Ps of a Renaissance Business: People, Profit, Process, and Perception.These are the pillars that determine whether a business feels chaotic or clear… heavy or aligned… draining or sustainable.Inside this conversation, you'll learn:Why mastering your People pillar removes you as the bottleneckHow Process protects your energy and creativityThe truth about Profit and why financial clarity creates peaceWhy Perception shapes opportunity more than most founders realizeBut this episode is not just about strategy.It's about proximity.The kind of proximity that shifts your thinking. The kind of room where conversations unlock momentum. The kind of space where you realize you were never meant to build alone.The 2026 Renaissance Women's Summit takes place September 10th in Nashville, Tennessee — a one-day business masterclass designed to help you master the 4 Ps alongside expert speakers in each category. Speaker announcements are coming soon.Tickets are on sale now at www.therenaissancewomenssummit.com.If you've been craving clarity, structure, and deeper connection in your business, this conversation will feel like exhale and ignition at the same time.The right room changes everything.And this is the year we build it.Support the showAbout The Host:Sydney Dozier, the visionary behind Renaissance Marketing Group, has been at the forefront of social media excellence since the agency's inception in 2014. Over the past 10 years, Sydney has cultivated a full-fledged team of social media aficionados and creative minds, elevating Renaissance to its current status as one of Nashville's premier agencies. With an extensive and diverse clientele, they've consistently delivered exceptional results. From coast to coast, Renaissance offers a comprehensive suite of services, spanning social media management, strategic guidance, content creation, paid digital advertising, email marketing, influencer partnerships, graphic design, branding, in-house professional photography and videography, and beyond. Their mission is simple: to drive optimal revenue and online growth while consistently surpassing client expectations. Beyond her role as a business maven, Sydney wears multiple hats. She hosts The Renaissance Podcast, an enlightening resource for entrepreneurs seeking to spark a modern-day Renaissance in their lives and businesses. Her passion for championing women in business gave rise to The Mona Lisa Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to supporting and accelerating women entrepreneurs in Nashville through mentorship, grants, education, and a vibrant community. Sydney is also the driving force behind The Renaissance Women's Summit, an annual...

Let’s pause our series chronology and Backtrack to elaborate on a theory first mentioned in an earlier program when searching for the first non-indigenous explorers to reach the North American continent prior to Christopher Columbus’ 1492 voyage. The theory involves a Chinese fleet led by Admiral Zheng He (1371–1433) arriving in North America in 1421. Laszlo Montgomery of The China History podcast shares his unique views on this fascinating theory. E204. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/k9Bt6vKOWFo which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. The China History podcast with Laszlo Montgomery available at https://amzn.to/42kolnB 1421: The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies available at https://amzn.to/3p4Rfdm 1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies available at https://amzn.to/40Ty6ck Admiral Zheng He books available at https://amzn.to/410ctq3 ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast at https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This first miracle by Jesus, recorded in John's gospel, may seem like an odd insertion into the Lenten journey. But it is the moment when Jesus made his public debut as not just a stirring teacher, but as a miraculous healer who was concerned about the wellbeing of others. His response to his mother that his “hour has not yet come” is a foretelling of his crucifixion and resurrection, when he would be poured out as blood and water for the salvation of others. In that way, the turning of water into wine is a kind of foreshadowing of his ultimate miracle. The Renaissance painter Veronese renders this story in vivid detail, both immersing the viewer in the story and expanding the hospitality of God to others.  Reflection Questions:1. When have you been to a family gathering where things didn't turn out as hoped? 2. How is God calling you to “widen the table” and make room for people to experience God's love? 3. How are you a character in the story of the wedding at Cana?Find out more at HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps

Rex Sexton and I talk about Alfred the Great was King from 871 to 899 and is the only English monarch ever given the title “the Great.” He ruled during one of the most dangerous periods in early English history, when Viking (Danish) armies were conquering much of Anglo-Saxon England. He launched the greatest literary Renaissance that Anglo-Saxon England ever knew.  He was a seasoned warrior, a scholar, a poet, a lawgiver, an architect of towns and ships, and a zealous Christian.   Rex and I talk about lessons we could learn about us and our heritage from him.  

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Breasts — not as anatomy, but as historical forces. From public policy to pastries, from Renaissance fountains to religious traditions, this episode explores how one very specific body part has shaped centuries of Italian life in ways that are sometimes profound, sometimes absurd, and always unbelievable.Without revealing which stories are true or fake, the episode explores:A Venetian bridge with a name that raises questions about what was happening in that neighborhoodA Sicilian dessert with origins far more intense than its cute appearanceA famous statue whose “good‑luck ritual” has become a tourist traditionA legal ruling that changed how Italians approach beach cultureA Renaissance fountain that took “public morale booster” to a whole new levelEach fact sounds like it could be real… or like it shouldn't be. The hosts have to decide which ones hold up under scrutiny and which ones collapse like a poorly built balcony in 1500s Venice.

In this week's episode, I take a historical digression to look at the four major Thomases of the English Reformation - Thomas Wolsey, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, and Thomas Cranmer. This coupon code will get you 25% off the ebooks in the Dragonskull series at my Payhip store: QUEST25 The coupon code is valid through March 9 2026. So if you need a new ebook this winter, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 292 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is February 27th, 2026. Today we are taking a digression into history by looking at the four Thomases of the English Reformation (with one bonus Thomas). We'll also have Coupon of the Week and a progress update on my current writing and publishing projects. First up, let's do Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 25% off the ebooks in the Dragonskull series at my Payhip store. That coupon code is QUEST25 and as always, the links to the store and the coupon code will be available in the show notes of this episode. This coupon code is valid through March 9th, 2026. So if you need a new ebook this winter, we have got you covered. Now for an update on my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. I am very nearly done with Cloak of Summoning. As of this recording, I am 35% of the way through the final editing pass. This episode should be coming out on, let's see, March the 2nd. I'm hoping Cloak of Summoning will be available a few days (hopefully like one or two days) after this episode goes live, but we'll see how things go. In any event, it should be out in very early March, which is not far away at this point. I'm also 14,000 words into Blade of Wraiths, the fourth book in my Blades of Ruin epic fantasy series. Hopefully that will be out in April, if all goes well. That's my secondary project right now, but once it gets promoted to primary project once Cloak of Summoning is available, my new secondary project will be Dragon Mage, which will be the sixth book in the Rivah Half-Elven Thief series. I'm looking forward to that since it is going to bring to an end a lot of ongoing plot threads. So it should be quite a fun book to write and hopefully to read. That should hopefully be out in May or possibly June, depending on how things go. In audiobook news, Cloak of Titans, the audiobook narrated by Hollis McCarthy, should be available in more audiobook stores than it was this time last week, though it's still not on Amazon, Audible, or Apple. Brad Wills is working on recording Blade of Storms and I think the first six chapters are done. Hopefully we should have those audiobooks available to you before too much longer. So that is where I'm at with my current writing, publishing, and audiobook projects. 00:02:18 Main Topic: The Four Thomases of the English Reformation Now without further ado, let's get to our main topic and it's time for another of my favorite topics overall, a digression into obscure points of history. I've mentioned before that Wolf Hall (both the TV show and the book) is a lot easier to understand if you are at least passingly familiar with the key figures of the English Reformation, which happened during the reign of King Henry VIII. But who were these key figures? I had a history professor who said that to understand the English Reformation, you need to know about the four Thomases of the English Reformation: Thomas Wolsey, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, and Thomas Cranmer, since each one of them altered events in a major way. Fun fact: only one of the four died from natural causes and right before he was about to go on trial for treason, which would have likely ended with his execution. The English Reformation was a tumultuous time and the Tudor court was not a place for the faint of heart or the morally scrupulous. So let's talk about the four Thomases and one bonus Thomas today. But first to understand them, we should look at three background trends that converged and boiled over during their lifetimes. #1: Henry VIII needs an heir. King Henry VIII was quite famously married six times and executed two of his wives in his quest for a male heir. To the modern era, this sounds odd and chauvinistic, but one of the errors of studying history is assuming that the residents of the past had any interest in 21st century standards of behavior. By the standards of Henry's time, having a male heir to assume the kingdom after his death was absolutely vital. In fact, an argument could be made that Henry was attempting to act responsibly by going to such lengths to father a male heir, though naturally he went about it in a spectacularly destructive and self-absorbed way. Remember, Henry's father, Henry VII, came to the throne after a 30-year civil war, and there were noble families that thought they had a better claim to the throne than Tudors and would be happy to exercise it. A good comparison is that the lack of a male heir for Henry VIII was as serious a crisis as a disputed presidential election in 21st century America would be. You can see evidence for this in Henry's famous jousting accident in 1536. For a few hours, people were certain that he was dead or was about to die, and this incident caused a brief constitutional crisis. If Henry died, who would rule? His daughter, Mary, who he had just declared a bastard? His young daughter Elizabeth from Anne Boleyn? His bastard son, Henry FitzRoy? A regent? One of the old families who thought they had a claim to the throne? Now, these are the sort of questions that tend to get decided by civil wars, which nobody wanted. So Henry needed a male heir and it weighed on him as a personal failure that he had been unable to produce one, which was undoubtedly one of the reasons he concluded that several of his marriages had been cursed by God and needed to be annulled. Though, of course, one of Henry's defining traits was that his self-absorption was such that nothing was ever his fault, but a failing of those around him. #2: The Reformation is here. At the same time Henry was beginning to have his difficulties, the Protestant Reformation exploded across Europe. The reasons for the Reformation were manifold. There was a growing feeling across all levels of society that the church was corrupt and more concerned about money than tending to Christ's flock, a feeling not helped by the fact that several of the 15th and 16th century popes were essentially Renaissance princelings more interested in luxury, money, and expanding the power of the papal states than in anything spiritual. Many bishops, archbishops, abbots, and other high prelates acted the same way. The situation the early 16th century church found itself in was similar to American higher education today. Many modern professors and administrators go about their jobs quietly, competently, and diligently, but if you want to find examples of corruption, folly, and egregious waste in American higher education, you don't have to try very hard. Reformers could easily find manifold examples of clerical and papal corruption to reinforce their arguments. Additionally, nationalism was beginning to develop as a concept, as was the idea of the nation state. People in England, Scotland, Germany, and other countries began to wonder why they were paying tithes to the church that went to build beautiful buildings in Rome and support the lavish lifestyle of the papal court when that money might be better spent at home. For that matter, the anti-clericalism of the Reformation was not new and had time to mature. At the end of the 14th century, Lollardy was a proto-Protestant movement in England that challenged clerical power. In the early 15th century, the Hussite wars in Bohemia following the teachings of Jan Hus were a preview of the greater Reformation to come. Papal authority had been severely damaged by the Great Schism at the end of the 14th and the start of the 15th century when two competing popes (later expanded to three) all tried to excommunicate each other and claim control of the church. In the aftermath, Renaissance Humanists had begun suggesting that only the Bible was the proper source and guide for Christianity, and that papal authority and many of the church's practices were merely human traditions that had been added later and were not ordained by God. A lot of the arguments of the Reformation had their earliest form from the writers of the 15th century. Essentially, the central argument of the Reformation was that the believer's personal relationship with God is the important part of Christianity and doesn't need to be mediated through ordained priests in the official sacraments of the church, though such things were still important. Of course, all the various reformers disagreed with each other about just how important and what the nature of that relationship was, how many sacraments there should be, and what the precise relationship between the individual, the church, and the state should be (and that argument got entangled with many other issues like nationalism), but that was a central crux of the Reformation. So all these competing pressures have been building up, and when Martin Luther posted his statements for debate on church reform in October of 1517, it was the equivalent of lighting a match in a barn that had been stuffed full of sawdust and was suffering from a natural gas leak. #3: The printing press. So why did Luther's action kick off the Reformation as we know it and not the other proto-Protestant movements we mentioned? I think the big part of that is the printing pass, perhaps the biggest part. The printing press did not exist during the early proto-Protestant movements, which meant it was a lot harder for the ideas of reform to spread quickly. The Lollards in particular wanted to translate the Bible into English instead of Latin, but the Bible is a big book and that is a lot of copying to do by hand. In 1539, after a lot of encouragement from Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII decreed that an English Bible should be placed at every church in England. In 1339, that would have been an impossible amount of copying by scribes. In 1539, thanks to the printing press, it was essentially on the scale of the government embarking on a mid-sized industrial project, perhaps a bit of a logistical and organizational challenge and you have to deal with contractors, but by no means impossible. The printing press made it possible for the various arguments and pamphlets of the Reformers to spread quickly throughout Europe. Luther published tracts on a variety of religious and political topics for the rest of his life, and those tracks were copied, printed, and sold throughout Europe. In fact, he had something of a flame war with Thomas More over Henry VIII's "Defense of the Seven Sacraments". Kings and governments frequently tried to suppress printers they didn't like, but the cat was out of the bag and the printing press helped drive the Reformation by spreading its ideas faster than had previously been possible. AI bros occasionally compare modern large language model AIs to the printing press as an irreversible technological advancement, but one should note that the printing press of the 16th century did not require an entire US state's worth of electricity and an unlimited supply of water. So those were some of the undercurrents and trends leading up to the English Reformation. With that in mind, let's take a look at our four Thomases. #1: Thomas Wolsey. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was Henry's right hand man during the first 20 years of his reign and essentially the practical ruler of England during that time. He started his career in Henry's reign as the almoner, essentially in charge of charity, and it ended up becoming the Lord Chancellor of England. Since Henry was not super interested in actually doing the hard work of government, Wolsey ended up essentially running the country while Henry turned his full enthusiasm towards the more ceremonial aspects of kingship. Wolsey was an example of the kind of early 16th Century church prelate we mentioned above, more of a Renaissance princeling than a priest. However, as Renaissance princelings went, you could do worse than to have been ruled by someone like Wolsey. And if you were a king, you would be blessed to have a lieutenant as diligent in his work as the Cardinal. Granted, Wolsey did amass a large fortune for himself, but he frequently patronized the arts, education and the poor, pursued some governmental reforms, and deftly maintained England's position in the turbulent diplomacy of the time. He was also much more forgiving in questions of religious dissent than someone like Thomas More. Wolsey was the most powerful man in England at his apex, and the nobility hated it for him because his origins were common. So long as he had Henry's favor, Wolsey was untouchable and the nobility couldn't move against him. But the royal favor came to an end as Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was unable to produce a son. Since Catherine had previously (and briefly) been married to his older brother Arthur before Arthur's death, Henry became convinced (or succeeded in convincing himself) that his marriage was cursed by God for violating the prohibition against sleeping with your brother's wife in the book of Leviticus. His eye had already fallen on Anne Boleyn and Henry wanted an annulment and not a divorce in his marriage with Catherine. In the eyes of God, he would never have been married at all, and then he could marry Anne Boleyn with a clear conscience. Here, Wolsey's gift for diplomacy failed him, but perhaps it was an impossible task. Catherine of Aragon was the aunt of Emperor Charles V, who at the time was the most powerful man in Christendom. All of Wolseley's efforts to persuade the pope to annul the marriage failed, partly because the pope had already given Henry VIII dispensation to marry his brother's widow. Wolsey's failure eroded his support with the king. Anne Boleyn likewise hated Wolsey partly because she believed he was hindering the annulment, and partly because he had blocked her from marrying the Earl of Northumberland years before she had her eyes set upon Henry. Finally, Henry stripped Wolsey of his office of Lord Chancellor, and Wolsey retired to York to take up his role as archbishop there. Wolsey's popularity threatened Henry and Anne, so Henry summoned him back to London to face treason charges. Perhaps fortunately for Wolsey, he died of natural causes on the journey back to London. His replacement as Lord Chancellor was Thomas More, the next of our major for Thomases. #2: Thomas More. More was an interesting contrast-a Renaissance Humanist who remained a staunch Catholic, even though Renaissance Humanists in general tended towards proto-Protestantism or actual Protestantism. He was also in some ways oddly progressive for his time. He insisted on educating his daughters at a time was considered pointless to educate women about anything other than the practical business of household management. Anyway, More's training as a lawyer and a scholar led him to a career in government. He held a variety of posts under Henry VIII, finally rising to become the Lord Chancellor after Wolsey. In the first decades of his brain, Henry was staunchly Catholic and despised Protestantism, in particular, Lutheranism in general and Martin Luther in particular. In 1521, Henry published "Defense of the Seven Sacraments" against Luther, and More helped him write it to an unknown degree. In their dislike for all forms of Protestantism, More and Henry were in harmony at this point. More was involved in hunting down heretics (i.e. Protestants) and trying to convince them to recant. During his time as the Lord Chancellor, More ended up sending six people to be burned at the stake for heresy, along with the arrest and interrogations of numerous others. This rather clashes with his "humanist man of letters" aspect, but More was undoubtedly convinced he was doing the right thing. And while he might have believed in education, he most definitely did not believe in freedom of conscience in several areas. To be fair to More, in the view of many at the time, Protestants, especially Anabaptists, were dangerous radicals. Likely More viewed hunting heretics in the same way as some modern politicians view hunting down covert terrorist cells or surveilling potential domestic terrorists. Harsh measures true, but harsh measures allegedly necessary for the greater good of the nation. However, the concord between More and Henry would not last. Henry wanted to set aside Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn, which More staunchly opposed. More especially opposed Henry breaking away from Rome and becoming head of an independent English Church. At first, More was able to save himself by maintaining his silence, but eventually Henry required all of his subjects take an oath affirming his status as head of the church. Thomas Cromwell famously led a deputation to try and change More's mind, but he failed. More refused, he was tried on specious treason charges, and beheaded in 1535. Later, the Catholic church declared him the patron saint of politicians. This might seem odd given that he oversaw executions and essentially did thought police stuff against Protestants, but let's be honest-it's rare to see a politician even mildly inconvenience himself over a point of principle, let alone maintain it until death when he was given every possible chance to change his mind. Probably the most famous fictional portrayals of More are A Man For All Seasons and Wolf Hall. I would say that A Man For All Seasons was far too generous to More, but Wolf Hall was too harsh. #3: Now for the third of our four Thomases, Thomas Cromwell. After Wolsey's fall and More's refusal to support Henry's desire to either annul his marriage to Catherine or to make himself head with the church so he couldn't annul the marriage, Thomas Cromwell rose become Henry's new chief lieutenant. Cromwell is both a fascinating but divisive figure. For a long time, he was cast as the villain in Thomas More's saga, but Hillary Mantel's Wolf Hall really triggered a popular reevaluation of him. Like A Man For All Seasons was too generous to More, I would say Wolf Hall was too generous to Cromwell. Nonetheless, I suspect Cromwell was and remained so divisive because he was so effective. He got things done on a scale that the other three Thomases of the English Reformation never quite managed. Cromwell's origins are a bit obscure. It seems he was either of non-noble birth or very low gentry birth and his father Walter Cromwell was a local prosperous tradesman in a jack of all trades with a reputation for litigiousness. For reasons that are unclear, Cromwell fled his birthplace and spent some time in continental Europe, possibly as a mercenary soldier. He eventually made his way to Italy and started working for the merchant families there, gaining knowledge of trade in the law, and then traveled to the Low Countries. When he returned to England, he became Cardinal Wolsey's right hand man. After Wolsey's fall, Cromwell went into Parliament and defended his master whenever possible. This loyalty combined with his significant talent for law and administration caught the eye of Henry and he swiftly became Henry's right-hand man. Amusingly, Cromwell never became Lord Chancellor like More or Wolsey, but instead accumulated many lesser offices that essentially allowed him to carry out Henry's directives as he saw a fit. Unlike More and Wolsey, Cromwell had strong Protestant leanings and he encouraged the king to break away from the Catholic Church and take control of the English Church as its supreme head. Henry did so. His marriage to Catherine of Aragon was nulled. The rest of Europe never accepted this until Catherine died of illness and it became a moot point. In 1533, he married Anne Boleyn. Like Cromwell, Anne had a strong Protestant bent and began encouraging reformers to take various offices and began pushing Henley to make more reforms than he was really comfortable doing. For example, Cromwell was one of the chief drivers behind the English Bible of 1539. This, combined with Anne's inability to give Henry a son, contributed to Anne's downfall. Unlike Catherine, she was willing to argue with Henry to his face and was unwilling to look the other way when he wanted a mistress, and this eventually got on Henry's nerves. Events are a bit murky, but it seems that Henry ordered Cromwell to find a way he could set aside Anne and Cromwell complied. Various men, including her own brother, were coerced and confessing to adultery with Anne on charges that were most likely fabricated and Anne's "lovers" and Anne herself were executed for treason in 1536. Cromwell had successfully used a technique that many modern secret police organizations and dictatorships employ- if you want to get rid of someone for whatever reason, accuse them of a serious crime, coerce them to a confession, and then have them executed. Joseph Stalin did basically the same thing when he purged the Old Bolsheviks after Lenin's death. Henry married Jane Seymour shortly after Anne's execution, and she finally gave Henry his long-waited son, though she died soon afterwards of postpartum complications. Cromwell also oversaw the dissolution of the English monasteries in the 1530s. Monasticism had become quite unpopular even before the Reformation, especially among humanist writers. The concentration of property in the hands of monasteries made for a ripe target. Using Parliament and with Henry's approval, the monasteries of England were dissolved, the monks and nuns pensioned off, and the various rich properties held by the monasteries were given to the king and his friends. Cromwell himself profited handsomely. This was essentially legalized theft, but there was nothing the monasteries could do about it. Cromwell pushed for more religious reforms, but that combined with the dissolution of the monasteries caused "The Pilgrimage of Grace" in 1537, a rebellion that Henry was able to put down through a combination of lies, stalling, outright bribery, and brutal repression under the Duke of Norfolk (more about him later). Cromwell was at the zenith of his power and influence, but his reformist bent and made him a lot of enemies. For that matter, Henry was increasingly uncomfortable with further religious changes. He wanted to be head of his own church, but essentially his own Catholic Church, not his own Reformed or Lutheran one. Cromwell's alignment with the reform cause gave his more traditionalist enemies a tool to use against him. Cromwell's foes had their chance in 1540 when Henry married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. Cromwell had heavily pushed for the match, hoping to make an alliance with the Protestant princes of Germany against the Catholic Holy Roman Emperor. For whatever reason, Henry took an immediate dislike to Anne and never consummated the marriage, which was swiftly annulled and Anne pensioned off. Henry blamed Cromwell for the failed marriage and Cromwell's enemies, particularly Duke of Norfolk and Bishop Gardiner of Winchester, were able to convince Henry to move against him. Cromwell was arrested, stripped of all the titles and property he had amassed, and executed in July of 1540. The sort of legal railroading process he had born against Anne Boleyn's alleged lovers and numerous other enemies of Henry's was used against him. This was one of the very few executions Henry ever regretted. Within a year, the French ambassador reported that Henry was raging that his counselors had misled him into putting to death the most faithful servant he had ever had. Once again, nothing was ever Henry's fault in his own mind. The fact that Henry allowed Cromwell's son Gregory to become a baron and inherit some of his father's land shows that he likely changed his mind about the execution. For once in his life, Henry was dead on accurate when he called Cromwell his "most faithful servant". He never again found a lieutenant with Cromwell's loyalty and skill. The remaining seven years of Henry's reign blundered from setback to setback and all the money Henry obtained from the dissolution of the monasteries was squandered in indecisive wars with France and Scotland. I think it's fair to say that the English Reformation would not have taken the course it did, if not for Cromwell. As ruthless and as unscrupulous as he could be, he nonetheless did seem to really believe in the principles of religious reform and push such policies whenever he could do so without drawing Henry's ire. #4: Now the fourth of our four major Thomases, Thomas Cranmer. If Thomas Cromwell did a lot of the political work of the English Reformation, then Thomas Cranmer wrote a lot of its theory. Cranmer was a scholar and something of a gentle-minded man, but not a very skillful politician. He seemed happy to leave the politicking to Cromwell. I think Cranmer would have been a lot happier as a Lutheran pastor in say, 1950s rural Nebraska. He could have married a farmer's daughter, had a bunch of kids, and presided at weddings, funerals, and baptisms where he could talk earnestly about Jesus and Christian virtues, and he probably would have written a few books on obscure theological points. But instead, Cranmer was destined to play a significant part in the English Reformation. He started as a priest and a scholar who got in trouble for marrying, but when his wife died in childbirth, he went back to the priesthood. Later, he became part of the team of scholars and priests working to get Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled. While he was at university and later in the priesthood, he became fascinated by Lutheran ideas and became a proponent of reform. As with Cromwell, Henry's desire to marry Anne Boleyn gave Cranmer his great opportunity. Anne's family were also in favor of reform, and they arranged for Cranmer to become the new Archbishop of Canterbury. The new archbishop and the like- minded clerics and scholars laid the legal and theological groundwork for Henry to break with Rome and become head of the English church with Cranmer and the rest of the reform faction wanted to be used to push for additional church reforms. He survived the tumults of Henry's reign by total loyalty to the king – he mourned Anne Boleyn, but didn't oppose her execution (though he was one of the few who mourned for her publicly), did much the same when Cromwell was executed, and personally sent news of Catherine Howard's adultery to the king. Because of that, Cranmer had a great chance to pursue the cause of reform when Henry died and his 12-year-old son Edward VI became King. Edward's uncle Edward Seymour acted as the head of the King's regency council, and Seymour and his allies were in favor of reform. Cranmer was at last able to steer the English church in the direction of serious reform, and he was directly responsible for writing the Book of Common Prayer and several other key documents of the early Anglican church. But Cranmer's of luck ran out in 1553 when Edward VI died. Cranmer was part of the group that tried to put the Protestant Lady Jane Grey on the throne, but Henry's daughter Mary instead took the crown. Mary had never really wavered from her Catholicism despite immense pressure to do so, and she had last had a chance to do something about it. She immediately brought England back to Rome and started prosecuting prominent reform leaders, Cranmer among them. Cranmer was tried for treason and heresy and sentenced to be burned, but that was to be commuted if he recanted his views in public during a sermon, which he did. However, at the last minute, he thunderously denounced his previous recantation, asserted his reformist faith, and vowed that he would thrust the hand that signed the recantation into the flames first. Cranmer was immediately taken to be burned at the stake, and just as he promised, he thrust his hand into the flames, and his last word is that he saw heaven opening and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Cranmer had spent much of his life trying to appease Henry while pushing as much reform as possible, but in his final moments, he had finally found his defiance. When Mary died and Elizabeth took the throne, she returned England to Protestantism. Elizabeth was much more pragmatic than her half siblings and her father ever were, so she chose the most expedient choice of simply rolling the English church back to as it was during Edward VI's time. Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer and religious articles, lightly edited for Elizabeth's sensibilities, became the foundational documents of the Anglican church. So these four Thomases, Thomas Wolsey, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, and Thomas Cranmer were central to the events of the English Reformation. However, we have one bonus Thomas yet. Bonus Thomas: Thomas Howard, the Duke of Norfolk. Thomas Howard was a powerful nobleman during the reign of Henry, and the Duke of Norfolk was frequently Henry's lieutenant in waging various wars and putting down rebellions. He was also the uncle of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, Henry's second and fifth queens. He was also involved in nearly every major event of Henry's reign. So with all that, why isn't Norfolk as remembered as well as the other four Thomases of the English Reformation? Sometimes a man would be considered virtuous by the standards of the medieval or early modern age, yet reprehensible in ours. For example, for much of the Middle Ages, crusading was considered an inherently virtuous act for a knight, whereas in the modern age, it would be condemned as war mongering with a religious veneer. However, by both modern standards and Tudor standards, Thomas Howard was a fairly odious character. For all their flaws and the morally questionable things they did, Wolsey, More, Cromwell, and Cranmer were all men of conviction in their own ways. More and Cranmer explicitly died with their faith. Cromwell's devotion to the Protestant cause got him killed since he insisted on the Anne of Cleves match. Even Wolsey, for all that he enriched himself, was a devoted servant of Henry after his downfall never betrayed the king. By contrast, Norfolk was out for Norfolk. This wasn't unusual for Tudor nobleman, but Norfolk took it to a new level of grasping venality. He made sure that his daughter was married to Henry's bastard son, Henry FitzRoy, just in case FitzRoy ended up becoming king. He used both his nieces, Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard, to gain power and lands for himself, and then immediately turned against him once he became politically expedient. In fact, he presided over the trial where Anne Boleyn was sentenced to death. After the failure of the Anne of Cleve's marriage, Norfolk made sure to bring his young niece Catherine Howard to court to catch Henry's eye, and to use the Anne of Cleve's annulment as a lever to get rid of Thomas Cromwell. Both stratagems worked, and he attempted to leverage being the new Queen's uncle to bring himself to new power and riches, as he had with Anne Boleyn. Once Henry turned on Catherine Howard, Norfolk characteristically and swiftly threw his niece under the bus. However, as Henry aged, he grew increasingly paranoid and vindictive, and he had Norfolk arrested and sentenced to death on suspicion of treason. Before the execution could be carried out, Henry died, and Norfolk spent the six years of Edward VI's reign as a prisoner in the Tower of London. When Edward died and Mary took the throne, she released Norfolk since she was Catholic and Norfolk had always been a religious traditionalist suspicious of reform. He spent the remaining year of his life as one of Mary's chief advisors before finally dying of old age. As I often say, history can be a rich source of inspiration for fantasy writers, and the English Reformation is full of such inspiration. Wolsey, More, Cromwell, and Cranmer can all make excellent inspirations for morally ambiguous characters. For that matter, you can see why the reign of Henry VIII has inspired so many movies, TV shows, and historical novels. The real life events are so dramatic as to scarcely require embellishment. So that's it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show and thank you for listening as I went on one of my little historical digressions. I hope you found the show enjoyable. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy, and we'll see you all next week.

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