310 The English College

In a time of existential and moral threat, the English state developed a network of informants and spies at home and abroad. While Catholics tried to steer a path through the demands for loyalty from both Queen and Pope.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acas ... Show More

By the mid 1580's Mary was at her wits' end - feeling betrayed by her son, 18 years of incarceration, beset by a unsympathetic jailer. She would listen to anything to escape - and then came Gilbert Gifford and Anthony Babbington<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted ... Show More

From a desk in a small suite of rooms in El Escorial Philip II ran a vast colonial empire. With France torn by civil war, war against the Dutch improving, thoughts turned to the Enterprise of England<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='colo ... Show More

For generations, American Catholics went faithfully to confession, admitting their sins to a priest and accepting through him God’s forgiveness. The sacrament served as a distinctive marker of Catholic identity, shaping parishioners’ views of their relationship to God, their neig ... Show More

A partir de 1517, le protestantisme se développe en France. Rapidement le nombre de protestants augmente ; beaucoup de nobles se convertissent et forment un parti puissant. Et le catholicisme majoritaire se sent concurrencé. La rivalité débouche sur la guerre et le massacre de la ... Show More

<p>How the Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reformation created a context for philosophy among Catholics, especially in Spain, Portugal, and Italy.</p> 

In the early 1400s, England welcomed a new king, a new ruling family, and a new role for the English language in the administration of government. In this episode, we explore the rise of the House of Lancaster and the emergence of a standard form of written English for the first ... Show More

Ireland is the only country in Western Europe that has experienced being colonised in the modern era. It was used by England as a laboratory for imperialism, and was the site of bloody colonial wars for centuries, yet many people in the neighbouring United Kingdom have little und ... Show More

En un an, le nombre de demandes, auprès du consulat d’Israël, de Français de confession juive souhaitant émigrer depuis les attentats du 7 octobre a augmenté de 510%, selon l’Agence juive. La sécurité dans le système scolaire, ainsi qu'autour des lieux de culte, est pointée du do ... Show More

Of course! Here's the revised version of the summary show notes with key words and phrases bolded for emphasis:In this episode, we explore the turbulent political and religious landscape of Italy and Europe in the late 1510s—a pivotal prelude to the Protestant Reformation.🔹 Powe ... Show More

<p>The execution of six martyrs—three Catholics and three Protestants—on the same day, was unprecedented in Henry VIII's England. What led to this transformative event?</p><br><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores the fascinating and tumultuous period of the 1530s and 1540s und ... Show More

Historical debates about the actions of the Roman Catholic Church in relationship to the Third Reich have never been restricted to academic presses and journals like so many other topics. Rather several groups of partisans in both Germany and the United States actively followed t ... Show More