012 - The Rise of the Knights Templar
The Knights Templar, or the Poor-Fellow Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, are a...
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John Calvin's role in the history of Geneva is hotly debated to this day, and the city gained a...
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010 - James Stuart - The Wisest Fool in Christendom
The political and religious fallout of the North Berwick witch hunt othat began in 1591 continued...
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009 - James Stuart - The Devil's Greatest Enemy
The North Berwick Witch Hunt was one of the deadliest witch trials in British history, spawned...
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008 - James Stuart - The Cradle King
Mary, Queen of Scots was forced out of her kingdom when he son was only a year old; the newly...
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James VI of Scotland is one of, if not the, most witch-obsessed monarchs of the early modern era....
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Many of the witch hunters at the head of the worst trials were convinced of the existence of the...
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005 - A Century of Fire - Part 4 - "I Have Forgiven the Devil"
The deadliest trials of the Early Modern Period were also the ones with the greatest number of...
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004 - A Century of Fire - Part 3 - Reigns of Terror
In this episode, we examine two of the more brutal and violent witch panics in all of European...
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003 - A Century of Fire - Part 2 - Heartland of the Witch Craze
Here we begin with the events themselves. Today we look at a case of slander in Rothenburg ob de...
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What this podcast is all about, and why you want to listen!
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002 - A Century of Fire - Part 1 - Sparks and Kindling
The witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries are, by far, the reason for many of the...
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001 - The Hammer of the Witches
The Malleus Maleficarum, the 'Hammer of the Witches', was the lifes work of Papal Inquisitor...
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011 - A Century of Fire - Part 1 - Sparks and Kindling
The witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries are, by far, the reason for many of the...
37:47
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