Podcasts de European history

Gustave Courbet

Courbet was iconic even in his own lifetime. He flew in the face of artistic convention, turned...

Añadir a ... 

Field of Cloth of Gold

The Field of Cloth of Gold was a summit and celebration that was held to start what was hoped to...

Añadir a ... 

Marino Faliero, the Beheaded Doge

Faliero was the 55th Doge of Venice, a man who was, at least for a time, well respected. But his...

Añadir a ... 

The Necromancy of Joann Georg Schrepfer

Johann George Schrepfer’s life story is clouded by his embellished and falsified tales of his...

Añadir a ... 

Lavinia Fontana Zappi

Lavinia Fontana was taught painting by her father, and became one of the earliest examples of a...

Añadir a ... 

Colette, Part 2

Part two of Colette's story picks up during her marriage to Henri de Jouvenel through the end of...

Añadir a ... 

Gerardus Mercator’s Groundbreaking Projection

The Mercator projection gets a lot of grief for distorting the relative sizes of different land...

Añadir a ... 

Giordano Bruno

Bruno was a mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and according to the Catholic...

Añadir a ... 

De Koven, Weidmann, and Public Execution in France (Pt. 2)

Once Eugen Weidmann was in police custody, he confessed to Jean's murder as well as several...

Añadir a ... 

De Koven, Weidmann, and Public Execution in France (Pt. 1)

In July 1937, 22-year-old Jean De Koven vanished while visiting Paris with her aunt. It seemed...

Añadir a ... 

Giordano Bruno

Bruno was a mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and according to the Catholic...

Añadir a ... 

De Koven, Weidmann, and Public Execution in France (Pt. 2)

Once Eugen Weidmann was in police custody, he confessed to Jean's murder as well as several...

Añadir a ... 

De Koven, Weidmann, and Public Execution in France (Pt. 1)

In July 1937, 22-year-old Jean De Koven vanished while visiting Paris with her aunt. It seemed...

Añadir a ... 

Giordano Bruno

Bruno was a mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and according to the Catholic...

Añadir a ... 

De Koven, Weidmann, and Public Execution in France (Pt. 2)

Once Eugen Weidmann was in police custody, he confessed to Jean's murder as well as several...

Añadir a ... 

De Koven, Weidmann, and Public Execution in France (Pt. 1)

In July 1937, 22-year-old Jean De Koven vanished while visiting Paris with her aunt. It seemed...

Añadir a ... 

Robert-Houdin, The Father of Modern Magic, Part 2

After the 1844 Paris expo, Robert-Houdin turned his efforts to creating his own stage show. He...

Añadir a ... 

Robert-Houdin, The Father of Modern Magic, Part 1

Robert-Houdin was the magician that Houdini named himself after, his story is hard to pin down,...

Añadir a ... 

Hortense and Marie Mancini

Hortense and Marie Mancini tried to make a place for themselves in 17th-century Europe, defying...

Añadir a ... 

Empress Sisi of Austria Part 1

Sisi was a shy young noblewoman who was plucked from obscurity and shoved onto the world stage...

Añadir a ...