Wittenberg to Westphalia

A history podcast that aims to cover the birth of the European state system by examining the Early Modern Period of European history. Along the way, the podcast will delve into the geography, economy, politics, ideas, and culture of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period to give the listener a view into the lives of the people who lived the events. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

https://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 43m. Bisher sind 119 Folge(n) erschienen. .

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 14 hours 30 minutes

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episode 80: Episode 80: An Interview with Zach Twamley


Do you like books? The Thirty Years War? CambraiWell you will need to listen to this one.


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 November 22, 2021  54m
 
 

episode 79: Episode 79: Investiture Controversies Introduction


What is an investiture controversy? What does it have to do with the Early Modern Period? Will this episode have a defenestration? For that last one, yes. But for the rest you will have to listen.


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 October 22, 2021  39m
 
 

episode 78: Episode 78: Slavery in the Middle Ages Part 4; The Rise of Serfdom


This Episode wraps up not only our look at slavery in the middle ages, but the entire third season of this show.Zach's new book, Matchlock and the Embassy: http://www.wdfpodcast.com/thevassalstate/ml1I have read it all at this point and it i...


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 September 29, 2021  43m
 
 

episode 77: Episode 77: Slavery in the Middle Ages Part 3; Transition


Unfreedom in the middle ages took on a wide variety of forms. In this episode I talk about the ideological shifts that accompanied this change, some examples of the deals that were struck, and one highly amusing example of priestly fraud.Map Corner:...


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 August 30, 2021  48m
 
 

New Show Announcement and Episode and W2Housekeeping. Look just listen.


I am starting a second show! Let me tell you about how it will affect W2W, some changes to Patreon levels, and then you can listen to the first episode!. The main show website is here: https://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/why-thoThere is...


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 August 12, 2021  25m
 
 

episode 76: Episode 76: Slavery in the Middle Ages Part 3, The Economics of Slavery (Redux).


One would think that the economics of slavery would be simple, but then a person who thought that would clearly not be a fan of this show. https://www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com/


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 July 20, 2021  45m
 
 

episode 75: Episode 75: Slavery in the Middle Ages Part II, Teaching an Old Narrative Modern Tricks.


In this episode we spend a bit of quality time with our friend Marc Boch and discuss why he thought what he thought about slavery and serfdom, why some of it was wrong, and why some of it is still valid. This is a nice, calm episode. Some gentle laughs...


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 June 15, 2021  51m
 
 

Escape! o Intelligent Speech!


Last year's sessions: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuAmmbvyrD92VvbxWuktX5OnCt_qcibzHThis year's conference, go to store to buy tickets: https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/1690-2/


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 April 23, 2021  2m
 
 

episode 74: Episode 74: Slavery Part 1: Theory


By popular demand, we begin a very detailed look at medieval slavery. This time out we tackle what relevance this conversation has to the modern world, and how we even begin to define slavery, anyway.Reconsider: https://reconsidermedia.com/Intellig...


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 April 3, 2021  1h2m
 
 

episode 73: Episode 73: Living the Life: Modern American Judaisms


To the horror of many, the "Living the Life" series has returned. This series of episodes aims to provide a very very basic primer into liturgical practices of many modern religions, to help the audience better understand how the stuff we dis...


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 March 1, 2021  1h14m