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History: darkness and light

This podcast investigates episodes in history that highlight the worst and best of the human condition. History can tell us about past ideas and events, and in doing so it tells us something about the... Read more

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Episode 4: History repeating tself - state intolerance, the English protestant Reformation and the COVID-19 response

Episode 4: History repeating tself - state intolerance, the English protestant Reformation and the COVID-19 response

This episode compares past and present, exploring state sponsored intolerance and persecution from English protestant Re... Read more

29 May 2022

56mins

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Episode 3: The power of pierniki (Toruń gingerbread)

Episode 3: The power of pierniki (Toruń gingerbread)

This episode tells the story of the city of Toruń, Poland, through the lense of its spicy gingerbread, or pierniki, from... Read more

11 Jun 2021

40mins

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Episode 2: What care we for these barefooted rascals? - medieval colonization and race law

Episode 2: What care we for these barefooted rascals? - medieval colonization and race law

This episode uses a 1327 petition to the English king from Welshman Adda ap Einion and his English wife Agnes as a jumpi... Read more

4 Mar 2021

52mins

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Episode 1: The Mole-Catcher's Tale - black magic, conspiracy and justice in medieval England

Episode 1: The Mole-Catcher's Tale - black magic, conspiracy and justice in medieval England

History: Darkness and Light shares interesting stories from our past that tell us something about the best, and the wors... Read more

14 Feb 2021

29mins

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