HistoryTwins Podcast
1) War, Finance, and State Growth: Didac Queralt On Fiscal Capacity and Mercantilism
How could a war be beneficial for fiscal capacity? Why did some mercantilist states become wealthy, free-trading empires while others faded into obscurity? Prof. Didac Queralt of Yale University provi...Show More
2) From Mayans to Modernity: Glenn David Cox on the History of Guatemala
We interview Prof. Glenn David Cox of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala City about the fascinating history of the country. Discover the Spanish conquest of the Maya, the truth about the...Show More
3) The Long Road To Religious Freedom: Mark Koyama on Witchcraft, Heretics, and Industrialization
The Long Road To Religious Freedom: Mark Koyama on Witchcraft, Heretics, and Industrialization by HistoryTwins
4) Kinship Networks and Psychology: The Catholic Church´s Obsession With Consanguineous Marriage
We interview Prof. Jonathan Schulz of George Mason University on the Catholic Church, cousin marriage, and psychological variations between countries. Discover the Church´s Marriage and Family Program...Show More
5) The Prince and The Pauper: John Marsh on the Gilded Age and Great Depression
We interview Prof. John Marsh of the Pennsylvania State University on subjects from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression. Discover political bosses, Orson Welles's War of the Worlds broadcast, and t...Show More
The Prince and The Pauper: John Marsh on the Gilded Age and Great Depression
55:33 | Oct 31st, 2019
6) The Fate of Rome: Climate, Contagion, and Slavery in the Roman Empire
We interview Prof. Kyle Harper of the University of Oklahoma on the Roman collapse. Discover the disease events and climatic transitions which brought down one of the greatest empires ever known. Lear...Show More
7) Contemporary Politics, Contagion, and Copyright with Prof. Peter Baldwin
We interview Prof. Peter Baldwin of UCLA on the divide between US and European politics, Anglo-American vs Continental copyright law, and European reaction to the spread of disease. Discover how diffe...Show More
Contemporary Politics, Contagion, and Copyright with Prof. Peter Baldwin
1:01:48 | Aug 19th, 2019
8) Reconquista to Renacimiento: Teofilo Ruiz on Medieval Spain
We interview UCLA's Prof. Teofilo Ruiz on medieval Spain. Discover Spain's "centuries of crisis", why the Reconquista lasted nearly eight centuries, the holes in the classic theory of coexistence, and...Show More
9) Theories of Empire With Prof. Anthony Pagden
We interview UCLA's Prof. Anthony Pagden on the history and political theories behind empire, from early colonial Spain to 18th-century France and Britain to 19th-century Germany. How were empires jus...Show More
10) Cut From a Different Sort of Cloth: Lawrence Duggan on Clerical Armsbearing During the Middle Ages
Perhaps Jesus said to "turn the other cheek", but these men of the cloth were made of sterner stuff. We interview Prof. Lawrence Duggan of the University of Delaware on clerical armsbearing. Discover ...Show More