The 15 Minute Book Club · Alex Churchill, Matt Bone
History Hack: Early Modern Colonialism
May 23, 2024·51 min·5 clips
Henry the Eighth and Francis I both put themselves on the ballot to become Holy Roman Emperor—and neither won.
As heard by us
A lively archive tour of colonialism, where letters and bestsellers reveal empire's daily machinery.
Early modern colonialism is filtered through letters, travel writing, and chronicles, with the episode's real strength lying in its sense that these materials are still buried in the archive rather than safely behind glass.
Why you'd press play
You want colonial history through letters, bestsellers, and one very weird Brazil detour.
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