Los caprichos de la alta sociedad en el Renac...

En 1829, el escritor norteamericano hizo un viaje por Andalucía que lo llevó hasta Granada. Maravillado por la Alhambra, escribiría luego una obra que la haría famosa en todo el mundo. 

Hacia 1630, los españoles descubrieron en Perú las virtudes de la corteza del árbol de la quina para curar una enfermedad infecciosa que hacía estragos en la época: la malaria. 

The Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries was a time of rediscovery. With Florence as its epicentre, it saw a revival of the art, culture and philosophy of ancient Greek and Rome, triggering huge shifts in creativity and thought. But what prompted such a hugely influential m ...  Show more

Todays episode is a brief introduction to my new podcast called A Renaissance Woman. A Renaissance Woman is a show focused on untangling the complicated and often constricted lives of women during the Medieval and Renaissance periods. There will be discussions about important, ye ...  Show more

We're revisiting an episode of Tides of History we originally released in January 2018. Pay close attention, we're going to be spending a LOT of time in Italy this summer.

What was it like to have a front-row seat to the explosion of learning, art, and culture in Renaiss ...

The Renaissance has been touted as one of the most important moments in European history. 19th century historians like Jules Michelet and Jakob Burckhardt made the case that a "rebirth" starting in the 1300's laid the ground work for the modern world. This idea has been massively ...  Show more