Richard Roose, the Bishop of Rochester’s cook, got caught up in the Anne Boleyn scandal and met a brutal end. The king’s knacker Thomas Grimes was pressed into service as an executioner... Read more »
There was a lot of bad stuff going on in Europe in the 17th century. We’ve seen wars, plagues, and unrest of all types. But, there is some good news. Huge advances... Read more »
In which John Green teaches you about disease and the effects that disease has had in human history. Disease has been with man since the beginning, and it has shaped the way... Read more »
In which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans... Read more »
In which John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here’s a hint: it had something to do with Julius Caesar, but maybe less... Read more »
In which John Green teaches you about Iran’s Revolutions. Yes, revolutions plural. What was the the1979 Iranian Revolution about? It turns out that Iran has a pretty long history of unrest in... Read more »
In which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly veiled in... Read more »
Our European history is going to start around 1500 with the Renaissance, but believe it or not, that is not the actual beginning of history in the continent. So, today, we’re going... Read more »
In which John Green teaches you about World War II, aka The Great Patriotic War, aka The Big One. So how did this war happen? And what does it mean? We’ve all... Read more »
In which John Green examines the French Revolution, and gets into how and why it differed from the American Revolution. Was it the serial authoritarian regimes? The guillotine? The Reign of Terror?... Read more »