The year 1492 is one of the most important in Spanish history. While Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic, Jews were forced to flee east, ending over a thousand years of Jewish presence on the Iberian Peninsula. That same year, the Catholic Monarchs completed the reconquest by defeating the Muslim-controlled Kingdom of Granada. These seemingly separate events were driven by a single unified goal: transforming Spain into a fully Christian nation. In this episode, we examine the fourt...
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The year 1492 is one of the most important in Spanish history. While Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic, Jews were forced to flee east, ending over a thousand years of Jewish presence on the Iberian Peninsula. That same year, the Catholic Monarchs completed the reconquest by defeating the Muslim-controlled Kingdom of Granada. These seemingly separate events were driven by a single unified goal: transforming Spain into a fully Christian nation. In this episode, we examine the fourt...
65: Before Galileo: The Half-Century When Heliocentrism Infiltrated European Thought
I Take History With My Coffee
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65: Before Galileo: The Half-Century When Heliocentrism Infiltrated European Thought
Send Me A Text Message In this episode, we explore the fascinating but often overlooked period between 1543-1600, when Copernicus's revolutionary heliocentric model began reshaping European thought through unexpected channels. While most narratives jump from Copernicus's deathbed publication straight to Galileo's dramatic confrontations with the Church, these intervening decades reveal a more complex story of gradual infiltration and transformation. We'll examine how astronomers embraced Cope...
I Take History With My Coffee
The year 1492 is one of the most important in Spanish history. While Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic, Jews were forced to flee east, ending over a thousand years of Jewish presence on the Iberian Peninsula. That same year, the Catholic Monarchs completed the reconquest by defeating the Muslim-controlled Kingdom of Granada. These seemingly separate events were driven by a single unified goal: transforming Spain into a fully Christian nation. In this episode, we examine the fourt...
