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...
67: The Music of the Spheres: Kepler's Mystical Journey to Scientific Revolution
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67: The Music of the Spheres: Kepler's Mystical Journey to Scientific Revolution
Send Me A Text Message In this episode, we explore the remarkable story of Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer whose unique blend of mathematical genius and mystical vision forever changed our understanding of the cosmos. Born into poverty and turmoil in 1571, Kepler's journey to scientific greatness began when he joined the flamboyant Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe at the imperial court of Prague in 1600. Despite their profound personal differences – Tycho the aristocratic observer, ...
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...
