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Wittenberg to Westphalia

Benjamin Jacobs

A history podcast that aims to cover the birth of the European state system by examining the Early Modern Period of European history. Along the way, the podcast will delve into the geography, economy, politics, ideas, and culture of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period to give the listener a view into the lives of the people who lived the events. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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41:52

Episode 53: Class Structure in the Middle Ages Part...

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2019/05/02

We begin our look at urbanism in the middle ages with a whole bunch of high falutin theory stuff. Be sure to stick around after the outro music for a very important announcement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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52:19

Episode 52: The Economy Part III, Recovery of a Kind

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2019/03/31

In this episode we wrap up our discussion of the European economy by looking at the recovery of the 800s, and the surprising commodity that underpinned this earliest European economic system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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44:04

Episode 51: The Economy Part 2: European Microeconomy

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2019/03/10

In this episode we talk about manors and do a little bit of a walking tour of Europe. So basically I am recapping the entire podcast but from an economic perspective. Look they can't all have pirates. Actually this one has pirates. So that's cool. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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45:52

Episode 50, The Economy Part 1, The Decline and Fall...

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2019/02/27

The long anticipated start to my discussion of the medieval economy. Contains a surprising number of obscure indie songs from the oughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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41:37

Episode 49: Topics in Modern Historical Research...

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2019/01/28

In this deeply exciting episode you will be titillated and amazed by a story of high drama. Adventure, pathos, good confronting evil, the excitement of a new love. That, or I drone on about how computers have changed historical research for 40 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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4:43

December Announcements

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/12/15

No episode this month probably. But check out the Agora feed for a crossover! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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36:34

Episode 48a: Catastrophic Disruption: How the...

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/11/11

A recording of a talk I gave at the Sound Education Conference. If you can, please check out the website for a PDF of the slide show: http://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:10:26

Episode 48: Podiversiary Q&A

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/10/15

After five years, we have finally done it! we are having a Q&A. In retrospect now I am a little nervous about a few of the topics, but hopefully you will all enjoy this. Please don't light me on fire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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16:41

American Scandal From Wondry

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/10/02

Since the founding of the United States, in every generation, in every field of business, politics, sports and society, we’ve watched in shock as corruption, deceit and desire bring down heroes, titans and those we thought we could trust.In the aftermath, we’re left with too many questions, how did this happen? Who is to blame?American Scandal, a new podcast from Wondery, will answer these questions. They tell the stories of America’s biggest scandals, the who, how and why, to discover what

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1:26:11

Episode 47: Class System Part 3, The Commoners Part...

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/09/03

In this episode we delve into the things that really affected the daily lives of the rural peasantry of the middle ages, and dispel some of the grimdark myths that surround them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:41

Sound Education Announcement!

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/09/02

I am speaking at a thing! Plz Come! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8:49

American Innovations

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/08/31

A few months ago a new podcast called American Innovations came out it and gave me a different outlook on how the science and technology we use today came to be.Hosted by popular science author Steven Johnson.He’ll tell you the stories behind DNA, the mapping of the human genome...the rise of the personal computer...artificial intelligence...and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:06:05

Episode 46, The Class System Part 3, The Commoners...

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/08/10

Today we finally look at the peasantry. After more than a year of promising, here we are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:25:47

Episode 45: A Tale of Two Gregories Part 1, with...

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/06/24

This episode is about Gregory. Not that Gregory, the other one. Well, ok, there were sixteen Gregories. At least, sixteen that were popes. Though I guess there were also two anti-popes. You know what? Stop being a pedant and just listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:07:48

Episode 44: Class Structure Part 2: Those Who Prayed...

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/05/28

In this episode we look at the phenomenon of monasticism in Early Medieval Europe. Its's actually a pretty crazy story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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30:38

Episode 43: The Class System Part 2: Those Who Prayed...

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/04/09

In this episode we begin to discuss the clergy, one of the three great classes of the middle ages, by looking at the basic hierarchy of the church. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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45:17

Episode 42b: Tiny Westphalias

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/03/22

This one...guys I have to be honest. It is mostly about refuse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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53:35

Episode 42a: Wittenberg to Vampires

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/03/22

This is part 1 of a very special crossover with Raven from The Tiny Vampires Podcast. It should be a ton of fun, and Part B will be in your feed at the same time or shortly thereafter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:12:52

Episode 41: The Actual War Bits

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/03/05

In today's episode we discuss the soldiers of the middle ages, where they came from, how they fought, and where they were going. Spoilers: mostly into crushing debt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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58:29

Episode 40: What is War? (Baby Don't hurt Me)

Wittenberg to Westphalia ·

2018/02/11

Here it is, the esoteric, theoretical discussion of warfare over one thousand years ago that you never knew you wanted.Edited by Andrew Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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