Season 3 – Episode 1
Tried for a Sermon: Henry Sacheverell and the Perils of False Brethren Asher Kenney and Dr. Kyle Robinson In this episode Asher Kenney and host Kyle Robinson examines a case in the records of early eighteenth century England. Dr. Sacheverell’s 1709 Sermon on the perils of False Brethren and the ensuing trial and public controversy that occurred as a result. This particular historical episode reveals several key long-term consequences…
Season 3 – Episode 2
Confessions of a Lutheran: Philip Melanchthon and the Theology and Politics of the Augsburg Confession Benjamin Storm and Dr. Kyle Robinson After the Protestant Reformation, German Lutherans had to learn how to interpret and approach civil authority that did not match their beliefs. The Holy Roman Empire, headed by the Catholic Habsburgs and inhabited by…
Season 3 – Episode 3
Here She Stands, and Can Do No Other: Argula von Grumbach, the Most Protestant of Women Alysandra Residori and Dr. Kyle Robinson In this episode, the heroic actions of the first published Protestant woman, Argula von Grumbach are examined. Argula grew up in the noble class in Bavaria, under the Holy Roman Empire. She received large amounts of education as a young…
Season 3 – Episode 4
God Wills It! Luther, Erasmus and the Debate Over Free Will Vincent Cabral and Dr. Kyle Robinson The bulk of Vincent’s episode discusses the intense back and forth theological debates between the 16th century theologians Martin Luther and Desiderius Erasmus. The two disagreed on many Christian theological principles, and Vincent describes in depth the two’s differing views of Free Will based on…
Season 3 – Episode 5
Exemplary Erasmian Education: the Education of a Christian Prince Abigail Pitts and Dr. Kyle Robinson This episode explores the ideologies of Erasmus on the cusp of the religious and political upheaval of European Reformation. Through his 1516 work The Education of a Christian Prince, Erasmus used a unique tactic for internal reform by dedicating his work to the future Emperor Charles V, forthcoming leader of the Habsburg dynasty, and the…
Season 3 – Episode 6
Praying on the Enemy: Cromwell and the Soldiers’ Catechism Grant Rix and Dr. Kyle Robinson In this episode, Grant and Dr. Robinson explore the Biblical foundations of the Parliamentarian and Roundhead cause in their overthrow of Charles I’s “tyrannical” reign over the Kingdom of England. Using Oliver Cromwell’s own Soldiers’ Catechism, Grant and Dr. Robinson dive…
Season 3 – Episode 7
Bloody Mary, Quite Contrary: Reassessing the Reign of Mary I Katrina Anderson and Dr. Kyle Robinson History popularly paints Queen Mary I as a poor ruler, almost tyrannical, heavy-handed, and murderous. The origin of her famous moniker of “Bloody Mary”. However, this view is unfair. Instead, she must be examined in her context as a Catholic Queen pragmatically ruling a Protestantized England thinking through the best methods…
Season 3 – Episode 8
The Glare of the Sun King: Louis XIV and the 1685 Edict of Fontainebleau Zack Bakker and Dr. Kyle Robinson This podcast episode explores the 1685 French Edict of Fontainebleau and the history behind the persecution of Protestants in Louis XIV’s France. The episode covers the origins of Protestantism in France, the French Wars of…
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