Professor Peter H Wilson invites Iszi Lawrence to All Souls College, Oxford, for episode 7 of Membercast.

Featuring excerpts from his sold-out lecture for the British Museum Friends, Peter picks apart the nature of the amorphous state which existed at the heart of Europe for 1,000 years. Touching on power, politics and identity, Iszi and Peter delve into the extraordinary story told in Peter's recent book, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History.

The British Museum Membercast is a monthly podcast made available to 'all studious and curious persons'. Comedian, podcaster and super-fan Iszi Lawrence (The Z List Dead List) presents snippets from exclusive Members' lectures at the Museum, artfully woven together with interviews and her own musings.

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