Hanging with History

216. 1453, Before Humanism and the Reformation


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We explore the roots of Humanism and the Reformation.  Taking a long look at the Devotio Moderna, the Brethren of the Common Life.  These were key influences on both Erasmus and Martin Luther.  But more than that, the Devotio Moderna were a vital element in the invention of the printing press.  We look at Gerhard Groote the founder of the Devotio Moderna, whose purpose in life was to imitate Christ and no to sit on his loathsome spotted behind.

We spend some time on the more conventional stories of 1453, the Ottoman surge that followed the fall of the last Roman outpost, the expulsion of the English from France (except Calais).

But there is also a look at the founding of Europe by the Early European Farmers from Anatolia.  


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Hanging with HistoryBy Harald Hansen

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