We're Not So Different

we're back! the series on Heresies and the Reformation continues as we discuss the separate, yet simultaneous Counter-Reformation efforts that followed the Peace of Augsburg in 1555. Then we get to the Thirty Years War, a brutal conflict which had the side effect of killing public religion as a uniting concept and, really, killing God as it was understood up to that point. Then we answer a question about whether Protestants or Catholics caused Capitalism, someone is going to get blamed for this mess! enjoy!

in part 9 of our series on Heresies and the Reformation, Luke and Eleanor discuss backlashes against the Protestant movements across Europe. From the Church's first effort at countering the Reformation with the Council of Trent, to the HRE finally turning its sights on the protestants with the Schmalkaldic Wars and Peace of Augburg, to the brief reign of Mary Tudor in England, and the French wars of religion against the Huguenots. enjoy!

the heresy series continues, this time focusing on the disunified nature of the Reformation, the Munster Rebellion, the emergence of John Calvin and the Reform movement that became the Calvinist confession, and why Charles V didn't just turn his armies on the Protestants from the get-go to stamp them out entirely.note: the sound is a little weird in the first 10 mins due to audacity changing settings, sorry about that.

in this episode, Luke and Eleanor continue their series on heresies and the Reformation by discussing the immediate aftermath of the 95 theses and how this reform movement splintered instantaneously. we then talk about how the magisterial and radical reformations got going simultaneously but the princes of the HRE and the nobles weren't going to let the radical version win.

Luke and Eleanor are back to celebrate the 100th episode of We're Not So Different with a mailbag episode featuring many listener questions. we cover background info on the show, questions about the British crown, Luke's hyperfixations, and more! enjoy and thanks for 100 episodes!

we're back with part 6 of our series on Medieval heresies against the Catholic Church after our brief convalescence. this time, we start by briefly discussing the Spanish Inquisition before turning out eyes to the greatest heresy of them all: the Reformation. we talk about the historical circumstances, both secular and holy, that made it possible and introduce, at long last, Martin Luther, history's first poster.

hello friends, this week your two co-hosts are sick and rundown and just couldn't find time to record a new episode, so we're unlocking our most recent Patreon bonus episode, a review of A Knight's Tale. don't worry, we will be back next week with more heresies but it just wasn't in the cards this week, so enjoy the unlocked episode and subscribe to the patreon for more bonus content like this.

in our 5th episode on Medieval heresies, Luke and Eleanor finally get to some guys who we can actually call reformers. we start by talking about Wycliffe and his Bible, then move onto Joan of Arc's supposed heresies, and then, at long last, we get to talk about all the Czech religious leaders Eleanor loves so much: Jan Milic, Jan Hus, Jan Zizka, and more! enjoy!

happy 2023! we're back with part 4 of our series on heresies against the medieval church. this time we talk about Free Spirits, Beguines, and Templars before moving onto the Antipopes, the Avignon Papacy, and the Black Death breaking everyone's brains, as you might expect.

this week, we're taking a little break for Christmas and New Years so we're just reposting the holiday episode we recorded in 2021 for you to enjoy. it's about the origins of Christmas and its relationship to the pagan holiday, Saturnalia. enjoy!