The Other Renaissance with Paul Strathern

PLEASE NOTE THIS EPISODE WAS FIRST PUBLISHED MARCH 25TH 2023 This week's guest is Paul Strathern discussing the Renaissance. Or to be exact, the OTHER Renaissance. Paul has written a new book focussing not on the Italian and Renaissance, but on that which took place further north, in the Holy Roman Empire, the Low Countries, France and England. So we talk about Martin Luther and Protestantism, Capernicus and the orbit of the sun, and Gutenberg and the printing press.Paul's Book: The Other Renaissance: From Capernicus to Shakespeare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices