The History of Witchcraft

Preview of Winds of Change - Hostile Takeover

The first half of Episode 2 - Hostile Takeover. Listen to the full episode here: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ARML6837257429?selected=ARML4090812395 [https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ARML6837257429?selected=ARML4090812395] After the death of Aurangzeb, the United East India Company benefitted from the political chaos of 18th century India. Allying with, fighting against, and eventually dominating the Nawabs of Bengal and Arcot, the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, and the Sultans of Mysore. At the Battles of Plassey and Buxar, Company generals like Sir Robert Clive asserted British authority over massive territories, and the Carnatic Wars hobbled their European rivals. The British Empire in India was on the rise, but what goes up must come down. Subscribe to the mailing list at LangnessMedia.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/49030b9e-6e7b-11ec-9fbd-ff69d6d10229/podcasts/f3b6a86a-7c34-11ef-8940-ff30f086e7c7/episodes/6a3c03a0-9d5e-11ef-ac16-679f1a7614af/langnessmedia.com] Thank you to my guest historians: * Philip J. Stern, Professor of History at Duke, and author of The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) and Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations that built British Colonialism (Harvard: Harvard University Press, 2023). * Jon Wilson, Professor of Modern History at King’s College, London, and author of India Conquered: Britain's Raj and the Chaos of Empire (London: Simon & Schuster, 2016) * Rupali Mishra, Associate Professor of History at Auburn University, and author of A Business of State: Commerce, Politics, and the Birth of the East India Company (Harvard: Harvard University Press, 2018) * Benjamin R. Siegel, Associate Professor of History at Boston University, and author of Hungry Nation: Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern India (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) * Christina Welsch, Assistant Professor of History at the College of Wooster, and author of The Company's Sword: The East India Company and the Politics of Militarism, 1644-1858 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022) Thank you to my guest voice actors: * Robin Pierson, host of the History of Byzantium Podcast. * David Crowther, host of the History of England Podcast Go to AirwaveMedia.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/49030b9e-6e7b-11ec-9fbd-ff69d6d10229/podcasts/f3b6a86a-7c34-11ef-8940-ff30f086e7c7/episodes/b6172322-9d5e-11ef-be1c-2ff62fe02e61/AirwaveMedia.com%20]to find other great history shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Piety and Heartwork in Covenanter Scotland

Witch Hunt Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07rn38z/episodes/downloads Time Travels: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b094d4hl/episodes/downloads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Intelligent Speech 2020

I will be giving a talk at Intelligent Speech 2021 on 24th April. Sign up now to listen to me tell the tale of Charles II's dramatic flight from Worcester https://www.intelligentspeechconference.com/shop/ Use the code 'PAX' at checkout for an additional 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

045 - Wittenberg to Witches

Ben Jacobs of Wittenberg to Westphalia and Sam Hume of the History of Witchcraft sat down for a chat about witch panics, memes, authority, and the importance of getting angry while also staying calm. Check out Ben's Podcast: https://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/ [https://wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/] Music: Intro music is See These Bones by Nada Surf. Spective - Bridge Valley P.R. & ChillCat - Soul Child ai means love. - road trip Breezewax - Mother's Earth LZRDSK - flowers LeVirya & Broey. - Inertia Aphrow & Stuffed Tomato - Goodbye ningen - Take You Outside I Am Wolter - Morning Licks Foeniks - Take It Easy RINZ. - Lotus mr. hong & pastels - let's meet at the elevator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

044 - Early Modern English Witchcraft with Professor Darren Oldridge

Prof. Oldridge joins me to talk about witchcraft and religion in early Stuart England, The recommended books, available from all good retailers, are: * Strange Histories (2017) * The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England (2016) * The Witchcraft Reader (2019) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]