Entirely Unofficial Rest is History Catalogue and Interrogator

Early Modern & Renaissance

118 Episodes 20 Series 128 Figures 67 Events 299 Books 233 Authors

Covering roughly the 15th through 18th centuries, this collection examines religious, political, imperial, and cultural transformations of the Renaissance and early modern world. Series include American Crusades (Christianity’s influence on American foreign policy and warfare from the colonial era onward), Amsterdam (the city’s rise from a fishing village to a financial hub), Aztec Epic (Hernán Cortés’s expedition and the fall of the Aztecs), Charles I: Trial and Execution (causes and consequences of regicide), and Christopher Columbus (origins and Atlantic voyages). Episodes address public debate and coffee-house culture, Magna Carta, Elizabeth I’s early reign, Ireland and Cromwell, and oddities such as Hwang Jini. Figures and events discussed include Ignatius of Loyola, Anne Boleyn, Mehmed II, William III, Sack of Antwerp, Sack of Texcoco, encomienda, Great Trier witch trials, and works like The Embarrassment of Riches and Stations of the Sun.

Early Modern & Renaissance

Episodes by year

2025

RIHC: Historical Love Affairs, Totemic History Books, and the Naming of Wars

RIHC: The Secret Life of James I, Mary Queen of Scots, and the Execution of a King

RIHC: Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon, and The Secrets of the Tudor Heart Pendant

Elizabeth I: The Fall of the Axe (Part 1)

Elizabeth I: The Shadow of the Tower (Part 3)

Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen (Part 4)

Elizabeth I: Anne Boleyn’s Bastard (Part 2)

RIHC: Shakespeare, Roman Slavery, and the Tudors

RIHC: King and Conquerer, Bad Vice Presidents, and Christian Colonies

RIHC: The Glorious Revolution, Whigs vs. Tories, and the Birth of Party Politics

RIHC: Mary Queen of Scots EXTRA

RIHC: The Silk Roads, Ancient Asia, and Decentralising Europe

Mary, Queen of Scots: Birth of a Legend (Part 1)

Mary, Queen of Scots: The Battle for Scotland (Part 3)

Mary, Queen of Scots: The Royal Rivals (Part 2)

Mary, Queen of Scots: Downfall (Part 6)

Mary, Queen of Scots: The Mystery of the Exploding Mansion (Part 5)

Mary, Queen of Scots: Murder Most Foul (Part 4)

RIHC: Historical Unicorns, Renaissance Italy, and Animal Diplomacy

The Medici: Lorenzo the Magnificent (Part 2)

The Medici: The Bonfire of the Vanities (Part 4)

The Medici: Curse of the Mad Monk (Part 3)

The Medici: Masters of Florence (Part 1)

RIHC: Famous Traitors, The Renaissance, and Post-War Revolutions

The Great Northern War: Murder in Moscow (Part 4)

Peter the Great: Bloodbath in the Kremlin (Part 2)

Peter the Great: The Rise of Russia (Part 1)

RIHC: The Last English Pope, Persian Europe, and Tom and Dominic's Favourite Castles

Death in the Amazon: Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Elizabeth I’s Sorcerer: Angels and Demons in Renaissance Europe

2024

RIHC: Murdered Martyrs, Norse Raids, and Mysterious Stone Circles

RIHC: Cromwell & Britain's Revolutionary Decade

The Food that Changed the World

RIHC: England vs Holland (Livestream)

RIHC: The English Revolution, History's Top Funerals, and Ottoman Oil Fields

The Suit, Savile Row, and Smartly Dressed Men

The Habsburgs: Secrets of a Dynasty

RIHC: Medieval Martians, Samurai, and Mythical Mysteries

Luther: The Man Who Changed the World (Part 1)

Luther: The Revolution Begins (Part 2)

Luther: A World Torn Apart (Part 5)

Luther: Showdown with the Emperor (Part 4)

Luther: The Battle Against Satan (Part 3)

RIHC: Henry VIII, Thatcherism and Roman Counterfactuals

RHIC: Henry VIII, Thatcherism and Roman Counterfactuals

The Man in the Iron Mask

2023

The Mystery of the Pregnant Pope

RIHC: History’s Top Lads, Ancient Slavery and Aztec Gold

The Fall of the Aztecs: The Festival of Blood (Part 5)

The Fall of the Aztecs: War to the Death (Part 7)

The Fall of the Aztecs: The Last Emperor (Part 8)

The Fall of the Aztecs: The Night of Tears (Part 6)

The Fall of the Aztecs: The Adventure Begins (Part 1)

The Fall of the Aztecs: The City of Gold (Part 3)

The Fall of the Aztecs: Prisoners of Montezuma (Part 4)

The Fall of the Aztecs: The Woman Who Changed The World (Part 2)

RIHC: History’s Top Sidekicks, Christian Frontier Battles, & the Quran

RIHC: Gold Rushes, The Flying Dutchman, and Obama vs Trump

The Taj Mahal: Love and Death

Amsterdam: Miracles, Money and Mud (Ep1)

Amsterdam: Kings, Canals and Coffee Houses (Ep2)

RIHC: Ireland, Cromwell, and Stanley Baldwin (livestream)

The Republic of Britain: Life Under Cromwell

American Witches

Coronations: Sex, Holy Oil and Civil War (Ep 2)

RIHC: The New Restoration, James Bond, and historical AI (livestream)

Columbus: The Adventure Begins (Ep 1)

Columbus: A New World? (Ep 2)

Columbus: Death in the Caribbean (Ep 3)

Columbus: Villain or Hero? (Ep 4)

RIHC: Collectibles, literary criticism, and the illusion of historical truth

RIHC: The Nine Days' Queen, Lennon vs Hitler, and History in schools

Lady Jane Grey: The Nine Days' Queen (Ep 1)

Lady Jane Grey: The Axe Falls (Ep 2)

2022