XII. Missionaries to the four corners of the Globe.

07/07/15 • 62 min

In this lecture we will look at the difficult conversion of European, Mexican and Peruvian peasants to the creeds of the high Church and the fight of the high Church against Satan: magic and witches.

In this lecture we will look at the difficult conversion of European, Mexican and Peruvian peasants to the creeds of the high Church and the fight of the high Church against Satan: magic and witches.

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In this episode we'll be considering the books and art consuming public in Europe and the Americas and the rise of the tormented artist and that of the public intellectual during the presently unduly vilified movement of the Enlightenment.

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XIV. The great struggle for empire.

In this episode we will be considering the titanic struggle between Britain and France in the eighteenth century, the weaknesses and strengths of the opponents, a fight that culminated in the British occupation of Canada and India.