I Take History With My Coffee
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Discover the fascinating world of Early Modern History in the time it takes to enjoy a cup of coffee. From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, we explore pivotal events, influential figures, and untold stories that shaped our modern world.
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In 1609, Galileo took a Dutch invention and transformed it into something revolutionary. Within months, he'd discovered mountains on the Moon, moons orbiting Jupiter, and phases of Venus—all challenging the idea that Earth was the center of a perfect universe.
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In 1609, Galileo took a Dutch invention and transformed it into something revolutionary. Within months, he'd discovered mountains on the Moon, moons orbiting Jupiter, and phases of Venus—all challenging the idea that Earth was the center of a perfect universe.
#History
April 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW EPISODE
In 1609, Galileo took a Dutch invention and transformed it into something revolutionary. Within months, he'd discovered mountains on the Moon, moons orbiting Jupiter, and phases of Venus—all challenging the idea that Earth was the center of a perfect universe.
#History
In 1609, Galileo took a Dutch invention and transformed it into something revolutionary. Within months, he'd discovered mountains on the Moon, moons orbiting Jupiter, and phases of Venus—all challenging the idea that Earth was the center of a perfect universe.
#History
A gentleman and a lady against a landscape.
Mathias Beitler, c. 1582
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mathias Beitler, c. 1582
Metropolitan Museum of Art
March 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A gentleman and a lady against a landscape.
Mathias Beitler, c. 1582
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mathias Beitler, c. 1582
Metropolitan Museum of Art
In this video, I take a deep dive into Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg's architecture, astronomical instruments, and daily routines while highlighting the importance of this research facility in the history of science.
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Uraniborg Reconstructed
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March 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In this video, I take a deep dive into Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg's architecture, astronomical instruments, and daily routines while highlighting the importance of this research facility in the history of science.
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Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557-1631) was a remarkably accomplished Renaissance queen. At the age of 14, she married Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, becoming Queen consort. The couple had seven children, including the future King Christian IV of Denmark. #History
March 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557-1631) was a remarkably accomplished Renaissance queen. At the age of 14, she married Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, becoming Queen consort. The couple had seven children, including the future King Christian IV of Denmark. #History
Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg represents a fascinating historical anomaly: a research institution where the lead scientist simultaneously functioned as the feudal lord of the entire domain. Read more in the latest piece for Substack.
March 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg represents a fascinating historical anomaly: a research institution where the lead scientist simultaneously functioned as the feudal lord of the entire domain. Read more in the latest piece for Substack.
Arnolt Schlick (c. 1455-1460 – after 1521) was one of the most significant German composers and organists of the early Renaissance period. He bridged late medieval and Renaissance styles, establishing foundations for the German organ tradition. #History
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Ascendo ad Patrem meum a 2 - Ascendo ad Patrem meum a 10
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March 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Arnolt Schlick (c. 1455-1460 – after 1521) was one of the most significant German composers and organists of the early Renaissance period. He bridged late medieval and Renaissance styles, establishing foundations for the German organ tradition. #History
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The Battle of Bornholm occurred on May 30, 1563, and marked one of the first major naval engagements of the Northern Seven Years' War (1563-1570), also known as the Nordic Seven Years' War or the First Northern War.
March 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Battle of Bornholm occurred on May 30, 1563, and marked one of the first major naval engagements of the Northern Seven Years' War (1563-1570), also known as the Nordic Seven Years' War or the First Northern War.
Map of Hven island (now Ven, Sweden) showing the location of Tycho Brahe's observatory, Uraniborg. Civitates orbis terrarium, 1594.
March 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Map of Hven island (now Ven, Sweden) showing the location of Tycho Brahe's observatory, Uraniborg. Civitates orbis terrarium, 1594.
"How could men know the motions of the stars so accurately that they could, long before, foretell their places and relative position?"
This question, sparked by witnessing a solar eclipse at age 13, launched Tycho Brahe on a lifelong quest that would transform astronomy forever.
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This question, sparked by witnessing a solar eclipse at age 13, launched Tycho Brahe on a lifelong quest that would transform astronomy forever.
#History
March 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"How could men know the motions of the stars so accurately that they could, long before, foretell their places and relative position?"
This question, sparked by witnessing a solar eclipse at age 13, launched Tycho Brahe on a lifelong quest that would transform astronomy forever.
#History
This question, sparked by witnessing a solar eclipse at age 13, launched Tycho Brahe on a lifelong quest that would transform astronomy forever.
#History
My latest blog highlights striking parallels between the 16th-century Copernican Revolution and today's climate science challenges. By examining how societies have historically responded to revolutionary scientific ideas, we gain valuable insights. #History
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Shifting Grounds
The Copernican paradigm shift reveals how revolutionary science faces resistance—history's lesson for climate change today.
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March 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest blog highlights striking parallels between the 16th-century Copernican Revolution and today's climate science challenges. By examining how societies have historically responded to revolutionary scientific ideas, we gain valuable insights. #History
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Isothermal chart of the region north of the 36th parallel &c. &c. between the Atlantic & Pacific ocean.
Explorations and surveys for a rail road from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, War Department.
Compiled by Isaac Stevens, 1859
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Explorations and surveys for a rail road from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, War Department.
Compiled by Isaac Stevens, 1859
New York Public Library Digital Collections
March 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Isothermal chart of the region north of the 36th parallel &c. &c. between the Atlantic & Pacific ocean.
Explorations and surveys for a rail road from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, War Department.
Compiled by Isaac Stevens, 1859
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Explorations and surveys for a rail road from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, War Department.
Compiled by Isaac Stevens, 1859
New York Public Library Digital Collections
"How can the celestial region be unchangeable if new stars appear in it? ... It is quite clear that this phenomenon belongs to the celestial region, not to the elemental sphere." This is what Tycho Brahe wrote regarding the 1572 supernova. #History
March 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"How can the celestial region be unchangeable if new stars appear in it? ... It is quite clear that this phenomenon belongs to the celestial region, not to the elemental sphere." This is what Tycho Brahe wrote regarding the 1572 supernova. #History
Rice Culture, or Sowing and Reaping, Unknown artist, before 1353.
The scroll depicts China's fundamental economic activity: the cultivation of rice. #History
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The scroll depicts China's fundamental economic activity: the cultivation of rice. #History
Metropolitan Museum of Art
March 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Rice Culture, or Sowing and Reaping, Unknown artist, before 1353.
The scroll depicts China's fundamental economic activity: the cultivation of rice. #History
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The scroll depicts China's fundamental economic activity: the cultivation of rice. #History
Metropolitan Museum of Art
An ephemeris (plural: ephemerides) is a table or data set that gives the calculated positions of celestial bodies at specific times. These astronomical almanacs were essential tools for astronomers, navigators, astrologers, and calendar-makers throughout history. #History
March 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An ephemeris (plural: ephemerides) is a table or data set that gives the calculated positions of celestial bodies at specific times. These astronomical almanacs were essential tools for astronomers, navigators, astrologers, and calendar-makers throughout history. #History
New premium post explores how an English astronomer in 1576 made perhaps the most profound conceptual leap in cosmic history: transforming Copernicus's bounded universe into infinite space.
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Stars Without Boundaries
How Thomas Digges Transformed a Sun-Centered System into an Infinite Universe
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March 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New premium post explores how an English astronomer in 1576 made perhaps the most profound conceptual leap in cosmic history: transforming Copernicus's bounded universe into infinite space.
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Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen stands as one of Denmark's most magnificent examples of Renaissance architecture, originating as a modest summer residence commissioned by King Christian IV in 1606.
February 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen stands as one of Denmark's most magnificent examples of Renaissance architecture, originating as a modest summer residence commissioned by King Christian IV in 1606.
The resistance to Copernicus wasn't just from religious doctrine but from a long-standing scientific framework that had successfully explained natural phenomena for centuries. Read why educated Renaissance thinkers found heliocentrism so difficult to accept, even on purely scientific grounds.
February 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The resistance to Copernicus wasn't just from religious doctrine but from a long-standing scientific framework that had successfully explained natural phenomena for centuries. Read why educated Renaissance thinkers found heliocentrism so difficult to accept, even on purely scientific grounds.
What happens when a revolutionary idea is too radical for immediate acceptance but too useful to ignore?
That's what happened with Copernicus's heliocentric theory between 1543-1600. In our newest episode, we explore how a cosmic revolution quietly transformed European thinking.
That's what happened with Copernicus's heliocentric theory between 1543-1600. In our newest episode, we explore how a cosmic revolution quietly transformed European thinking.
February 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What happens when a revolutionary idea is too radical for immediate acceptance but too useful to ignore?
That's what happened with Copernicus's heliocentric theory between 1543-1600. In our newest episode, we explore how a cosmic revolution quietly transformed European thinking.
That's what happened with Copernicus's heliocentric theory between 1543-1600. In our newest episode, we explore how a cosmic revolution quietly transformed European thinking.
How does a radical scientific idea spread when almost everyone thinks it's absurd? In next episode, discover the story of how mathematical usefulness paved the way for one of history's greatest scientific revolutions, even as public controversy threatened to stop it. #History
February 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
How does a radical scientific idea spread when almost everyone thinks it's absurd? In next episode, discover the story of how mathematical usefulness paved the way for one of history's greatest scientific revolutions, even as public controversy threatened to stop it. #History
Six star charts on a gnomonic projection. Second Edition, 1693
(Plate 3) Gemini, Orion, Taurus and other constellations. Text on comets.
Ignace Gaston Pardies
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(Plate 3) Gemini, Orion, Taurus and other constellations. Text on comets.
Ignace Gaston Pardies
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February 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Six star charts on a gnomonic projection. Second Edition, 1693
(Plate 3) Gemini, Orion, Taurus and other constellations. Text on comets.
Ignace Gaston Pardies
#History
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
(Plate 3) Gemini, Orion, Taurus and other constellations. Text on comets.
Ignace Gaston Pardies
#History
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
In 1594, astronomer Thomas Blundeville wrote that Copernicus made the most accurate astronomical calculations ever, using what everyone thought was a completely wrong theory.
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Oronce Fine. De Mundi Sphaera, 1542.
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Oronce Fine. De Mundi Sphaera, 1542.
February 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In 1594, astronomer Thomas Blundeville wrote that Copernicus made the most accurate astronomical calculations ever, using what everyone thought was a completely wrong theory.
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Oronce Fine. De Mundi Sphaera, 1542.
#History
Oronce Fine. De Mundi Sphaera, 1542.
When Copernicus finally agreed to publish his revolutionary theory of putting the sun at the center of the universe in 1543, Andreas Osiander made a controversial decision.
The preface from the first edition, 1543
The preface from the first edition, 1543
February 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
When Copernicus finally agreed to publish his revolutionary theory of putting the sun at the center of the universe in 1543, Andreas Osiander made a controversial decision.
The preface from the first edition, 1543
The preface from the first edition, 1543
The triquetrum was an instrument for making astronomical observations. Picture two wooden rulers connected at one end, forming a V-shape, with a third ruler sliding between them like a measuring stick.
Read more about the daily grind of a Renaissance astronomer.
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Read more about the daily grind of a Renaissance astronomer.
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Measuring the Heavens
A Renaissance Astronomer's Daily Grind
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February 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The triquetrum was an instrument for making astronomical observations. Picture two wooden rulers connected at one end, forming a V-shape, with a third ruler sliding between them like a measuring stick.
Read more about the daily grind of a Renaissance astronomer.
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Read more about the daily grind of a Renaissance astronomer.
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Chart Of The Straits Of Magellan, Sayer and Bennett, London, 1776
"From The Chart Published At Madrid in 1769, by Don Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla of the Royal Academy of St. Fernando."
#History
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
"From The Chart Published At Madrid in 1769, by Don Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla of the Royal Academy of St. Fernando."
#History
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
February 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Chart Of The Straits Of Magellan, Sayer and Bennett, London, 1776
"From The Chart Published At Madrid in 1769, by Don Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla of the Royal Academy of St. Fernando."
#History
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
"From The Chart Published At Madrid in 1769, by Don Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla of the Royal Academy of St. Fernando."
#History
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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