Ep1: Portugal and Spain in the 15th and early-16th centuries: a brief overview by Edward Collins.

Episodes

Ep20: Francois Soyer - Antisemitism, Forgeries, and Conspiracy Theories in Early Modern Iberia
29 Jun 2020· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 20 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr. François Soyer, Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of New England, in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
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Ep19: Palmira Fontes da Costa - Garcia de Orta: Portuguese physician, herbalist and naturalist
13 Aug 2019· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 19 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Assistant Professor Palmira Fontes da Costa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT)) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
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Ep18: Ben Vinson - Mestizaje and the Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico.
7 Nov 2018· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 18 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Professor Ben Vinson III (Case Western Reserve) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
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Ep17: Adrian Masters - Petition and Response: Spanish America and the Council of the Indies in the 16th Century.
19 Aug 2018· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 17 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Adrian Masters (UT Austin) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
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Ep16: Stephanie Cavanaugh - Moriscos, Enslaved Children, and Litigating for Liberty in sixteenth-century Spain.
24 Jun 2018· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 16 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Stephanie Cavanaugh, Sir John Elliot Junior Research Fellow in Spanish History at Oxford University.
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Ep15: Carla Rahn Phillips - The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait of Magellan, 1581-1584.
15 Jan 2018· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 15 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Carla Rahn Phillips, author of The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84.
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Ep14: Amelia Almorza Hidalgo - Spanish women on transatlantic voyages in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
6 Nov 2017· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 14 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Amelia Almorza Hidalgo.
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Ep13: Aaron Alejandro Olivas - The Iberian Atlantic and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1700-1715.
25 Sep 2017· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 13 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Aaron Alejandro Olivas.
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Ep12: Barbara E. Mundy - Tenochtitlan: Transformation and Endurance after the Spanish Conquest.
14 Aug 2017· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 12 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Barbara E. Mundy, Chair and Professor of Art History at Fordham University.
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Ep11: Pedro Cardim - The Idea of Hispania: Portugal and the Spanish Monarchy in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
17 Jul 2017· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 11 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Pedro Cardim, Associate Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon).
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Ep10: Tamar Herzog - Frontiers of Possession: Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas.
12 Jun 2017· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Episode 10 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor in the History Department at Harvard University
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Ep9: Flora Cassen - Philip II of Spain and His Italian Jewish Spy.
15 May 2017· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
In episode 9 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Flora Cassen (UNC) discusses her current project on Italian Jewish spies in the employ of Spain with series host Edward Collins (UCD).
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Ep8: Zoltan Biedermann - A Negotiating Empire: Portuguese diplomacy in Asia and the Global Renaissance.
1 May 2017· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
In episode 8 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Zoltan Biedermann (UCL) discusses the importance of diplomacy in the Portuguese Empire, especially in Asia, with series host Dr Edward Collins.
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Ep7: Jorge Canizares-Esguerra - Old Testament Culture in the Spanish Monarchy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
6 Feb 2017· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
In episode 7 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Jorge Canizares-Esguerra (UT Austin) discusses Old Testament Culture of the Spanish Monarchy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with series host Dr Edward Collins.
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Ep6: Onesimo T. Almeida - Portugal and the Dawn of Modernity, 1419-1620.
13 Jan 2017· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
In episode 6 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Onesimo T. Almeida (Brown) discusses Portugal and the dawn of modern science, from 1419 to 1620, with series host Dr Edward Collins.
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Ep5: Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa - Early Colonial Brazil, English Piracy, and the Adventures of Anthony Knivet (1591-1599).
29 Aug 2016· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
In episode 5 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa (Cambridge) is in conversation with Edward Collins on early colonial Brazil.
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Ep4: Allison Bigelow. The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas.
8 Aug 2016· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
In Ep 4 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Allison Bigelow (Virginia) is in conversation with Edward Collins on 'The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas'
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Ep3: Ricardo Padron. The Spanish Lake: America, the Pacific, and Asia in the Imperial Imagination, 1513-1609.
18 Jul 2016· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
In episode 3 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Ricardo Padron (University of Virginia) discusses Spanish attempts to represent and conquer the Pacific as part of the greater Spanish imperial imagination in the sixteenth century with historian Edward Collins.
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Ep2: Ellen Dooley on the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700
4 Jul 2016· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
In episode 2 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', art historian Ellen Dooley discusses the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700 with historian Edward Collins.
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Ep1: Portugal and Spain in the 15th and early-16th centuries: a brief overview by Edward Collins.
20 Jun 2016· Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
In episode 1 of his series 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', historian Edward Collins gives an overview of Portugal and Spain in the 15th and early-16th centuries
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Episodes

Ep20: Francois Soyer - Antisemitism, Forgeries, and Conspiracy Theories in Early Modern Iberia

Ep19: Palmira Fontes da Costa - Garcia de Orta: Portuguese physician, herbalist and naturalist

Ep18: Ben Vinson - Mestizaje and the Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico.

Ep17: Adrian Masters - Petition and Response: Spanish America and the Council of the Indies in the 16th Century.

Ep16: Stephanie Cavanaugh - Moriscos, Enslaved Children, and Litigating for Liberty in sixteenth-century Spain.

Ep15: Carla Rahn Phillips - The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait of Magellan, 1581-1584.

Ep14: Amelia Almorza Hidalgo - Spanish women on transatlantic voyages in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Ep13: Aaron Alejandro Olivas - The Iberian Atlantic and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1700-1715.

Ep12: Barbara E. Mundy - Tenochtitlan: Transformation and Endurance after the Spanish Conquest.

Ep11: Pedro Cardim - The Idea of Hispania: Portugal and the Spanish Monarchy in the 16th and 17th Centuries.

Ep10: Tamar Herzog - Frontiers of Possession: Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas.

Ep9: Flora Cassen - Philip II of Spain and His Italian Jewish Spy.

Ep8: Zoltan Biedermann - A Negotiating Empire: Portuguese diplomacy in Asia and the Global Renaissance.

Ep7: Jorge Canizares-Esguerra - Old Testament Culture in the Spanish Monarchy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.

Ep6: Onesimo T. Almeida - Portugal and the Dawn of Modernity, 1419-1620.

Ep5: Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa - Early Colonial Brazil, English Piracy, and the Adventures of Anthony Knivet (1591-1599).

Ep4: Allison Bigelow. The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas.

Ep3: Ricardo Padron. The Spanish Lake: America, the Pacific, and Asia in the Imperial Imagination, 1513-1609.

Ep2: Ellen Dooley on the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700