Antwerp: Renaissance Europe's Dazzling Sea Port

<p>Antwerp during the Renaissance was as sensational as nineteenth-century Paris or twentieth-century New York. For half the sixteenth century, it was the place for breaking rules - religious, sexual and intellectual. But when Antwerp rebelled with the Dutch against the Spanish and lost, all of its glory was buried and its true history rewritten.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this edition of <em>Not Just the Tudors</em>, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to author Michael Pye, whose detailed research has&nbsp;recovered the splendour that was Antwerp, a city learning how to be a power in its own right in the world after feudalism.</p><br><p>Keep up to date with everything early modern, from Henry VIII to the Sistine Chapel with our <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/sign-up-to-history-hit/?utm_source=timelinenewsletter&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Timeline+Podcast+Campaign " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tudor Tuesday newsletter &gt;</a></p><br><p>If you would like to learn more about history, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at <a href="https://access.historyhit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">History Hit &gt;</a></p><br><p>To download, go to <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.historyhit&hl=en_GB&gl=US" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Android &gt;</a> or<a href="https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/history-hit/id1303668247" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Apple store &gt;</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>