Poland: Copernicus, the Dragon and the Salt Mine (TRIH ep 270)
1543 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook present a travel-style cultural and historical tour of Poland framed as its “seven wonders,” drawn from a 2007 Reszpospolita public poll. The pair open with Kraków — its founding legend (Krakus and the dragon Smok Wawelski), the vast medieval Rynek Główny (main square), the Cloth Hall and Wawel Hill with its cathedral and castle — stressing Kraków’s Renaissance and Hanseatic ties and its partial survival through WWII. They discuss Zamoszcz (a planned Renaissa...
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1543
- The Reformation (1517)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Reign of Henry VIII (1509)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Mughal Empire (1526)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
- Reign of Elizabeth I (1558)