{"podcast":{"title":"The Rise of the Protestants","slug":"the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889","podcast_index_feed_id":6456889,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/shaughanholt/","website_url":"https://shaughanholt.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e5d064cd-53b2-4725-bd6f-d43ea043d7e8/The-Rise-of-the-Protestants-1400-x1400.jpg","author":"Shaughan Holt","episode_count":34,"summary":"Welcome to my podcast. This podcast examines the rise of Protestantism, its challenge to established traditions, its transformation of core beliefs, and its role in initiating global change. England’s Nonconformist and Separatist movements are central to this narrative, and their influence continues to shape the broader Christian tradition. By examining these movements within the broader context of Christian history, we can understand how they altered doctrine, influenced Western Christianity, and intensified the enduring division between Roman Catholicism and emerging Protestant groups. The series follows a chronological timeline, beginning in early 16th-century Germany with Martin Luther’s excommunication and concluding a century later on England’s southern coast. The initial 12-episode series highlights the contributions of Beza, Vermigli, Calvin, Tyndale, Knox, and Robert Browne, who is often called the father of Congregationalism. The series does not seek to persuade listeners or promote any specific belief system. Instead, it aims to explore the events, ideas, and conflicts that shaped one of the most important times in European religious history. Throughout the series, the…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T16:19:26.108567+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889"},"episode":{"title":"Series 2 Episode 5 - A Vengeful Archbishop (Transcript  added).","slug":"series-2-episode-5-a-vengeful-archbishop-transcript-added","published_at":"2025-05-22T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889/series-2-episode-5-a-vengeful-archbishop-transcript-added","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889","url":"https://shaughanholt.captivate.fm/episode/the-vengeful-archbishop","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c49436c7-859f-482e-856f-b2890ad2bbd2.mp3","summary":"Regular episode • Season 2 • Episode 5 • Series 2 Episode 5 - A Vengeful Archbishop (Transcript added). © 20 26 The Rise of the Protestants., Author, Shaughan Holt. Artwork • John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1602. John Whitgift (c1530-1604) was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1567-1576. He became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1583. He attended Elizabeth I on her deathbed and crowned James I. Music (1) • Hela'r Dryw (Hunting the Wren). An Ancient Welsh folk song, sung by the band Fernhill. Hunting the Wren’ in Wales usually took place between the 6th of January and the 12th which was Twelfth Night. It was a custom connected with luck-visiting and formed part of the celebrations around the winter solstice. Music (2) • The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (1599). Read by @thebardscz A pastoral poem from the English Renaissance (1599). Written by Christopher Marlowe (1485–1603). Marlowe composed the poem in iambic tetrameter (four feet of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable) in six stanzas, and each stanza is composed of two rhyming couplets; thus the first line of the poem reads: \"Come live with me and be my love\". © 20 26 The Rise of the Protestants., Author, Shaughan Holt. \" All rights reserved. No part of this podcast may be reproduced, translated, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law\" . Requests regarding translation, licensing, or republication should be directed to: sholt@nashcom.co.uk Your feedback matters, send me an email at sholt@nashcom.…","meta_description":"Regular episode • Season 2 • Episode 5 • Series 2 Episode 5 - A Vengeful Archbishop (Transcript added). © 20 26 The Rise of the Protestants., Author, Shau…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1990,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889/episodes/series-2-episode-5-a-vengeful-archbishop-transcript-added/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rise-of-the-protestants-6456889/series-2-episode-5-a-vengeful-archbishop-transcript-added.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}