What does the German Reformation have to do with Heathenry? Lauren will ask Ben this very question in this episode, but just know it all leads to Tacitus’ Germania. Plus, Ben’s bad handwriting leads to some wacky hi jinks on this episode of the Heathen History Podcast!

Sources

Kelley, Donald R. “Tacitus noster: The Germania in the Re­naissance and Reformation.” T. J. Luce and A. J. Woodman, eds. Tacitus and the Tacitean Tradition. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1993. Pp. 151-167.

Krebs, Christopher B. A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus’s Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich. New York: W. W. Norton, 2011.