Mar 13, 2021
Los Altos Radio Season #1: The Second Shepherd's Pageant: Episode 2 - Calvinism, the Bourgeoisie and Signs of Credit
This is the first part of Los Altos Institute's seven-part podcast documentary, which uses the first British comedy in the written record, the Second Shepherd's Pageant (1420) to examine the rise of the modern world and the profound cultural, political and economic changes the world would undergo. The Pageant is an extraordinarily observant and prescient work, both embodying and remarking on the sweeping changes that would inaugurate capitalist modernity. The podcast is a series of conversations between Los Altos directors about the play.
In the second part, part, we look at the greater Hanseatic World of Northern Europe and the relationship between its economy, culture and the rise of the Calvinist movement.