Episode 50 - William Shakespeare

<p>Well guys, we’re right at the end of the Middle Ages.  [much rejoicing clip ] It’s been a longer process than I thought it would be back when I decided to call this podcast a ‘short’ walk through our long history.  It’s   taken us 50 episodes to get through all of human history up to AD 1600.  We covered the ancient world in episodes 1 through 26, and then covered the Middle Ages from episode 27 though this episode, episode 50.  And it feels fitting that we end the Middle Ages on a high note, as we talk about one of the most important, interesting, and mysterious figures in the history of literature.</p><p><br></p><p>If you ask, who are the most influential authors in human history, there are two who are in a category all by themselves.  Everyone else is a step down from these two.  The first, who we talked about way, way back in episode 6, was Homer.  And the other person in that category is William Shakespeare.  </p><p><br></p>