Greetings fellow time travellers, as always it's lovely to have you with me as we travel through time and space together.

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fascination for history. Okay that's the publicity out of the way.

It's now time to strap yourselves into the time machine as we set off on the next stop on my

love letter to the world.

Recorder, microphone.

Action. world. Recorder, microphone, action.

Descent, discord and religious unrest is bubbling up across Europe

Islam's power and reach is growing. To cement its supremacy the Christian West

crowns a new leader, Charles the 5th becomes Holy Roman Emperor and for the first time in the history of the world

one man holds sway over an empire where the sun never sets. Endeveroring to understand history in hopes of illuminating the future.

I'm Neil Oliver, and this is my love letter to the world.

I know. Hi Neil, last week we travelled to Germany in the year 1517 as Martin Luther was kick-starting

the Protestant Reformation. Where are we this week?

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