In this episode of Half-Arsed History, hear more of the ridiculous stories that came out of the Eighty Years’ War, including a sixteenth-century Trojan Horse story, the establishment of the Dutch East India Company, and the only time in history a Spanish treasure fleet was ever captured.
Download Episode
(Right click and select “Save as…”)
Image: Snayers, Peter. The Archduchess Isabella at the Siege of Breda. Oil on canvas. 1628. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Via Wikimedia.
Half-Arsed History 
.jpg){kind=link}