This series traces a movement that redefined key Christian beliefs, resulting in the split of Christianity into Catholicism and Protestant groups.

On 10 December 1520, Martin Luther provoked the Catholic Church by publicly burning Pope Leo X's papal bull, "Exsurge Domine."

A century later, a group of English settlers known as the "Saints and Strangers" set sail from Plymouth Sound, England.

They arrived at their new home, Plymouth Harbour, on 16 December 1620, bringing Protestantism from Europe to the New World.

This podcast explores the story of the one hundred years that led to their departure.

Out of the beginnings of organised English Puritanism and Separatism arose an epic tale of how, through good fortune and the courage of a relatively few ordinary people, they could stand against those with evil intentions and change the world.

This tale is as grand as Greek or Roman mythology, but unlike mythology, it is true.