From long-lost Viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politics, to myths, religion, the lives of ordinary people: Gone Medieval is History Hit’s podcast dedicated to the middle ages, in Europe and far beyond.
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Leaving no stone unturned in our quest for the weirdest stories, guys, and art from the Middle Ages. The Weird Medieval Guys podcast is brought to you by Olivia, the creator of internet sensation Weird Medieval Guys, and Aran, a historian and fellow weird guy connoisseur.
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Medieval Murder is an educational podcast bringing historical murders from the medieval and early modern period to life.
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Everything you always wanted to know about the Middle Ages, but were unable to ask.
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All about the Middle Ages from Medievalists.net. Join Danièle Cybulskie and her guests as they talk about the medieval world, from Byzantium to the Vikings.
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Sejam todos e todas bem-vindos ao Medievalíssimo, o seu podcast de história e historiografia medieval! Temos como missão produzir história medieval pública, se afastando de todo misticismos, apologias e preconceitos em relação ao período. Contato: medivalissimo@gmail.com Siga o Medievalíssimo no Instagram no @medievalissimo
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A narrative history podcast following the journeys of medieval travellers and their roles in larger historical events. Telling great stories, showing the interconnected nature of the medieval world, and meeting Mongols, Ottomans, Franciscans, merchants, ambassadors, and adventurers along the way.
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A podcast exploring the wit and weirdness of medieval texts
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Interview with scholars of the Medieval World about their new books
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Illuminating the Dark Ages for the Digital World
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Step into a world of knights, castles, and epic adventures and immerse yourself in exciting stories, filled with chivalry, honor, and timeless wisdom. From the enchanting realms of Camelot to the treacherous battles of the Crusades, we explore literary masterpieces that transport you to a bygone era. Whether you're a history buff or simply love a good story this is your gateway to all things medieval literature. Grab a cup of mead, cozy up in your favorite spot and let's journey through the ...
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Sarah Ifft Decker, a medieval historian, explores how movies, tv, and books depict the medieval world. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? And what do they tell us about how modern people think about the medieval past?
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Derek Birks is an #historicalfiction author who is interested in all matters historical. Sharon Bennett Connolly is a #medieval #historian who writes mainly about women.
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1000 years of people behaving badly.
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Inheriting the ’Modern Medieval’ name and tradition, this new podcast is a space for postgraduate researchers (MA, PhD, ECR) to share their interests, areas of study, and thoughts in general on all things medieval. Generously supported by the NWMSN and funded by AHRC. Hosted by Meaghan Allen (University of Manchester) and Anna Probert (University of Liverpool).
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Embark on a captivating journey through time with The Sermon Project’s Medieval Preachers Podcast. Immerse yourself in sermons from the 4th to the 15th century, featuring powerful orators from Augustine and Aelfric to Wulfstan and Wyclif. We’ve revitalized the language to modern English, offering scripture introductions where relevant. Get ready to be pleasantly surprised (or shocked) as timeless issues are unveiled in a contemporary light. Join us as we breathe new life into the old!
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Lecture by Carl Trueman, professor of Church History.
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Olá pessoal, sejam bem vindos ao Medievalesco. Seu meio de entretenimento nerd, onde abordaremos conteúdos exclusivamente do universo geek( teorias, comentários e debates sobre séries, filmes e livros). Eu sou o Daniel, principe e herdeiro do "Medievalesco", quem vocês iram seguir?... "Podcasts todas as semanas" Muito Obrigado por ouvir. Abraços
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Medieval Pod is a podcast focused on conversations with medievalists, scholars, and enthusiasts about themes related to medieval culture that can be seen in our modern life. This podcast and its accompanying website are a resource for anyone who wants to learn more about the medieval period, from some of the most exciting new voices in medieval studies and related fields.
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Hablamos de los escritos que representaron las vivencias de la época del medioevo. Cover art photo provided by Felix Mittermeier on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@felixmittermeier
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Podcast en galego de Carlos Barros (USC) sobre a historia medieval de Galicia con especial énfase sobre a sociedade, a mentalidade e a identidade nacional.
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A exciting narrative retelling of the history of the Middle Ages. Help us continue making medieval history accessible by supporting us on patreon: www.patreon.com/medievalpodcast
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Welcome to The Medieval World Podcast, where we explore fun and interesting pieces of medieval history. Each Friday, I publish a new episode. In addition to episodes, check out my lectures below. If there’s an episode or series you would like to see, let me know via email at themedievalworldpodcast@gmail.com. Also, you can follow me on twitter at: https://twitter.com/wjb_mattingly . I am also starting to create videos of my lectures at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxmN86fC3uYC9JW-hKV4Z1w.
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This is Everyday Artifacts: Medieval Edition, where narratives finely describe many quality medieval artifacts in detail.
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Talking about the future of medieval studies with current graduate students and early career researchers. Lucie Laumonier interviews about all aspects of the Middle Ages.
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Global project Cover art photo provided by Math on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@builtbymath
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How bread in the middle ages was eaten and used
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This is medieval weapons, I talk about crossbows for 6 minutes
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This is a podcast about medieval beer!
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Tula will be talking about the medieval weapon a spear and the benefits and different topics
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Peter Pormann discusses the development of Islamic medical theory and practice in the medieval period.
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Explore some of the most powerful ideas, tensions, and political struggles that shaped the modern world.
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Welcome to Stacy and the Medieval Times podcast, where amazing things happen.
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Join your hosts as they discuss the highs and lows of medieval living history and re-enactment. Through their personal experiences, and with a help from expert guests and friends, they walk you through lessons learned in the hobby and set you on the right path to success.
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Tristán e Iseo, una leyenda medieval (Podcast) - www.poderato.com/imagenesdepapel
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Welcome back to Good Medieval Morning! Today we will be featuring special guests Benvolio and Agnes and our co-anchors Ella McCray and Grace Spencer dive into solving the mystery of who caused the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
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El canal de "Desperta Ferro Ediciones" recogerá las colabroraciones radiofónicas realizadas por el equipo de Desperta Ferro a propósito de los números de las tres cabececeras que editamos: Desperta Ferro Antigua y Medieval, Desperta Ferro Historia Moderna y Desperta Ferro Contemporánea.
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Zahra Ayubi, "Gendered Morality: Classical Islamic Ethics of the Self, Family, and Society" (Columbia UP, 2019)
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How are notions of justice and equality constructed in Islamic virtue ethics (akhlaq)? How are Islamic virtue ethics gendered, despite their venture into perennial concerns of how best to live a good and ethical life? These are the questions that Zahra Ayubi, an assistant professor of religion at Dartmouth college, examines in her new book Gendered…
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Vikings in the Arctic
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It's grim up north... Why did a five-hundred-year-old Viking colony in Greenland suddenly disappear, with no trace or record? In this episode, Olivia, Aran, and local archaeologist Joe Mason assemble to try and solve one of the most enduring mysteries in medieval history. It's a quest that will take them out of the libertarian "paradise" of 11th ce…
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Genghis Khan to Tamerlane: Mongol Empire Reborn
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The Mongol Empire that rose in the early 13th century was fractured and in crisis by the mid-14th. But then a new warlord arose who sought to rebuild what had once been the most powerful empire in the world. Operating in Genghis Khan’s shadow, Tamerlane deliberately drew parallels between himself and his great precursor. And as a Muslim, Tamerlane …
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Medieval Arthurian Literature with Kathy Cawsey and Elizabeth Edwards
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For over a thousand years, people have been captivated by the tales of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. And each generation and culture has shaped the story of Arthur to meet their own aesthetic and political needs. This week, Danièle speaks with Kathy Cawsey and Elizabeth Edwards about the changing face of Arthur, the way his legend…
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Medieval Lives 8: Giovanni Fontana
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Giovanni Fontana was a 15th-century Italian engineer and inventor. His designs included everything from systems for retrieving sunken ships and automating the defence of fortifications to measuring time and producing music. He created locks, clocks, and magic lanterns. If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon…
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
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Happy Passover! Media-eval celebrates by once again dunking on Ridley Scott. Join Sarah and her mother, Beth Greenfeld, as we talk about the biblical and historical inspirations behind 2014 film Exodus: Gods and Kings, and attempt to answer such questions as: Why is Moses now a military leader? What’s up with all the brownface? What happened to the…
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MTP026 - The Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald
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The Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald by Anonymous; Translated by William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon The Saga is a tale of love, rivalry, and poetic prowess. Gunnlaug, a skilled, sharp-tongued poet, and (Raven)Hrafn, another talented poet, fall in love with the beautiful Helga the Fair. Gunnlaug travels Europe, earning fame with…
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The Viking Raid on Lindisfarne
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Today we will be talking about the viking raid on Lindisfarne, as well as the history leading up to the raid. Lindisfarne was a small island off of the Northeastern coast of England, which at the time was considered to be part of the kingdom of the Northumbrian king, Oswald. The island became home to Lindisfarne Priory which was founded by St. Aide…
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Anthony Woodville | A Slice of Medieval Podcast #39
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Historian, Sharon Bennett Connolly and historical fiction author, Derek Birks discuss the fifteenth century nobleman, Anthony Woodville, with historian, Danielle Burton. Music by Adriel Fair licensed from Epidemic SoundVon Sharon Bennett Connolly and Derek Birks
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Augustine of Hippo – Listen and Do Good
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In this sermon – Listen and Do Good, Augustine of Hippo says it is safer to hear the Word of God than to preach it. If you have ever had a pastor (or heard of one) that preached one thing but did another, what was your responsibility to them? Based on James 1:19-22 The Sermon Project’s Medieval Preachers Podcast features sermons from the 4th to the…
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Modern Medieval with Alicia Spencer-Hall
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Alicia Spencer-Hall is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London. Their research interests include: medieval hagiography, disability, gender, digital culture, and film and media studies. Her first monograph, Medieval Saints and Modern Screens: Divine Visions as Cinematic Experience was published by Amsterdam University Press i…
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MAP90: The Black Hour: Solar Eclipse and the Medieval Mind
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The Black Hour: Solar Eclipse and the Medieval Mind 08 April 2024, a total solar eclipse will travel across North America. The path of totality stretches from Durango, Mexico up through Dallas, Texas, Arkansas, Southern Illinois, through Indianapolis, Ohio, Buffalo, New York, Toronto, Montreal and making it’s way over New Brunswick before leaving N…
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98. April Fool's Episode: Debunking the Chastity Belt
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There were not, in the Middle Ages, any chastity belts. They did not exist. Really, they didn't. They show up later, when enlighted ages say that they were used in the Middle Ages. Then, enlightened ages invented them, and now you can buy them on Amazon. Michelle explains how we know they didn't exist, and how they got invented, and why the later a…
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Episode 78: Ma-Ma-Ma-Mabinogi
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Synopsis Paul: Look, it’s a school of whales. Ringo: They look a little bit old for school. Paul: University then. Ringo: University of Wales. (From Yellow Submarine, 1968) Ever wonder what Wales is, on a mythological level? That strange country of Michael Sheen with a dragon on the flag! And jokes about leeks in Henry V. The most well-known Welsh …
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Because of William the Conqueror’s victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, the Normans have remained a familiar and important name in British history. But who were they? And how did they come to change culture across the European continent? In this explainer episode of Gone Medieval, Dr. Eleanor Janega tells the fascinating story of the rise of …
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Sheilagh Ogilvie, "The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis" (Princeton UP, 2019)
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Guilds were prominent in medieval and early modern Europe, but their economic role has seldom been studied. In The European Guilds: An Economic Analysis (Princeton University Press, 2019), Sheilagh Ogilvie offers a wide-ranging examination of what guilds did and how they affected pre-modern economies. As Ogilvie explains, guilds were particularized…
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Jason Birch, "The Amaraugha and Amaraughaprabodha of Goraksanatha" (Institut Francais de Pondichery, 2024)
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The Lineage of Immortals (Sanskrit Amaraugha) is the earliest account of a fourfold system of yoga in which a physical practice called Haṭha is taught as the means to a deep state of meditation known as Rājayoga. The Amaraugha was composed in Sanskrit during the twelfth century and attributed to the author Gorakṣanātha. The physical yoga practices …
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In the late-summer of 1914, a city burns and its university library with it. Unusually for this podcast, the story takes us into WWI, but there are medieval connections to the story of Louvain (Leuven) and what happened when the German army came to town. If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon is here. I'm o…
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The Witan: England's First Parliament?
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Athelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, was a great king who united what was once a collection of petty Anglo-Saxon kingdoms into one vast English domains. Having brought together rival polities with a history of fractious relations into a unified whole, Athelstan needed to centralise government if he was going to keep the crown on his head and ho…
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Medieval Coins with Rory Naismith
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Because they’re so familiar, coins can sometimes seem to be a part of the natural order. But in the Early Middle Ages, just about everything to do with coins was in flux, from where they were sourced, to who was using them. This week, Danièle speaks with Rory Naismith about the complex world of medieval coins. You can support this podcast on Patreo…
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The huge peninsula of what we today call Italy saw waves of invasions and sweeping changes over the course of the Medieval period, with huge differences between, say, Milan in the north stretching to Sicily in the south. They spoke different languages, had different rulers, and were settled by very different groups of people. In this episode of Gon…
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John Tolan, "England's Jews: Finance, Violence, and the Crown in the Thirteenth Century" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)
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In 1290, Jews were expelled from England and subsequently largely expunged from English historical memory. Yet for two centuries they occupied important roles in mediaeval English society. England’s Jews revisits this neglected chapter of English history—one whose remembrance is more important than ever today, as antisemitism and other forms of rac…
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Stephen Morillo, "War and Conflict in the Middle Ages" (Polity Press, 2022)
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In War and Conflict in the Middle Ages (Polity, 2022), Dr. Stephen Morillo offers the first global history of armed conflict between 540 and 1500 or as late as 1800 CE, an age shaped by climate change and pandemics at both ends. Examining armed conflict at all levels, and ranging across China and the central Asian steppes to southwest Asia, western…
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Why the Middle Ages ended in 19th century Japan
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Yes, you heard us right!! Join Olivia and Aran as they defend their most dubious claim to date, which is definitely not just an excuse to step beyond our usual remit and talk about the wild, delightful world that was Edo Period Japan! We explore why Edo Japan was so cut off from the world and the effects this had on its society, plus some of the cu…
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How the Plantagenets Built England
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Six Plantagenet kings ruled between 1199 and 1399 - two centuries that witnessed civil war, deposition, the murder of kings and the ruthless execution of rebel lords. There was also international warfare, a devastating national pandemic, economic crisis and the first major peasant uprising in our history. Yet those two centuries and six kings were …
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Medieval Fish with Richard Hoffmann
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Part of both faith and fashion, fish was an important ingredient in the medieval diet. And because of this, medieval fishing was much more sophisticated than just a rod, a line, and a worm. This week, Danièle speaks with Richard Hoffmann about what people were eating, how they caught it, and how fish farming evolved over time. You can support this …
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Philip Freeman, "Two Lives of Saint Brigid" (Four Courts Press, 2024)
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St. Brigid is the earliest and best-known of the female saints of Ireland. In the generation after St. Patrick, she established a monastery for men and women at Kildare which became one of the most powerful and influential centres of the Church in early Ireland. The stories of Brigid's life and deeds survive in several early sources, but the most i…
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In Gone Medieval’s special series exploring some of Anglo-Saxon Britain’s most influential kingdoms, we reach Wessex - the last kingdom left to stand against the Great Heathen Army. Under the command of Alfred the Great, Wessex achieved what no other kingdom could before it: victory against the Vikings. In this episode, Eleanor Janega is joined by …
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Augustine - On The Creed - 354-430
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The Creed is a summary of what the Church teaches, what Christians together believe, and what binds Christians together as a believing community across different traditions and practices. In this sermon - On the Tradition of the Creed - Augustine of Hippo, refers to the creed as The Symbol.Von imagosermonproject
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If a movie is released and no-one is there to see it, does it make a sound....and lots of historical errors?James Purefoy is back and he is once again making a movie that is fun but not necessarily...good? Ollie has a good time and Sarah has a mild breakdown at just how many things this movie gets wrong!…
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The Art of Medieval Anatomy with Taylor McCall
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These days, most of us have a good working knowledge of what’s going on with our internal organs. But in the Middle Ages, most people – even doctors – never got to see much of the inside of a human body. So, how did people conceive of our internal world? This week, Danièle speaks with Taylor McCall about what medieval people knew about internal med…
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In Gone Medieval’s special series examining some of Anglo-Saxon Britain’s most significant kingdoms, we arrive at the kingdom of Mercia, which once enjoyed supremacy over not only Wessex but all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. At its peak, Mercia controlled what is now Birmingham and London, but it ceased to be a kingdom when Alfred the Great came to …
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Richard II & Henry IV | A Slice of Medieval podcast #38
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Historian, Sharon Bennett Connolly and historical fiction author, Derek Birks discuss the reign of Richard II and how he came to be deposed by Henry IV.Music by Adriel Fair licensed from Epidemic SoundVon Sharon Bennett Connolly and Derek Birks
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MTP025 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 11, fin
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Episode 11, the final episode of... A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain Hank and Arthur are led to the gallows. As the noose is placed around Arthur's neck 500 knights come charging down the street. A few days later Hank and Arthur are back in Camelot. Hank is reading the newspaper announcing his long overdo duel with Sir Sagr…
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Accounts of the Crusades were usually commissioned by wealthy and influential people about themselves, to make their piety and righteousness known to others. But what about the less glamorous people who went on Crusades? And what was life like when they did so? In this episode of Gone Medieval, Dr. Eleanor Janega finds out about ordinary crusaders …
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Anslem of Canterbury - 1033-1109AD
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Are we in the End-times? It is an undeniable truth that we are closer to the end-times than we have ever been. Listen to Anslem of Canterbury in the 11thC discuss what this means for us today. “Each person's recurring sin is like a tempest. When you love God, you walk on water, with the world's upheavals beneath your feet. But if you love the world…
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MAP90: The Black Hour: Solar Eclipse and the Medieval Mind
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Have you ever seen an eclipse? I’ve seen numerous lunar eclipses and I’ve seen a few partial solar eclipse, but never a total solar eclipse. On 08 April 2024, Mexico, the United States and Canada will experience a total solar eclipse. It’s the first one in 7 years and the last one for 20 years. The next total solar eclipse in North America will be …
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Elizabeth Coggeshall, "On Amistà: Negotiating Friendship in Dante’s Italy" (U Toronto Press, 2023)
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Although we often think of friendship today as an indisputable value of human social life, for thinkers and writers across late mediaeval Christian society friendship raised a number of social and ethical dilemmas that needed to be carefully negotiated. On Amistà: Negotiating Friendship in Dante’s Italy (University of Toronto Press, 2023) analyses …
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Tzafrir Barzilay, "Poisoned Wells: Accusations, Persecution, and Minorities in Medieval Europe, 1321-1422" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2022)
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Between 1348 and 1350, Jews throughout Europe were accused of having caused the spread of the Black Death by poisoning the wells from which the entire population drank. Hundreds if not thousands were executed from Aragon and southern France into the eastern regions of the German-speaking lands. But if the well-poisoning accusations against the Jews…
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Episode 77: Carnival and Lent
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Summary Here comes the parade, want some beads? Okay, so carnival is a prelude to Lent, which is an extremely solemn time in Catholic tradition. So why is it the way that it is in so many places? Let’s talk about it. Notes 1/ It’s late, but it’s up before the end of Lent. lol sob 2/ carnem levare: Latin for putting away (not eating) meat. 3/ The di…
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Anthony Kaldellis, "The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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In recent decades, the study of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium, has been revolutionized by new approaches and more sophisticated models for how its society and state operated. No longer looked upon as a pale facsimile of classical Rome, Byzantium is now considered a vigorous state of its own, inheritor of many of Rome's features,…
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Translating a Śrī Vidyā Text: The Cidvilāsastava of Amṛtānanda
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The Cidvilāsastava is one of the most comprehensive treatments of the esoteric contemplation of ritual found within the Śrīvidyā tradition and Śaiva tantra in general. This short forty-verse hymn offers esoteric knowledge and creative contemplations (bhāvanā) for critical steps in the ritual worship of Tripurasundarī. Although belonging to the Śrīv…
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The Dynasty that Made Medieval France
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From Hugh Capet to Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Capetian dynasty considered itself divinely chosen to fulfil a great destiny. From an insecure foothold around Paris, the Capetians built a nation that stretched from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and from the Rhône to the Pyrenees, founding practices and institutions that endured until the French Re…
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MTP024 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 10
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Episode 10 of... A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain Dowley the Blacksmith and the other guests attack Hank and Arthur for insulting them. The men are able to escape and hide from the mob in a tree. They are saved by a man named Earl Grip who takes them to a small town where slaves are being sold at auction. Earl Grip handcuff…
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Mary of Egypt with Sonia Velazquez
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Medieval people spent a lot of time thinking about saints. But what they thought about saints wasn’t always what we might expect. Women saints with promiscuous backstories were fan favourites in the Middle Ages, and one of the most popular was St. Mary of Egypt. This week, Danièle speaks with Sonia Velázquez about St. Mary of Egypt, why she caught …
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MTP023 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 9
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Episode 9 of... A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain Hank and Arthur stay with the women until she dies as well. When they hear someone approaching they hide behind the hut. It's the women's three sons, they escaped from prison and returned home. Arthur wants to capture them and return them to the lord but a great fire in the d…
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Paola Tartakoff, "Between Christian and Jew: Conversion and Inquisition in the Crown of Aragon, 1250-1391" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2012)
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In 1341 in Aragon, a Jewish convert to Christianity was sentenced to death, only to be pulled from the burning stake and into a formal religious interrogation. His confession was as astonishing to his inquisitors as his brush with mortality is to us: the condemned man described a Jewish conspiracy to persuade recent converts to denounce their newfo…
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In a time of in-fighting and tribal warfare, what did it take to form the politically dominant, culturally rich and geographically vast kingdoms that led to the creation of England? This month, over four episodes of Gone Medieval, we explore the rise and fall of the key kingdoms of the Heptarchy: Northumbria, Mercia, and Wessex, and the formation o…
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