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'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages

En podcast av: Richard Abels

Talking about popular conceptions of the Middle Ages and their historical realities. Join Richard Abels to learn about Vikings, knights and chivalry, movies set in the Middle Ages, and much more about the medieval world

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From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: the early centuries
Publicerades 2025-03-26

El Cid, From History to Legend
Publicerades 2025-02-26
Tne Norman Conquest (with Dr. Jennifer Paxton), part 2
Publicerades 2025-02-15
The Norman Conquest, part one: From Cnut to the Death of Edward the Confessor
Publicerades 2025-01-30
Fall of the Roman Republic, part 3: From Octavian to Augustus
Publicerades 2024-12-23
Fall of the Roman Republic: From Sulla's March on Rome to Caesar's Assassination
Publicerades 2024-12-20
The Fall of the Roman Republic, Part 1: The Late Roman Republic in Theory and Practice
Publicerades 2024-12-15
A medieval election
Publicerades 2024-11-11
Con games, scams, and deceits of the medieval Near East exposed: "The Book of Charlatans"
Publicerades 2024-10-19
Crusaders and Settlers in the Holy Land: Who Went and Why
Publicerades 2024-08-03
The Battle That Destroyed the Military Forces of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: Hattin (1187)
Publicerades 2024-06-19
Norway's highest-grossing film: Liv Ullmann's Kristin Lavransdatter (1995)
Publicerades 2024-06-06
Medieval Adultery in the Movies (with Kat Tracey)
Publicerades 2024-06-05
Medieval Adultery in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Opera and Literature (with Kat Tracey)
Publicerades 2024-05-25
Medieval adultery, part 2 (with Kat Tracy): Tristan and Iseult and a late twelfth-century "National Enquirer" story
Publicerades 2024-05-07
Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century (with Dr. John Hosler)
Publicerades 2024-04-16
St. Thomas Becket, 2: the Martyrdom
Publicerades 2024-04-02
Medieval Adultery (with Kat Tracy), part 1: Lancelot and Guinevere
Publicerades 2024-03-26
St. Thomas Becket, part 1: King Henry II and his Chancellor, Thomas Becket
Publicerades 2024-03-10
What Was A "Crusade"?
Publicerades 2024-03-02

56 Avsnitt

From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: the early centuries

El Cid, From History to Legend

Tne Norman Conquest (with Dr. Jennifer Paxton), part 2

The Norman Conquest, part one: From Cnut to the Death of Edward the Confessor

Fall of the Roman Republic, part 3: From Octavian to Augustus

Fall of the Roman Republic: From Sulla's March on Rome to Caesar's Assassination

The Fall of the Roman Republic, Part 1: The Late Roman Republic in Theory and Practice

A medieval election

Con games, scams, and deceits of the medieval Near East exposed: "The Book of Charlatans"

Crusaders and Settlers in the Holy Land: Who Went and Why

The Battle That Destroyed the Military Forces of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: Hattin (1187)

Norway's highest-grossing film: Liv Ullmann's Kristin Lavransdatter (1995)

Medieval Adultery in the Movies (with Kat Tracey)

Medieval Adultery in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Opera and Literature (with Kat Tracey)

Medieval adultery, part 2 (with Kat Tracy): Tristan and Iseult and a late twelfth-century "National Enquirer" story

Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century (with Dr. John Hosler)

St. Thomas Becket, 2: the Martyrdom

Medieval Adultery (with Kat Tracy), part 1: Lancelot and Guinevere

St. Thomas Becket, part 1: King Henry II and his Chancellor, Thomas Becket

What Was A "Crusade"?