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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This podcast is a linear telling of English History through the lives of each of their Monarchs. For lovers of historical fiction, it will fill in the gaps left by authors as well as explore the historical accuracy of those novels.
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Always Something Unique & Different! Friendly discussion about what Pastor Len has on his mind. Reflecting on where he has Been , Where he Is and Where he is Going in God. Featuring Books and Interesting Interviews with God's Real People ! Join us
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When is the last time you solved a murder? In our Podcast series Crimes in the ER - Fact and Fiction, Annie Roling never expects to be solving murders as the Administrator of the Roosevelt Hospital Emergency Room. Until the night John Lennon died, her life centered on her adored daughter and unequal parts of an old beau, a new fiancé, a detective pal and medical colleagues. She now faces a series of ongoing challenges in the world of suspicious events and mysterious deaths. In the early 80’s ...
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A podcast about the real science behind your favorite science fiction themes and tropes. Each episode, I choose a recurring topic or two in science fiction, and then dive into how it works in reality. If you ever wanted to learn more about genetics, virtual reality, or space travel - this podcast is for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Send us a text I know. Just what everyone needed, an episode about an election. To take a break from reading and watching election postmortems, I decided to return to one of my favorite teaching texts, the monk Jocelin of Brakelond’s Chronicle of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds. This is more of a personal memoir of what Jocelin saw and experienced as…
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Con games, scams, and deceits of the medieval Near East exposed: "The Book of Charlatans"
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Send us a text This episode is devoted to a truly unique and pretty weird Arabic text, The Book of Charlatans by an obscure early thirteenth-century Arabic scholar, Jamal al-Din 'Abd al-Rahim al-Jawbari, commonly known simply as al-Jawbari. At the behest of a Turkman sultan, al-Jawbari composed an encyclopedic guide to the scams, con games, and tri…
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Time for William 4 to shine and demonstrate the admiral qualities of a king. Or not.โดย dickshistory
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George 4 (May he live forever) is sick again but this time it may be real. He’s on the booze, the drugs and lots of tucker so is doing himself no favours. And his pet giraffe will die. Sad.โดย dickshistory
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Caroline has come back to England to be the darling of the people. For a bit.โดย dickshistory
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How on earth have we become a mighty empire? Plus George will get his very own silly hat but will Caroline spoil the fun.โดย dickshistory
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Well the whole family looks pretty dysfunctional so it is hardly surprising that we have unhappy children. Princess Charlotte just wants to have fun but Prinny is not about to let that happen. She is to obey him.โดย dickshistory
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Crusaders and Settlers in the Holy Land: Who Went and Why
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Send us a text In this episode I talk with the distinguished historian of the crusades Dr. Steven Tibble about the motivations of crusaders and of those Europeans who settled in the Crusader states of Outremer. Steve is the author of five books dealing with the crusades, the most recent of which is Crusader Criminals: The Knights Who Went Rogue in …
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Team Wellesley will finish the job and India will become part of the British empire.โดย dickshistory
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It will be Richard and Arthur working in India. All they want is everything, thanks.โดย dickshistory
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George has a new name for his closest friends to use. Meanwhile, Napoleon has got himself into all sorts of bother by going into Russia. Lots of his brave boys will not be going home again.โดย dickshistory
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Prince George is desperate to take over from his mad dad, but plenty of people would rather he didn’t. On and on it goes. Historical fiction this week will feature a cross dressing lesbian at the court of Ted 2 and that means some Piers Gaveston action.โดย dickshistory
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The Battle That Destroyed the Military Forces of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: Hattin (1187)
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Send us a text On 3-4 July 1187 the Sultan of Egypt and Syria Saladin enjoyed the greatest military victory of his career. The Battle of Hattin, a two-day battle fought along the road leading to the town of Tiberias and, on the following day, on the Horns of Hattin, an iron-age hillfort above that road, is one of the few decisive battles of the Mid…
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George is getting there but he will have to be patient and so will we.โดย dickshistory
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It is a long time coming but we are on the way.โดย dickshistory
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Norway's highest-grossing film: Liv Ullmann's Kristin Lavransdatter (1995)
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Send us a text Yes, Kristin Lavransdatter is the highest-grossing Norwegian film of all time. That isn't as impressive as it might sound, as the movie only brought in $3.7 million in box office receipts, but virtually all of that came from domestic sales. Pretty much unknown outside Scandinavia, the movie was a sensation when released in Norway in …
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Medieval Adultery in the Movies (with Kat Tracey)
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Send us a text This is the final episode--sort of*--of a multi-part series about medieval adultery in literature, history, and popular culture. My co-host Professor Larissa 'Kat' Tracey and I review how adultery has been dealt with in movies about the Middle Ages. We begin with three Hollywood medieval epics, "The Kingdom of Heaven," "Braveheart," …
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Medieval Adultery in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Opera and Literature (with Kat Tracey)
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Send us a text This is the third of a multi-episode series in which I chat with Dr. Larissa ‘Kat’ Tracey about literary representations of medieval adultery and its reality. In this episode Kat and I survey and discuss the major nineteenth- and twentieth-century literary treatments of medieval adultery, focusing on the stories of La(u)ncelot and Gu…
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Yes it is all still about George. Except the bit about Duke of York Fred’s missus Freddie and her shoes.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 354 – The Prince of Wales
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I think we have already worked out that this guy is a bit of a dick. Well it is, as usual worse so let us meet him properly. Here he is marrying Mrs Maria Fitherbert without permission.โดย dickshistory
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Medieval adultery, part 2 (with Kat Tracy): Tristan and Iseult and a late twelfth-century "National Enquirer" story
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Send us a text This is the second of a three part series with my very special co-host, Dr. Larissa 'Kat' Tracy, about adultery in the Middle Ages. In the previous episode, Kat and I talked about the Lancelot and Guinevere story. In this episode, we tackle the other great medieval tale of adulterous love, Tristan and Iseult. We begin, however, with …
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Episode 353 – George goes nuts again
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Yes, the old boy is back on his medications or something or other. He is off with the fairies and oh dear, however will we cope.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 352 – A big win for us and a big loss for the Germans
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Superstar Nelson will knock out the Frenchie navy and that will hurt Napoleon. He will though belt up the Russians and Germans at Austerlitz giving Ridley Scott happy visions of putting that in a movie.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 351 – The 19th Century
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Shall we kick off the new century with war? Why not.โดย dickshistory
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Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century (with Dr. John Hosler)
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Send us a text In this episode, my very special guest Dr. John Hosler draws upon the research he undertook for his book Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace (Yale University Press, 2022) to discuss what Jerusalem meant in the thought and imagination of Christians and Muslims in the twelfth century, and the role the city played in the L…
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You can alway rely on Bristol for a riot every few years.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 349 – The Empire Strikes Back
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In which the Indians lose India. But the British Government can see that the company has gone way too far and so will impeach Warren Hastings. Yes the only decent English guy to run the company is the one to cop it.โดย dickshistory
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St. Thomas Becket, 2: the Martyrdom
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Send us a text In this episode my co-host Dr. Jennifer Paxton and I explain the principles and personal grievances that led to the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket and the significance of that event for Church-State relations in medieval England. We also talk about T.S. Eliot’s and Jean Anouilh’s plays about Thomas’ martyrdom, and the movies based on…
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It’s not so much as Britain winning an empire as India losing one.โดย dickshistory
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Medieval Adultery (with Kat Tracy), part 1: Lancelot and Guinevere
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Send us a text This is the first of a three part series about adultery in the Middle Ages. My co-host for both is Dr. Larissa 'Kat' Tracy. Last month Kat and I talked about my favorite medieval romance, Chretien de Troyes' late twelfth-century French poem "Yvain: The Knight with the Lion." Unlike the more famous medieval romances of Lancelot and Gu…
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War can mess up all sorts of things including a vote for a new pope.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 346 – Frenchie’s rule!
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The Frenchies seem to have their act together and have turned into winners. What we need is a mighty hero. Oddly enough one will turn up but can he do over the Frenchie mighty hero?โดย dickshistory
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St. Thomas Becket, part 1: King Henry II and his Chancellor, Thomas Becket
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Send us a text This is the first of two episodes on the career, historical context, and "afterlife" of England's most famous--and controversial--saint and martyr, St. Thomas Becket. My co-host for both is a veteran of this podcast, Dr. Jennifer Paxton of the Catholic University of America. In this episode we set the historical scene for Becket's ma…
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More war. Seems to be never ending.โดย dickshistory
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What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. But it’s what we do.โดย dickshistory
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Send us a text In this episode Ellen and Richard talk about what a "crusade" was in the Middle Ages. Richard explains what modern historians mean by the term "crusade"--and why there is so little agreement. He also offers a response to a question posed by Nicholas Morton in the previous episode: How did the medieval Church reconcile its doctrine of…
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Crusading Warfare in the East, 1099-1187
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Send us a text My guest for this episode is Dr. Nicholas Morton, whom you may remember from our first episode about the Mongols. Today Nick and I will be talking about crusading warfare, in particular, about the military activities and challenges faced by the Crusader States established in the Levant by the First Crusade. Among the topics we will d…
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Episode 343 – Henry Benedict Stuart
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Time to meet Henry 9 (he thinks) – the very last Stuart who will end that line of incompetant kings.โดย dickshistory
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Medieval Romance: The Knight with the Lion
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Send us a text In this episode my guest host Professor Larissa 'Kat" Tracy and I discuss my favorite medieval romance, Chrétien de Troyes' late twelfth century poem, "Yvain, the Knight with the Lion." We place the poem within its historical context--the first European industrial and commercial revolution, and the emergence of a courtly society and …
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Episode 342 – The Terror
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Mobs can be funny old things. The Frenchie mob have decided that industrialised killing would be good entertainment while making France great again.โดย dickshistory
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The Mongol Conquest of Baghdad (1258)
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Send us a text Last May, I spoke with Professor Nicholas Morton about the Mongols and their impact upon the medieval Near East. This episode digs deeper into that subject, focusing on the Mongol conquest and destruction of Baghdad in February of 1258. The Mongol sack of Baghdad is notorious for its brutality. Estimates of the number killed range fr…
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Episode 341 – Elizabeth’s last hurrah
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We all have to come to the end, my dear listener and that includes Elizabeth. But she will not be going quietly or sedately. It will be party to the end.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 340 – The Countess Duchess
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In which Elizabeth will face a trial of her peers on a charge of bigamy. Bigamy is very naughty for a girl.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 339 – Elizabeth Chudleigh part 2
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For Elizabeth it will all go splendily well until it doesn’t. It then goes bigly badly.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 338 – Elizabeth Chudleigh
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A digression so we can meet Elizabeth who rocked England for a bit. Here she is as a pinup girl.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 337 – The Frenchies are Revolting
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Yes they are plus George gets better. Charlotte will have her portrait done and here she is.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 336 – Christmas Special
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This year it will be the big guy.โดย dickshistory
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Beowulf (2): translations, adaptations, and movies!
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Send us a text In this episode, the second of a two part series, Dr. Chrissy Senecal and I continue our discussion of the Old English epic poem Beowulf. In it we talk about the challenges of translation and look at literary and cinematic adaptations of the poem. Sound clips in this episode: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” soundtrack (composer: En…
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Episode 335 – George gets sick
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Yes, our king is going a bit nuts. The silly hat might be silly but the silly wig can do your brain some harm.โดย dickshistory
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Episode 334 – Back to India
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The English have taken their eye off the ball and will pay a price for that. Here’s a painting of an English square that is about to cop it bigly.โดย dickshistory
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