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Back to SearchThe First King of England: Æthelstan (with David Woodman)
Season 4 Episode 69
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Ironically, the most famous date in Anglo-Saxon history is that of its demise, 1066, which is why when in 1930 W. C. Sellar, a former s…
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A Florentine Pilgrimage to Bethlehem and Jerusalem in 1384
Season 4 Episode 68
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This is an addendum to my previous episode with Peter Konieczny. One of my listeners sent me an email asking why we never covered Fresc…
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Three Accounts of A Pilgrimage To Egypt and the Holy Land in 1384-5
Season 4 Episode 67
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In the year 1384 a company of six wealthy merchants from Florence, each accompanied by a servant, went on a ten-month long pilgrimage t…
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Halloween special: Three Medieval Ghost Stories and My One Encounter with a Ghost
Season 4 Episode 66
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To celebrate my birthday—yes I was a Halloween baby—I decided to do a short episode recounting my one up-close and personal experience …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: Pope Innocent III, Crusade, Church Reform, and the Apex of the Medieval Papacy
Season 4 Episode 65
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Yes, we have finally come to the end of our series "From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy." In this episode, Ellen and I talk about…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: the Rise of the Papal Monarchy
Season 4 Episode 64
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In this, the fourth--and penultimate--episode of our continuing series on the medieval papacy, my wife Ellen and I examine the establis…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
"1066 and All That": The Significance of the Norman Conquest, Part 1 (with Dr. Jennifer Paxton)
Season 4 Episode 63
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About eight months ago, Jenny and I released a couple of episodes dealing with the historical context of the Norman Conquest. I am deli…
3 months, 1 week ago
From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: Pope Gregory VII and the Investiture Controversy
Season 4 Episode 62
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The subject of today’s episode, the pontificate of Pope Gregory VII and the Investiture Controversy, is a staple of undergraduate medie…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: Pope Leo IX and the Gregorian Reform
Season 4 Episode 61
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After a summer hiatus, we are finally back with a new episode, the third in our series on the medieval papacy, “From Bishop of Rome to …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Pope Boniface VIII vs King Philip the Fair: Catholicism's Medieval Meltdown (an episode from the podcast "BEEF with Bridget Todd")
Season 4 Episode 60
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After a summer hiatus “’Tis But A Scratch: Fact & Fiction About the Middle Ages” is back—well, not actually quite yet. I am busily work…
4 months ago