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The First Troubadours
Episode 530
How could a love song become a political weapon? How were scandals, wars and crusades turned into some of the most influential poetry ever written?
Th…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Foolish Medieval Fatalities
Episode 529
Who survives when medieval deaths are turned into Top Trumps? In this riotous made up game of Foolish Fatalities, Dr. Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis r…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Fatimid Dynasty: Descendants of Prophet Muhammad
Episode 528
How did the Fatimids build one of Islam's most powerful medieval empires? What can the rise of this dynasty reveal about power, culture, tolerance, …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Merovingian Dynasty: France's First Kings
Episode 527
Long-haired rulers, dynastic bloodshed, secret letters, and a kingdom built in the aftermath of empire; Dr. Eleanor Janega and Dr. James Palmer dive …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
After Agincourt: Henry V's French Campaigns
Episode 526
What happened after the Battle of Agincourt? How did Henry V's victory turn into a seven-year struggle of sieges, diplomacy, ambition, murder and mis…
5 months ago
Matilda of Canossa: Medieval Italy's Iron Countess
Episode 525
What if one medieval woman could outwit emperors, shape popes, and force Henry IV to stand barefoot in the snow?
Dr. Katherine Harvey joins Dr. Eleano…
5 months ago
Battle of the Eras: Medieval vs Early Modern
Episode 524
What if the medieval world did not end with a bang, but with a messy argument over who gets to define history itself? Matt Lewis spars with Not Just …
5 months, 1 week ago
Cadaver Synod: Trial of a Dead Pope
Episode 523
What could drive a pope to put a corpse on trial?
In 897, Rome staged one of the Middle Ages’ strangest spectacles: the Cadaver Synod, where Pope Step…
5 months, 1 week ago
Christine de Pizan: Pioneering French Feminist
Episode 522
How did a widowed mother transform loss, politics and misogyny into one of the most accomplished literary careers in medieval history?
From the Parisi…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Saving Byzantium
Episode 521
Did Constantinople’s fall in 1453 end the Byzantine Empire as neatly as we think?
Dr. Eleanor Janega and Dr. Laura Bolick unpack the Empire's dramatic…
5 months, 2 weeks ago