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A medieval election

Season 3 Episode 49

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I know. Just what everyone needed, an episode about an election. To take a break from reading and watching election postmortems, I deci…

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

Season 3 Episode 48

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This episode is devoted to a truly unique and pretty weird Arabic text, The Book of Charlatans by an obscure early thirteenth-century A…

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

Season 3 Episode 47

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In this episode I talk with the distinguished historian of the crusades Dr. Steven Tibble about the motivations of crusaders and of tho…

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

Season 3 Episode 46

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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…

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

Season 3 Episode 45

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Yes, Kristin Lavransdatter is the highest-grossing Norwegian film of all time. That isn't as impressive as it might sound, as the movie…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Medieval Adultery in the Movies (with Kat Tracey)

Season 3 Episode 44

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This is the final episode--sort of*--of a multi-part series about medieval adultery in literature, history, and popular culture. My co-…

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

Season 3 Episode 43

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This is the third of a multi-episode series in which I chat with Dr. Larissa ‘Kat’ Tracey about literary representations of medieval ad…

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

Season 3 Episode 42

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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 …

1 year, 8 months ago

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

Season 3 Episode 41

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In this episode, my very special guest Dr. John Hosler draws upon the research he undertook for his book Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuri…

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

Season 3 Episode 41

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 …

1 year, 9 months ago

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