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Episode 186 - MEDIEVAL GHOSTS artwork
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Episode 186 - MEDIEVAL GHOSTS

The Folklore Podcast by Mark Norman

Jan 20, 20260:54:08Society & Culture

Mark Norman is joined by broadcaster, author and medievalist Dr Eleanor Janega to look at the role of the ghost in the medieval period. What elements of the behaviour of the ghost might we still recognise today? What was...

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