Justice for Jehanne with Sara McDougall
In the fifteenth-century, a woman named Jehanne reported a sexual assault to the city authorities of Dijon, setting in motion a detailed cri...
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All about the Middle Ages from Medievalists.net. Join Danièle Cybulskie and her guests as they talk about the medieval world, from Byzantium to the Vikings.
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20 of 360 episodesTranslating Hell with Stephen C.E. Hopkins
From gruesome visions of torment, to Sunday holidays from the flames, to absolutely epic images of Jesus freeing lost souls at the point of...
Early Medieval Crowds with Shane Bobrycki
One of the more popular clichéd images of the medieval world is an angry mob with torches and pitchforks, ready to cause wanton destruction....
The Ming Dynasty with Craig Clunas
When it comes to powerful and impressive dynasties of the Middle Ages, it’s hard to compete with China’s Ming Dynasty. And yet, a lot of us...
Motherhood in Medieval Romance with Kirsty Bolton
Motherhood is different for each person who experiences it, and yet one thing is for certain: everyone has an opinion about it. This week, D...
Scotland and the Wars of the Roses with Michael Brown
There’s a beautiful country that every once in a while comes to the forefront of our collective consciousness to steal our hearts. But Scotl...
The Travels of Mar Yahballaha and Rabban Sawma with Thomas A. Carlson
Pretty much everyone has heard about Marco Polo and his thirteenth-century journey from Italy to China. But just as the Polos were making th...
350 Episodes: A Celebration
In honour of 350 episodes of The Medieval Podcast, Danièle celebrates the amazing progress that's been made in Medieval Studies since 2019....
Replay: Live at Leeds with Eleanor Janega
It’s summertime and your friendly neighbourhood medievalist is taking a much-needed week off, so here's a blast from the not-so-distant past...
Widow City with Anna Wainwright
Although death is just a natural and expected part of life – especially in the Middle Ages – it’s also an event that forever alters the live...
A Medieval Paper Armoury with Chassica Kirchhoff
To picture the Middle Ages is to picture knights in shining armour. Custom-made, fashionable, and often beautiful, medieval armour was more...
The Peasant Kitchen with Luis Almenar Fernández
So often, we see the homes – and lives – of peasants represented as drab and empty. But the reality is bright, busy, fashionable, and colour...
Royal Receipts with Abigail S. Armstrong
You can tell a lot about people by their spending habits. What do they buy for themselves? And what do they buy for other people? This week,...
Medieval Pubs with Peter Dobek
It’s the local watering hole. The place where business is done, and moments are celebrated. And it’s the place where you can literally see a...
Europe's Last Pagan Peoples with Francis Young
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the practices of ancient and medieval Celts, and how those practices were transformed and integrated int...
Medieval Mass Expulsions with Rowan Dorin
The medieval period is well known for several large-scale and horrific persecutions, especially ones based on religious grounds. One of thes...
Celtic Magic with Brigid Ehrmantraut
Have you ever wanted to put a curse on someone? How about ask a river goddess for some healing? Or maybe speak a charm that’ll make your lif...
The Life and Voyages of St. Brendan with Gordon Barthos
Just in time for his feast day on May 16, we’re looking at St. Brendan, an Irish saint whose holy encounters included island-sized whales, l...
Mary Magdalene on Stage with Joanne Findon
In the medieval world, people interacted with Biblical history and the adventures of their favourite saints in all sorts of ways – including...
Financing Queenship with Michele Seah
The English queens of the fifteenth century have had a serious popularity boost in the last twenty years, thanks to novels and TV series sho...