The Sutton Hoo Ship with Martin Carver
It’s one of the most well-known burial sites in the world, its treasures drawing thousands upon thousands of people to the British Museum ea...
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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 367 episodesA Franciscan Tombstone in Medieval China with Nancy Wu
Earlier this year, we looked at the journey a pair of Eastern Christians made from their home near Bejing to Europe in the thirteenth centur...
The Fifth Crusade with Thomas Smith
Last week, we took a look at the first hundred years of crusading, and the tactics involved in fighting in and around the crusader kingdoms...
The Crusader Storm with Nicholas Morton
If there’s one topic that continually draws people to the Middle Ages, it’s the Crusades. Templars, assassins, nomadic horse archers, in wha...
Harald Hardrada with James Turner
In this episode, we’re looking at a legendary figure who thought ruling England would be one more step in his quest to be the dominant power...
Offa with Rory Naismith
Early medieval kings come to us in glimpses, with legends, a few chronicles, and some archaeological finds sketching faint portraits of figu...
A Medieval Law for Noncombatants with James Houlihan
While there was more violence in the medieval world than there is today on the whole, much of that was in the context of warfare. And even i...
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...
Translating 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,...