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The Medieval World

Welcome to The Medieval World Podcast, where we explore fun and interesting pieces of medieval history. Each Friday, I publish a new episode. In addition to episodes, check out my lectures below. If there’s an episode or series you would like to see, let me know via email at themedievalworldpodcast@gmail.com. Also, you can follow me on twitter at: https://twitter.com/wjb_mattingly . I am also starting to create videos of my lectures at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxmN86fC3uYC9JW-hKV4Z1w.

Copyright: © Copyright 2018 All rights reserved.

Latest Episodes:

Ep. 09: Medieval Birds in Thought May 28, 2020

Show notes

In this episode, we look at birds generally as they existed in the minds of medieval people. We talk about the different ways in which medieval people hunted, ate, used, and envisioned birds.

For Valerie Garver's book, Women and Aristocratic Culture in the Carolingian World, see:

https://amzn.to/36D8Bk6

For updates on episodes, follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/wjb_mattingly

If you want to reach me, my email is themedievalworldpodcast@gmail.com

Music:

Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Ep. 08: Hobgoblin in the Ninth Century (Medieval Beasts) May 22, 2020

Show notes

In this episode, we look at an account of a hobgoblin in ninth-century France. This account comes from a ninth-century Carolingian author named Notker who wrote a biography of Charlemagne.

For a copy of Notker's biography, see:

https://amzn.to/2zXobLl

I also reference the M.A. Thesis of a certain Klayton Amos Tietjen at the University of Tennessee. For this thesis, see:

https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/4784/

For updates on episodes, follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/wjb_mattingly

If you want to reach me, my email is themedievalworldpodcast@gmail.com

Music:

Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Ep. 07: Dirty Riddles and Farts May 17, 2020

Show notes

In this episode, we look at some dirty riddles from Anglo-Saxon England and a fart so powerful that it blinded a man.

For translation and commentary on the riddles, see:

https://theriddleages.wordpress.com/riddles-by-number/

For a good book on the Exter Book, check out:

https://amzn.to/3dT4jr9

For a cheap translation of the Canterbury Tales, here:

https://amzn.to/3dUeuMm

For updates on episodes, follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/wjb_mattingly

If you want to reach me, my email is themedievalworldpodcast@gmail.com

Music:

Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Ep. 06: Murder in a Church May 08, 2020

Show notes

In this episode, we look at murder (and a battle) in the Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours, France.

Music:

Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Ep. 05: The Case of a Criminal in a Church May 05, 2020

Show notes

In this episode, we look at a famous case of an escaped criminal who hides in a church. Can he legally be extradited from a church? We find out in this episode.

Books referenced:

Samuel W. Collins, The Carolingian Debate over Sacred Spaces (Palgrave: 2012).

Music:

Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Ep. 04: The Song of Roland (Medieval Tale) Dec 21, 2018

Show notes

This is a dramatization of the Song of Roland. It takes the entire epic and reduces it to just a 7 minute reading.

Key Figures:

Roland

Oliver

Ganelon

Bishop Turpin

Charlemagne

Saracen King

Ep. 03: That Time a Viking Kissed a Foot Dec 14, 2018

Show notes

In this episode we look at the time Rollo had one of his Viking friends kiss the foot of King Charles the Simple of Francia.

Music:

Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Epic Journey by Yung Logos

Ep. 02 - Medieval Beasts (Cynocephaly) Dec 09, 2018

Show notes

In this episode, our subject is Medieval Beasts. We look at a species of beasts known as Cynocephaly, or dog-headed men. No, these aren't werewolves.

Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Ep. 01: Medieval Murder (The Murder of a Pope) Dec 07, 2018

Show notes

In this episode, we look at the assassination of Pope Boniface VIII at the hands of Philip IV of France and his cronies in 1303.

Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Charlemagne 06: Boyhood (742-755) Jan 01, 2015

Show notes

Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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