Chapter Six, Continued: Capture the Flag
The game of war: a minute to learn, a lifetime to master. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for ...
22 Sep 202325min
Chapter Six: The Order of the Star
The French made a much-needed, but woefully insufficient, attempt at military reform. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus et laetemus" ...
15 Sep 202324min
Chapter Five: Plague and Blame
Why the plague happened, according to people in the 14th century.
8 Sep 202324min
Chapter Four, Continued: The Battle of Crécy and the Siege of Calais
The French nobility are routed at Crécy. This episode reads and comments on the narration of events by Jean Froissart, c. 1337 - c. 1405, a French-speaking historian from the low countries. Music th...
2 Sep 202337min
Chapter Four: The Border Between France and England
Introducing two kings, two succession crises, three disputed regions, and a hundred years of war. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnAg "Exultemus e...
25 Aug 202327min
Chapter Three: Chivalry
The rules of courtly love, according to Andreus Capellanus: Marriage is no real excuse for not loving He who is not jealous cannot love No one can be bound by a double love It is well known that love...
18 Aug 202322min
Chapter Two, Continued: Money and the Church
If people in medieval times wanted to buy themselves a foothold in heaven, someone was going to have to collect the money. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This is the episode about simony, indulgences, alms, usury, and...
23 Jun 202318min
Chapter Two: The Assault on the Pope and the Suppression of the Knights Templar
If we want, we can trace a whole century's worth of problems back to the financial straits of Philip the Fair. Music thanks to Verbum Gloriae https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOY2Hj4AbsnEfaQDvxQvnA...
16 Jun 202317min
