4 MORE Weird and Wonderful Medieval Beasts...
Unicorns, centaurs, griffins, manticores, mermaids and dragons. These are all medieval monsters we learned about in a previous episode. Today we're going to travel a little further afield in the middl...
10 Aug 202211min
7 Weird and Wonderful Monsters from the Middle Ages...
European maps from the Middle Ages are full of strange lands, legendary races and fabulous monsters. Only the Church with the help of God was able to provide protection against these horrors. The med...
8 Aug 202213min
Divorce by COMBAT: The Medieval Way of Ending a Marriage...
Saint Augustine’s ideal of the unbreakable marriage dominated the Middle Ages. By the late medieval period the marriage vows contained the phrase ‘till death do us part’, emphasizing the seriousness o...
5 Aug 202221min
What Was Life ACTUALLY Like as a Jester in the Middle Ages?
During the medieval period lucky jesters were the ones who were employed by nobles or royalty to perform at court. But he or she wasn’t just an entertainer, they were part of the social fabric of a re...
3 Aug 202221min
