Medieval Adultery in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Opera and Literature (with Kat Tracey)
Send us Fan Mail This is the third of a multi-episode series in which I chat with Dr. Larissa ‘Kat’ Tracey about literary representations of medieval adultery and its reality. In this episode Kat and ...
25 Maj 20241h 21min
Medieval adultery, part 2 (with Kat Tracy): Tristan and Iseult and a late twelfth-century "National Enquirer" story
Send us Fan Mail This is the second of a three part series with my very special co-host, Dr. Larissa 'Kat' Tracy, about adultery in the Middle Ages. In the previous episode, Kat and I talked about the...
7 Maj 20241h 8min
Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century (with Dr. John Hosler)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, my very special guest Dr. John Hosler draws upon the research he undertook for his book Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace (Yale University Press, 2022...
16 Apr 20241h 3min
St. Thomas Becket, 2: the Martyrdom
Send us Fan Mail In this episode my co-host Dr. Jennifer Paxton and I explain the principles and personal grievances that led to the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket and the significance of that event f...
2 Apr 20241h 8min
Medieval Adultery (with Kat Tracy), part 1: Lancelot and Guinevere
Send us Fan Mail This is the first of a three part series about adultery in the Middle Ages. My co-host for both is Dr. Larissa 'Kat' Tracy. Last month Kat and I talked about my favorite medieval rom...
26 Mars 20241h 11min
St. Thomas Becket, part 1: King Henry II and his Chancellor, Thomas Becket
Send us Fan Mail This is the first of two episodes on the career, historical context, and "afterlife" of England's most famous--and controversial--saint and martyr, St. Thomas Becket. My co-host for b...
10 Mars 20241h 8min
What Was A "Crusade"?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode Ellen and Richard talk about what a "crusade" was in the Middle Ages. Richard explains what modern historians mean by the term "crusade"--and why there is so little ag...
2 Mars 202448min
Crusading Warfare in the East, 1099-1187
Send us Fan Mail My guest for this episode is Dr. Nicholas Morton, whom you may remember from our first episode about the Mongols. Today Nick and I will be talking about crusading warfare, in particul...
26 Feb 20241h 9min
