
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: twitter.com/wjb_mattingly . I am also star... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 80 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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| Category | History | ||||

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... more
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:
amzn.to/2zXo... more
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:
theriddleages.wordpress.com/riddles-by-number/
For a good book on the... more
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 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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While others languages are indeed spoken here which is fantastic, the United States DOES have an official language, it’s English, and you saying that it doesn’t garnered you 1/5 stars, a crappy review and me unfollowing your podcast, nice job 👍🏼
Very informative, yet concise. The host has a great voice, and is well-spoken. My only gripe, actually, is that the playlist is a mess. Season 1 (Greece) is missing SO MANY EPISODES, and mislabeled Rome episodes are mixed in. (I hope the other seasons are organized better, they certainly have more episodes, and don’t appear to be missing any, i just hope they aren’t mislabeled, as I haven’t listened to them all yet). Also he randomly stops doing the show just a few episodes into season 4, which ... more
Easy to follow even for anyone with little previous exposure to the events and yet a seasoned student can enjoy the details and relativity to modern life.
Easy to follow even for anyone with little previous exposure to the events and yet a seasoned student can enjoy the details and relativity to modern life.
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