The Sixth Age: A Medieval History Podcast
Mason HughesThe Sixth Age: A Medieval History Podcast
Forget everything you think you know about the "Dark Ages." The Sixth Age is a deep dive into Medieval History that strips away modern myths to reveal the world as it was actually lived.
Why did people in the Middle Ages see the world the way they did? From the fall of Rome to the dawn of the Renaissance, we reconstruct the Medieval worldview using prima... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 10 | Founded | 3 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | ChristianityHistoryReligion & Spirituality | |||
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This episode explores the legendary and historical origins of the Merovingian dynasty, from the myth of Merovich’s sea-monster conception to Clovis’s military conquests and conversion to Christianity.
It examines Frankish identity, Roman influence, ... more
This episode traces early Christianity’s theological diversity and the struggle to define orthodoxy from grassroots movements to imperial councils.
It explains how emperors like Constantine and Theodosius used councils (Nicaea, Ephesus, Chalcedon) t... more
How do you turn a pagan goddess into a Christian saint? That's what we're asking in this week's episode on Saint Brigid, the boundary-breaking Irish woman who was venerated across Medieval Europe. We'll be talking about Brigid's pagan origins, as wel... more
This week we're diving into the life of Theodoric the Great, the Ostrogothic King who conquered Italy and ruled Barbarian and Roman alike. We'll be focusing on the way Theodoric blended Roman and Gothic culture to rule effectively, and talk about how... more
Join us this week as we do a deep dive on the first Christian pilgrim, Saint Helena of Constantinople. Her story provides us an insight into women's role in the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman world, and she set the stage for the centurie... more
Learn about the quintessential Medieval saint and theologian, Augustine of Hippo.
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It's time for a whirlwind tour of the Barbarian peoples settling along the Roman Empire's fringes. These guys will undermine the Empire from the inside, and ultimately lay the foundations for the Medieval Kingdoms we know and love.
Rome fell in 476 AD. Or did it? This episode dives into the transition from the Roman world to the Medieval one, and tackles some of the biggest misconceptions we have about the Fall of the Roman Empire.
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