'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages

A podcast by Richard Abels

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52 Episodes

  1. Fall of the Roman Republic, part 3: From Octavian to Augustus

    Published: 12/23/2024
  2. Fall of the Roman Republic: From Sulla's March on Rome to Caesar's Assassination

    Published: 12/20/2024
  3. The Fall of the Roman Republic, Part 1: The Late Roman Republic in Theory and Practice

    Published: 12/15/2024
  4. A medieval election

    Published: 11/11/2024
  5. Con games, scams, and deceits of the medieval Near East exposed: "The Book of Charlatans"

    Published: 10/19/2024
  6. Crusaders and Settlers in the Holy Land: Who Went and Why

    Published: 8/3/2024
  7. The Battle That Destroyed the Military Forces of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: Hattin (1187)

    Published: 6/19/2024
  8. Norway's highest-grossing film: Liv Ullmann's Kristin Lavransdatter (1995)

    Published: 6/6/2024
  9. Medieval Adultery in the Movies (with Kat Tracey)

    Published: 6/5/2024
  10. Medieval Adultery in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Opera and Literature (with Kat Tracey)

    Published: 5/25/2024
  11. Medieval adultery, part 2 (with Kat Tracy): Tristan and Iseult and a late twelfth-century "National Enquirer" story

    Published: 5/7/2024
  12. Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century (with Dr. John Hosler)

    Published: 4/16/2024
  13. St. Thomas Becket, 2: the Martyrdom

    Published: 4/2/2024
  14. Medieval Adultery (with Kat Tracy), part 1: Lancelot and Guinevere

    Published: 3/26/2024
  15. St. Thomas Becket, part 1: King Henry II and his Chancellor, Thomas Becket

    Published: 3/10/2024
  16. What Was A "Crusade"?

    Published: 3/2/2024
  17. Crusading Warfare in the East, 1099-1187

    Published: 2/26/2024
  18. Medieval Romance: The Knight with the Lion

    Published: 2/11/2024
  19. The Mongol Conquest of Baghdad (1258)

    Published: 1/27/2024
  20. Beowulf (2): translations, adaptations, and movies!

    Published: 12/23/2023

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Talking about popular conceptions of the Middle Ages and their historical realities. Join Richard Abels to learn about Vikings, knights and chivalry, movies set in the Middle Ages, and much more about the medieval world.