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

56 Episodes

1. Crusading Warfare in the East, 1099-1187

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

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

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

   Published: 12/23/2023
5. Beowulf

   Published: 12/14/2023
6. Hanukkah and Christmas in the Middle Ages, and the Puritan War on Christmas

   Published: 12/1/2023
7. The Medievalists' "F-Word": Feudalism

   Published: 11/17/2023
8. Alfred the Great, Part 3: A Chat with Professor Ryan Lavelle

   Published: 10/14/2023
9. Alfred the Great, Part 2: A Chat with Professor Barbara Yorke

   Published: 10/5/2023
10. King Alfred: was he really all that 'great'?

    Published: 9/28/2023
11. Mongols

    Published: 5/26/2023
12. Robin Hood in Movies and Television

    Published: 4/6/2023
13. Robin Hood: Origins

    Published: 3/23/2023
14. "The Northman"

    Published: 2/15/2023
15. Vikings!

    Published: 1/27/2023
16. Some thoughts about Hanukkah by a (secular) Jewish medieval historian

    Published: 12/25/2022
17. Was King Æthelred Really Unready?

    Published: 12/21/2022
18. "Wicked" Medieval Women and the Monks Who Loathed Them

    Published: 12/7/2022
19. King Arthur in Literature and Popular Culture: From Sir Thomas Malory to the Present

    Published: 10/18/2022
20. King Arthur in History, Legend, and Popular Culture, Part 2: The Middle Ages

    Published: 10/10/2022