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

56 Episodes

1. King Arthur in History, Legend, and Popular Culture. Part One: Was Arthur a Real Person?

   Published: 9/6/2022
2. Inquisitions, Jews, and the Formation of a Persecuting Society

   Published: 8/14/2022
3. Heresy and Crusade in Southern France: The Cathars

   Published: 7/23/2022
4. The Saint Brice's Day Massacre of 1002: A Case of Medieval Ethnic Cleansing?

   Published: 7/6/2022
5. Sanctity, Heresy, and Superstition: Saint Francis, the Heresiarch "Peter" Waldo, and a Holy Greyhound

   Published: 6/15/2022
6. A Crusader Murder Mystery: The Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (By Real Assassins)

   Published: 5/26/2022
7. How Saladin Took Jerusalem: Two Eyewitness Accounts and a Movie

   Published: 5/12/2022
8. Magna Carta, Bad King John, and an English Crusade

   Published: 4/25/2022
9. An Anglo-Saxon Murder Mystery: How King Edward Became Edward the Martyr

   Published: 4/3/2022
10. My Favorite Medieval Epic: A Tale of Violence, Vengeance, and Betrayal

    Published: 4/1/2022
11. "The finest knight in all the world, part 2: William Marshal, baron, earl, and regent of England

    Published: 3/27/2022
12. "The finest knight in all the world": the practical chivalry of Sir William Marshal

    Published: 3/16/2022
13. Is (Medieval) Chivalry Dead?

    Published: 2/26/2022
14. The Holy Grail: From Medieval Romance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by way of Nazis and The Da Vinci Code.

    Published: 2/15/2022
15. Medieval Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the ..... Not so Bad

    Published: 2/3/2022
16. There is more truth in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” than you might think (remastered sound)

    Published: 1/22/2022