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"tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
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.
All Episodes
81:07
Medieval Adultery in Nineteenth- and...
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68:57
Medieval adultery, part 2 (with Kat Tracy): Tristan...
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63:25
Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century (with Dr. John Hosler)
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68:57
St. Thomas Becket, 2: the Martyrdom
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71:23
Medieval Adultery (with Kat Tracy), part 1: Lancelot...
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68:55
St. Thomas Becket, part 1: King Henry II and his...
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48:38
69:14
Crusading Warfare in the East, 1099-1187
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99:17
Medieval Romance: The Knight with the Lion
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67:42
The Mongol Conquest of Baghdad (1258)
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80:24
Beowulf (2): translations, adaptations, and movies!
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52:42
46:47
Hanukkah and Christmas in the Middle Ages, and the...
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46:12
The Medievalists' "F-Word": Feudalism
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43:42
Alfred the Great, Part 3: A Chat with Professor Ryan...
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44:45
Alfred the Great, Part 2: A Chat with Professor...
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67:43
King Alfred: was he really all that 'great'?
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71:06
95:01
Robin Hood in Movies and Television
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55:39