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The Medieval Podcast

Danièle Cybulskie

A friendly podcast on all things medieval. Join host Danièle Cybulskie each week as she interviews the world"s experts on topics ranging from pigs, to Persian poetry, to the Plantagenets.

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51:06

Medieval witches with Gemma Hollman

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/10/31

It’s the spookiest season, which means it’s the perfect time to investigate medieval witches. This week, Danièle speaks with Gemma Hollman, author of Royal Witches, about some of the fifteenth century’s most high profile accusations of witchcraft.

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39:00

Talking History with Natalie Zemon Davis

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/10/23

When it comes to stories of reinvention and forging new paths, there’s one historian whose body of work stands out. This week, Danièle sat down with Dr. Natalie Zemon Davis over a cup of tea and talked about some of her favourite trailblazers, how she sees Medieval Studies today, and how historians can use their work to bring people together across cultures

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41:33

Chatting with Medievalists.net

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/10/09

This week, Sandra Alvarez, cofounder of Medievalists.net was back in Toronto, so Danièle sat down with Sandra and Peter Konieczny to talk about how the website got started, and how the field has changed in the decade since.

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40:14

Measuring in the Middle Ages with Emanuele Lugli

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/10/02

It often seems it’s the things that we take for granted that have the biggest impact. One of these things is the way we measure. This week, Danièle speaks with Dr. Emanuele Lugli about the way people used measurement for business, for justice, and for devotion.

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21:51

Medieval Africa at the Aga Khan Museum

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/09/25

The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada has unveiled a new exhibition: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa. Danièle took in the exhibition and spoke with Michael Chagnon, the Curator of the museum. They talk about medieval Africa, its connections with the wider world, and what you can see at the Aga Khan Museum.

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32:59

Publishing about the Middle Ages with Richard Barber

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/09/18

This week, Danièle speaks with Boydell and Brewer’s Richard Barber about how the field has changed over the last fifty years, current trends in medieval publishing, and what Richard’s best tips are for up-and-coming authors.

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33:04

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/09/11

It may be the most famous medieval movie of all time. This week, Danièle talks with Peter Konieczny about Monty Python and the Holy Grail, its legacy, and some of their favourite moments.

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32:51

Education in the Middle Ages

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/09/04

It’s the most wonderful time of the year - time to go back to school! This week, Danièle takes a quick look at medieval education.

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33:49

The Beowulf Manuscript

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/08/28

Beowulf may be one of the world’s most famous poems, but there’s a lot more to its manuscript than this poem alone. This week, Danièle looks into the other content of the Beowulf manuscript, its history, and what makes it both unique and special.

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35:30

Why Is English So Weird?

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/08/07

The English language is notoriously difficult to learn and to spell. In this episode, Danièle talks about the medieval roots of English and how it got to be so weird.

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36:31

Where to get your medieval fix - travel...

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/07/31

It's vacation time and people are looking for places to visit. Danièle is joined by Peter to offer their picks for travel destinations to experience the Middle Ages. We have places in Denmark, England, France, Iceland, Poland and Scotland to tell you about.

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32:21

Merging history and the fantastic with Guy Gavriel Kay

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/07/24

International bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay is well known for creating literary worlds that often look like the medieval world. It's been called history with a quarter turn to the fantastic. In this episode he talks with Danièle about his latest novel, A Brightness Long Ago.

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43:51

Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse (The Medieval Way)

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/07/17

This week, Danièle shows how useful medieval history can be in helping us survive the imminent zombie apocalypse.

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37:26

Medieval Storytime

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/07/10

The Middle Ages are full of amazing tales, both fictional and true. This week, Peter Konieczny joins Danièle to talk about three of their favourite medieval stories.

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43:23

Books about the Middle Ages that are great reads

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/06/26

Looking for a book to read about the medieval world? Danièle offers her picks for which books about the Middle Ages you should read. It includes ones by Dan Jones, Helen Castor, Peter Frankopan and Ruth Mazo Karras, plus Danièle's choices for primary sources and medieval fiction.

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41:47

Myths about the Middle Ages that are so very, very...

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/06/12

This week, Danièle asked her listeners which myths about the Middle Ages really drive them crazy. From the Flat Earth to daily hygiene, here is our attempt to shed light on some of the most common (but wrong!) ideas we have about the Middle Ages.

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41:35

Honey and medicine: the sweeter side of medieval warfare

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/06/05

The medieval period is routinely slammed as a time in which people had little to no medical knowledge, but the people of the Middle Ages had a much better understanding of how to heal themselves than modern popular culture would suggest. In this episode, Danièle speaks with Dr. Ilana Krug about the use of honey in medieval military medicine and the time Henry V got an arrow in the face.

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44:59

Learning about the Middle Ages through games with...

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/05/29

One of the buzzwords in education is gamification - using games to get people more engaged with what they are learning. Those studying history might be using the immersive games from Reacting to the Past, which gets students to work with primary sources and with each other. Danièle is joined by Kyle Lincoln to discuss his work with Reacting to the Past, how he is developing a game based on the Fourth Crusade.

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31:58

And now our watch has ended: A look back at Game of...

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/05/22

Love it or hate it, Game of Thrones has had a major impact on people’s perceptions of the Middle Ages. In this episode, Danièle talks with Peter Konieczny about the finale, the future, and saying farewell to this fan favourite.

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40:26

Understanding medieval chronicles with Lane Sobehrad

The Medieval Podcast ·

2019/05/15

During the medieval period, there was a lot of interest in writing down what was going on in the world for the sake of future generations, but there’s one massive problem with medieval chronicles: people didn’t approach history in the Middle Ages the way we do today. This week, Danièle speaks with Dr. Lane Sobehrad about how medieval people wrote history, and how historians today can do their part to help future generations through outreach.

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