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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.
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Some thoughts about Hanukkah by a (secular) Jewish...
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73:14
Was King Æthelred Really Unready?
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80:51
"Wicked" Medieval Women and the Monks Who Loathed Them
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62:07
King Arthur in Literature and Popular Culture: From...
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58:23
King Arthur in History, Legend, and Popular Culture,...
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King Arthur in History, Legend, and Popular Culture. ...
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55:44
Inquisitions, Jews, and the Formation of a...
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58:22
Heresy and Crusade in Southern France: The Cathars
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33:03
The Saint Brice's Day Massacre of 1002: A Case of...
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59:18
Sanctity, Heresy, and Superstition: Saint Francis,...
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58:16
A Crusader Murder Mystery: The Assassination of...
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50:39
How Saladin Took Jerusalem: Two Eyewitness Accounts...
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52:20
Magna Carta, Bad King John, and an English Crusade
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An Anglo-Saxon Murder Mystery: How King Edward Became...
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42:18
My Favorite Medieval Epic: A Tale of Violence,...
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"The finest knight in all the world, part 2: William...
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"The finest knight in all the world": the practical...
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Is (Medieval) Chivalry Dead?
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