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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
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
64:32
63:58
24:59
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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72:36
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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