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George has a new name for his closest friends to use. Meanwhile, Napoleon has got himself into all sorts of bother by going into Russia. Lots of his brave boys will not be going home again.dickshistory による

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Episode 358 – Are we there yet?

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Prince George is desperate to take over from his mad dad, but plenty of people would rather he didn’t. On and on it goes. Historical fiction this week will feature a cross dressing lesbian at the court of Ted 2 and that means some Piers Gaveston action.dickshistory による

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The Battle That Destroyed the Military Forces of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: Hattin (1187) 1:06:45

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Send us a Text Message. On 3-4 July 1187 the Sultan of Egypt and Syria Saladin enjoyed the greatest military victory of his career. The Battle of Hattin, a two-day battle fought along the road leading to the town of Tiberias and, on the following day, on the Horns of Hattin, an iron-age hillfort above that road, is one of the few decisive battles o…

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Episode 357 -The Regency – Part 2

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George is getting there but he will have to be patient and so will we.dickshistory による

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Episode 356 – The Regency

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It is a long time coming but we are on the way.dickshistory による

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Norway's highest-grossing film: Liv Ullmann's Kristin Lavransdatter (1995) 23:55

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Send us a Text Message. Yes, Kristin Lavransdatter is the highest-grossing Norwegian film of all time. That isn't as impressive as it might sound, as the movie only brought in $3.7 million in box office receipts, but virtually all of that came from domestic sales. Pretty much unknown outside Scandinavia, the movie was a sensation when released in N…

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Medieval Adultery in the Movies (with Kat Tracey) 1:09:30

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Send us a Text Message. This is the final episode--sort of*--of a multi-part series about medieval adultery in literature, history, and popular culture. My co-host Professor Larissa 'Kat' Tracey and I review how adultery has been dealt with in movies about the Middle Ages. We begin with three Hollywood medieval epics, "The Kingdom of Heaven," "Brav…

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Medieval Adultery in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Opera and Literature (with Kat Tracey) 1:21:07

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Send us a Text Message. This is the third of a multi-episode series in which I chat with Dr. Larissa ‘Kat’ Tracey about literary representations of medieval adultery and its reality. In this episode Kat and I survey and discuss the major nineteenth- and twentieth-century literary treatments of medieval adultery, focusing on the stories of La(u)ncel…

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Episode 355 – More Princely Action

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Yes it is all still about George. Except the bit about Duke of York Fred’s missus Freddie and her shoes.dickshistory による

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Episode 354 – The Prince of Wales 57:02

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I think we have already worked out that this guy is a bit of a dick. Well it is, as usual worse so let us meet him properly. Here he is marrying Mrs Maria Fitherbert without permission.dickshistory による

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Medieval adultery, part 2 (with Kat Tracy): Tristan and Iseult and a late twelfth-century "National Enquirer" story 1:08:57

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Send us a Text Message. This is the second of a three part series with my very special co-host, Dr. Larissa 'Kat' Tracy, about adultery in the Middle Ages. In the previous episode, Kat and I talked about the Lancelot and Guinevere story. In this episode, we tackle the other great medieval tale of adulterous love, Tristan and Iseult. We begin, howev…

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Episode 353 – George goes nuts again 1:00:11

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Yes, the old boy is back on his medications or something or other. He is off with the fairies and oh dear, however will we cope.dickshistory による

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Episode 352 – A big win for us and a big loss for the Germans 58:50

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Superstar Nelson will knock out the Frenchie navy and that will hurt Napoleon. He will though belt up the Russians and Germans at Austerlitz giving Ridley Scott happy visions of putting that in a movie.dickshistory による

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Episode 351 – The 19th Century 1:01:16

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Shall we kick off the new century with war? Why not.dickshistory による

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Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century (with Dr. John Hosler) 1:03:25

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, my very special guest Dr. John Hosler draws upon the research he undertook for his book Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace (Yale University Press, 2022) to discuss what Jerusalem meant in the thought and imagination of Christians and Muslims in the twelfth century, and the role the city played…

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Episode 350 – A Riot 1:02:42

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You can alway rely on Bristol for a riot every few years.dickshistory による

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Episode 349 – The Empire Strikes Back 1:01:30

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In which the Indians lose India. But the British Government can see that the company has gone way too far and so will impeach Warren Hastings. Yes the only decent English guy to run the company is the one to cop it.dickshistory による

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St. Thomas Becket, 2: the Martyrdom 1:08:57

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode my co-host Dr. Jennifer Paxton and I explain the principles and personal grievances that led to the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket and the significance of that event for Church-State relations in medieval England. We also talk about T.S. Eliot’s and Jean Anouilh’s plays about Thomas’ martyrdom, and the movies…

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Episode 348 – India 58:42

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It’s not so much as Britain winning an empire as India losing one.dickshistory による

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Medieval Adultery (with Kat Tracy), part 1: Lancelot and Guinevere 1:11:23

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Send us a Text Message. This is the first of a three part series about adultery in the Middle Ages. My co-host for both is Dr. Larissa 'Kat' Tracy. Last month Kat and I talked about my favorite medieval romance, Chretien de Troyes' late twelfth-century French poem "Yvain: The Knight with the Lion." Unlike the more famous medieval romances of Lancel…

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Episode 347 – A New Pope 59:41

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War can mess up all sorts of things including a vote for a new pope.dickshistory による

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Episode 346 – Frenchie’s rule! 59:29

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The Frenchies seem to have their act together and have turned into winners. What we need is a mighty hero. Oddly enough one will turn up but can he do over the Frenchie mighty hero?dickshistory による

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St. Thomas Becket, part 1: King Henry II and his Chancellor, Thomas Becket 1:08:55

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Send us a Text Message. This is the first of two episodes on the career, historical context, and "afterlife" of England's most famous--and controversial--saint and martyr, St. Thomas Becket. My co-host for both is a veteran of this podcast, Dr. Jennifer Paxton of the Catholic University of America. In this episode we set the historical scene for Be…

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Episode 345 – Flanders 58:56

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More war. Seems to be never ending.dickshistory による

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Episode 344 – The Big War 58:54

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What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. But it’s what we do.dickshistory による

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What Was A "Crusade"? 48:38

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Ellen and Richard talk about what a "crusade" was in the Middle Ages. Richard explains what modern historians mean by the term "crusade"--and why there is so little agreement. He also offers a response to a question posed by Nicholas Morton in the previous episode: How did the medieval Church reconcile its do…

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Crusading Warfare in the East, 1099-1187 1:09:14

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Send us a Text Message. My guest for this episode is Dr. Nicholas Morton, whom you may remember from our first episode about the Mongols. Today Nick and I will be talking about crusading warfare, in particular, about the military activities and challenges faced by the Crusader States established in the Levant by the First Crusade. Among the topics …

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Episode 343 – Henry Benedict Stuart 1:01:30

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Time to meet Henry 9 (he thinks) – the very last Stuart who will end that line of incompetant kings.dickshistory による

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Medieval Romance: The Knight with the Lion 1:39:17

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode my guest host Professor Larissa 'Kat" Tracy and I discuss my favorite medieval romance, Chrétien de Troyes' late twelfth century poem, "Yvain, the Knight with the Lion." We place the poem within its historical context--the first European industrial and commercial revolution, and the emergence of a courtly soc…

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Episode 342 – The Terror 1:01:39

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Mobs can be funny old things. The Frenchie mob have decided that industrialised killing would be good entertainment while making France great again.dickshistory による

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The Mongol Conquest of Baghdad (1258) 1:07:42

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Send us a Text Message. Last May, I spoke with Professor Nicholas Morton about the Mongols and their impact upon the medieval Near East. This episode digs deeper into that subject, focusing on the Mongol conquest and destruction of Baghdad in February of 1258. The Mongol sack of Baghdad is notorious for its brutality. Estimates of the number killed…

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Episode 341 – Elizabeth’s last hurrah 1:01:45

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We all have to come to the end, my dear listener and that includes Elizabeth. But she will not be going quietly or sedately. It will be party to the end.dickshistory による

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Episode 340 – The Countess Duchess 58:07

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In which Elizabeth will face a trial of her peers on a charge of bigamy. Bigamy is very naughty for a girl.dickshistory による

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Episode 339 – Elizabeth Chudleigh part 2 1:02:52

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For Elizabeth it will all go splendily well until it doesn’t. It then goes bigly badly.dickshistory による

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Episode 338 – Elizabeth Chudleigh 59:39

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A digression so we can meet Elizabeth who rocked England for a bit. Here she is as a pinup girl.dickshistory による

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Episode 337 – The Frenchies are Revolting 59:59

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Yes they are plus George gets better. Charlotte will have her portrait done and here she is.dickshistory による

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Episode 336 – Christmas Special 59:42

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This year it will be the big guy.dickshistory による

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Beowulf (2): translations, adaptations, and movies! 1:20:24

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, the second of a two part series, Dr. Chrissy Senecal and I continue our discussion of the Old English epic poem Beowulf. In it we talk about the challenges of translation and look at literary and cinematic adaptations of the poem. Sound clips in this episode: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” soundtrack (com…

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Episode 335 – George gets sick 1:00:41

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Yes, our king is going a bit nuts. The silly hat might be silly but the silly wig can do your brain some harm.dickshistory による

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Episode 334 – Back to India 1:00:55

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The English have taken their eye off the ball and will pay a price for that. Here’s a painting of an English square that is about to cop it bigly.dickshistory による

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Beowulf 52:42

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Send us a Text Message. This is the first of a two-part series on the most famous monster story in pre-modern literature, the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. My co-host for both is Dr. Christine Senecal of Shippensburg University. In this episode Chrissy and I talk about the poem itself. We begin with the story of the hero Beowulf and how as a youth…

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Episode 333 – Revolution in America 1:00:15

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Time to go to war for freedom and liberty and we aren’t too keen on the democracy bit just at the moment.dickshistory による

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Episode 332- It’s On 1:00:11

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The English may now wish to try a bit of diplomacy but they have left it too late so it is going to be war. Just not like in the movies.dickshistory による

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Hanukkah and Christmas in the Middle Ages, and the Puritan War on Christmas 46:47

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Send us a Text Message. This is a revised--and a lot longer--version of our twenty-first episode ("Some thoughts about Hanukkah by a (secular) Jewish medieval historian"). That episode was just what the title said, some thoughts about the role of Hanukkah in contemporary America and the Middle Ages. In it Ellen had a throwaway line about the Purita…

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Episode 331 – America part 2 57:47

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Continuing the story of the joys of being a colonialist.dickshistory による

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Episode 330 – America 58:46

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So what’s it like in America? Maybe not that good.dickshistory による

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The Medievalists' "F-Word": Feudalism 46:12

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Send us a Text Message. “Feudalism” was once accepted by academic and popular historians alike as a defining, if not the defining, feature of medieval society. For military historians, the High Middle Ages, the period from around 1050 to 1300, was once the Age of the Feudal Knight. This is no longer the case. If academic historians use it at all in…

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Episode 329 – It Just Got Worse 1:00:05

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In which we find out what the corporate response is to a natural disaster. If you guessed make more money then well spotted.dickshistory による

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