The Battle That Destroyed the Military Forces of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: Hattin (1187)
Send us Fan Mail 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...
19 Kesä 20241h 6min
Norway's highest-grossing film: Liv Ullmann's Kristin Lavransdatter (1995)
Send us Fan Mail 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 rece...
6 Kesä 202423min
Medieval Adultery in the Movies (with Kat Tracey)
Send us Fan Mail 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...
5 Kesä 20241h 9min
Medieval Adultery in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Opera and Literature (with Kat Tracey)
Send us Fan Mail 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 ...
25 Touko 20241h 21min
Medieval adultery, part 2 (with Kat Tracy): Tristan and Iseult and a late twelfth-century "National Enquirer" story
Send us Fan Mail 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...
7 Touko 20241h 8min
Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century (with Dr. John Hosler)
Send us Fan Mail 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...
16 Huhti 20241h 3min
St. Thomas Becket, 2: the Martyrdom
Send us Fan Mail 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 f...
2 Huhti 20241h 8min
Medieval Adultery (with Kat Tracy), part 1: Lancelot and Guinevere
Send us Fan Mail 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 rom...
26 Maalis 20241h 11min
