The Saint Brice's Day Massacre of 1002: A Case of Medieval Ethnic Cleansing?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode Ellen and I talk about one of the more puzzling events in the history of England’s Viking Wars, the St. Brice's Davy Massacre. In the year 1002, King Æthelred "the Unr...
6 Jul 202233min
Sanctity, Heresy, and Superstition: Saint Francis, the Heresiarch "Peter" Waldo, and a Holy Greyhound
Send us Fan Mail In this episode Ellen and I examine how Saint Francis became a saint and Waldo a heretic while following the same call to apostolic poverty, and why in the mid-thirteenth century it w...
15 Jun 202259min
A Crusader Murder Mystery: The Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (By Real Assassins)
Send us Fan Mail On April 28, 1192 the newly elected king of Jerusalem Conrad of Montferrat was assassinated in the streets of the city of Tyre by two Assassins, the name by which the Crusaders knew t...
26 Mai 202258min
How Saladin Took Jerusalem: Two Eyewitness Accounts and a Movie
Send us Fan Mail Saladin's taking of Jerusalem, three months after the fighting forces of the Kingdom of Jerusalem were wiped out in the Battle of Hattin, precipitated the Third Crusade. Eyewitness a...
12 Mai 202250min
Magna Carta, Bad King John, and an English Crusade
Send us Fan Mail This episode places Magna Carta in its historical context, explains why it really isn't the foundation of Anglo-American liberty, reaffirms John's status as a really bad king (and per...
25 Apr 202252min
An Anglo-Saxon Murder Mystery: How King Edward Became Edward the Martyr
Send us Fan Mail In 978 the eighteen-year old English king Edward was murdered while traveling to visit his younger half-brother Æthelred and his stepmother Ælfthryth. The murder transformed a trucul...
3 Apr 202217min
My Favorite Medieval Epic: A Tale of Violence, Vengeance, and Betrayal
Send us Fan Mail The late twelfth-century Frence epic poem Raoul of Cambrai is a tale of violence, vengeance, and betrayal in which the basic bonds of society--feudal loyalty, family, and friendship--...
1 Apr 202242min
"The finest knight in all the world, part 2: William Marshal, baron, earl, and regent of England
Send us Fan Mail In the second half of “The finest knight in all the world: the practical chivalry of Sir William Marshal,” Ellen and I examine the career of William Marshal as baron, earl, and, ultim...
27 Mar 202246min
