"The finest knight in all the world": the practical chivalry of Sir William Marshal
Send us Fan Mail The life of Sir William Marshal reads like a medieval story book. Starting out as a landless squire whose only possession was family connections, Marshal rose from household knight to...
16 Mar 202241min
Is (Medieval) Chivalry Dead?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode Richard distinguishes between the popular modern conception of chivalry, which originated in the romantic movement of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and ...
26 Feb 202238min
The Holy Grail: From Medieval Romance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by way of Nazis and The Da Vinci Code.
Send us Fan Mail The quest for the Holy Grail is among the most famous stories about King Arthur and the Round Table. This episode explores the origins and development of the idea of the Holy Grail in...
15 Feb 202238min
Medieval Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the ..... Not so Bad
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Richard explains why there are so few movies set in the Middle Ages that are historically accurate, and gives examples of a good film (Eric Rohmer's "Perceval le Gall...
3 Feb 202229min
There is more truth in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” than you might think (remastered sound)
Send us Fan Mail The title of our podcast ‘Tis But a Scratch: Fact and Fiction about the Middle Ages” is a tribute to one of Richard’s favorite “medieval” movies, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Ri...
22 Jan 202227min
