The First King of England: Æthelstan (with David Woodman)
Send us Fan Mail Ironically, the most famous date in Anglo-Saxon history is that of its demise, 1066, which is why when in 1930 W. C. Sellar, a former schoolmaster, and his classmate at Oxford, the hu...
16 Jan 1h
A Florentine Pilgrimage to Bethlehem and Jerusalem in 1384
Send us Fan Mail This is an addendum to my previous episode with Peter Konieczny. One of my listeners sent me an email asking why we never covered Frescobaldi's, Gucci's, and Sigoli's accounts of thei...
29 Des 202520min
Three Accounts of A Pilgrimage To Egypt and the Holy Land in 1384-5
Send us Fan Mail In the year 1384 a company of six wealthy merchants from Florence, each accompanied by a servant, went on a ten-month long pilgrimage to Mameluke Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. Upon ret...
23 Des 20251h 6min
Halloween special: Three Medieval Ghost Stories and My One Encounter with a Ghost
Send us Fan Mail To celebrate my birthday—yes I was a Halloween baby—I decided to do a short episode recounting my one up-close and personal experience with a ghost. No, it was not a ghost of some one...
31 Okt 202543min
From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: Pope Innocent III, Crusade, Church Reform, and the Apex of the Medieval Papacy
Send us Fan Mail Yes, we have finally come to the end of our series "From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy." In this episode, Ellen and I talk about the pontificate of Innocent III, which historia...
27 Okt 20251h 36min
From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: the Rise of the Papal Monarchy
Send us Fan Mail In this, the fourth--and penultimate--episode of our continuing series on the medieval papacy, my wife Ellen and I examine the establishment of the papal monarchy in the twelfth centu...
20 Okt 20251h 12min
"1066 and All That": The Significance of the Norman Conquest, Part 1 (with Dr. Jennifer Paxton)
Send us Fan Mail About eight months ago, Jenny and I released a couple of episodes dealing with the historical context of the Norman Conquest. I am delighted to have Jenny back to talk with me about t...
7 Okt 20251h
From Bishop of Rome to the Papal Monarchy: Pope Gregory VII and the Investiture Controversy
Send us Fan Mail The subject of today’s episode, the pontificate of Pope Gregory VII and the Investiture Controversy, is a staple of undergraduate medieval surveys. The first episode I posted after ou...
28 Sep 20251h 4min
