a (mostly) Medieval history podcast. new episodes every week (usually Wednesday) and two bonus episodes every month for patreon subs. podcast art by bowsnonk
Joined January 2021
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we finally got some real, proper art for the show! friend of the show Jen, @Bowsnonk, was commissioned and she produced some amazing cover and banner art and we even have our own little dragon guy now! we hope you love it as much as we do and that you'll check out Jen's work too
we finish up the book club series on Between Two Fires by ranking the godhead, seeing a clown car full of angels, witnessing the stunning return of JC, and saving the world or at least Europe. enjoy! patreon.com/wnsdpod/posts/16…
we think of the Catholic Church as this hegemonic entity that ruled Medieval Europe, and while that’s technically correct, it obscures a lot. like how organized religions can’t control human neuroses and how the Church’s thinking shifted over 1000 years spreaker.com/episode/when-th…
we talk about the controversy surrounding the upcoming film, The Uprising, supposedly about Wat Tyler and the Peasants Revolt of 1381 but possibly a secret Robin Hood film. then we talk about the origins of Robin Hood and how he’s not as cool as Wat Tyler spreaker.com/episode/robin-h…
in this bonus, we take on two completely different topics: Eleanor discussed the horror show that is English politics and media while Luke talks about the comparatively cheerful topic of the Great Dying, the worse mass extinction in Earth’s history patreon.com/wnsdpod/posts/16…
recently, there’s been a spate of news stories about or relating to the Middle Ages so we talk thru them including Viking textile industries, really awful floods, the Bayeux Tapestry, total alchemist vindication, and a death by trebuchet, enjoy! spreaker.com/episode/medieva…
folks, sometimes you just gotta semi-arbitrarily rank some guys, in this case, a tier list ranking for the 7 Avignon popes and 2 antipopes. we talk Black Death popes and Name of the Rose popes and even a lawyer antipope spreaker.com/episode/let-s-r…
In the penultimate episode of our book club series, we enter the worst hive of scum and villainy in Medieval Europe: the Avignon Papacy. we talk papal Eyes Wide Shut parties, glamours, honor duels, a fun dowry, the Lord of Flies, bad wine, and more! patreon.com/wnsdpod/posts/16…
we dive into the life of Peter Abelard. he made lasting contributions that are still with us today in many fields, had a highly problematic relationship with the love of his life Heloise, and was railroaded by the Church. it’s land of contrasts time, folks spreaker.com/episode/peter-a…
