'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
Talking about popular conceptions of the Middle Ages and their historical realities. Join Richard Abels to learn about Vikings, knights and chivalry, movies set in the Middle Ages, and much more about the medieval world.
Podcasting since 2022 • 73 episodes
'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
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The Knights Templar
Today’s episode is the first of a two-part series on the notorious Christian military order, The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, more commonly known as the Knights Templar. This first episode deals with the hi...
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Season 5
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Episode 73
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1:07:13
Knights, Samurai, and the Myth of Japanese Feudalism: A Conversation with Professor Stephen Morillo
Until now, "'Tis But A Scratch: Fact & Fiction About the Middle Ages" has dealt with medieval Europe and the Middle East. In this episode, we branch out to a more global perspective by comparing medieval European knights with the samurai of...
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Season 5
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Episode 72
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1:08:49
1066 And All That: The Significance of the Norman Conquest (with Dr. Jennifer Paxton), part 2
It has been several months since I posted the first half of a two part series on the significance and consequences of the Norman Conquest with my good friend and colleague Dr. Jennifer Paxton of the Catholic University of America. Despite a num...
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Season 5
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Episode 71
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1:27:27
Episode 70: What we can learn about medieval people from their bones and teeth. A conversation with Professor Alison Beach
And now for something completely different! In this episode, we are not going to be talking about kings or popes, crusades, wars, or political events. Instead, we will be examining the life experiences of ordinary medieval people uncovered thro...
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Season 5
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Episode 70
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1:05:05
The First King of England: Æthelstan (with David Woodman)
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 humorist R. J. Yeatman, decided to send up English history as t...
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Season 4
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Episode 69
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