'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 • 53 episodes
'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
Latest Episodes
The Norman Conquest, part one: From Cnut to the Death of Edward the Confessor
This is the first half of a two part series on the Norman Conquest of England. My cohost for both parts is a veteran of this podcast, Dr. Jennifer Paxton of the Catholic University of America. Jenny is one of the very best historians of Anglo-N...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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Fall of the Roman Republic, part 3: From Octavian to Augustus
Yes, I know that Octavian IS Augustus, but this episode is about how Gaius Octavius became Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, and in doing so replaced the old Roman Republic with a military autocracy masquerading as a republic. This is the concl...
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Season 3
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Episode 52
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48:32
Fall of the Roman Republic: From Sulla's March on Rome to Caesar's Assassination
This is the second of a three part series about the fall of the Roman Republic. My cohost for all three episodes is Dr. Jennifer Paxton of the Catholic University of America. We actually had been planning only two episodes, but the story is lon...
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Season 3
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Episode 51
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1:25:52
The Fall of the Roman Republic, Part 1: The Late Roman Republic in Theory and Practice
For the fiftieth (!) episode of this podcast, I'm taking a few centuries detour from the Middle Ages to talk about the fall of the Roman Republic. In this episode, the first of a two part series, my cohost Dr. Jenny Paxton and I talk abou...
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Season 3
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Episode 50
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