Real Fantastic Beasts
Alexa Sand and Ian MacInnes explore the world of medieval and Renaissance animals, real, fantastic, and fantastically real.
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- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 49
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Believing in Dragons
This our first of several planned episodes on the most famous of all fantastic creatures.
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00:36:13 |
Sat 07 Jan 2023
Nature's Darling
We examine the Halcyon, which nests at the winter solstice with magical effect.
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00:45:05 |
Sat 24 Dec 2022
The First Dog
Meet the English mastiff, the creature who made "dog" into the generic English term for all domestic canines.
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00:47:31 |
Sat 10 Dec 2022
Real Bears of London
Guest expert Caitlin Mahaffy talks to us about Bearbaiting in Elizabethan London.
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00:43:46 |
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Similar Simians
Apes and Monkeys were present in households throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance as well as being represented in literature and art.
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00:29:25 |
Sat 12 Nov 2022
Manticore or Man-Tiger?
Our first look at a truly fantastical hybrid creature as it moves from bestiary to natural history to art and literature.
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00:33:37 |
Sat 29 Oct 2022
Tyger-Tiger
The tiger begins as the most real of all fantastic beasts and ends as the most fantastic of all real beasts. How and when did this happen?
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00:33:58 |
Sat 15 Oct 2022
Strange Fish
In this episode we take on sea monsters, monstrous fish, whales, and and sea fishing.
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00:39:07 |
Sat 01 Oct 2022
Episode 101 - Teaser
Join us as we explore the world of medieval and Renaissance animals, real, fantastic, and fantastically real. We believe that learning about animals in history and literature and art helps us underst…
00:01:35 |
Sat 24 Sep 2022
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