May Questions
folks, we're back with a new mailbag episode as we continue to catch up on the backlog of patron questions. why are we doing it right after the last Q&A? well, frankly, Luke had to travel and didn't …
01:13:24 |
Thu 08 May 2025
Medieval Conclaves
folks, as you might know, there's a papal conclave coming up, what with the passing of Pope Francis and all that, so we decided to talk about the Medieval conclaves. now, technically, conclaves didn'…
01:09:30 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
April Questions
folks, we're back with more patron questions to answer. we are still catching up, so we dive in and discuss Medieval reclamation of pagan myths, land management practices, political pragmatism, funer…
01:10:12 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Medieval Beauty Standards
folks, we have once again stumbled upon some hilariously-insane social media posts and have decided to relate them back to the Middle Ages. the main gist is this: a twitter user posted about how the …
00:58:11 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Medieval Women Anna Komnene and Julian of Norwich
folks, we're back with another installment of our occasional Medieval women series where we look back at two influential women from the Middle Ages. today, we look at two who couldn't be more differe…
01:10:32 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
American Opinions on the Middle Ages (feat David Montgomery)
folks, we're back and it's time to talk about polling! specifically, a recent YouGov poll that asked Americans for their opinions on the European Middle Ages. and before you think the worst, the resp…
01:03:31 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
March Mailbag: More Lady Knights
folks, it's time for us to catch up on some more patron questions with another mailbag! we cover a whole host of topics including our favorite mad king and scheming vizier combos, fascist representat…
01:08:38 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Mail time!
folks, we are behind on our patron questions and so we're making it up starting today. we answer questions on everything from Medieval children's toys, pregnancy tropes, what the HRE would've looked …
01:13:34 |
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Mystery Plays (feat The Worst of All Possible Worlds)
folks, we love the weird side of Medieval life and one of the weirdest was the mystery play. these were living tableaux depictions of biblical stories that became huge, elaborate stage productions, w…
01:14:32 |
Sat 15 Mar 2025
Constantinople 5: The Fall
folks, we've made it 209 episodes into the show and we still haven't done one on the end of the Middle Ages, well that stops now. we conclude out series on Constantinople with The Fall. and this one …
01:23:18 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
Constantinople 4: ...and there's DECLINE
folks, we continue the series on Constantinople with the real decline hours. last week, we started looking at the long, slow decline of the Queen of Cities and the Byzantine Empire but that pales in …
01:08:10 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Constantinople 3: There's Decline...
folks, we're back after a brief hiatus, and back into our series on Constantinople. this time, we take a look at the beginning of the decline of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, which started…
01:16:32 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Patreon Ep Unlocked: Habsburg News You Can Use
we decided to take a look at some Holy Roman Empire and Habsburg news that has come up in the past month. first, and more seriously, we look at a study of how Holy Roman Emperors governed from the ro…
01:14:36 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Constantinople 2: The Golden Years
folks, we're continuing our series on Constantinople. last time we introduced the city via its geography, Constantine making it the capital of the Roman Empire, and the Theodosian Walls. this time, w…
01:18:01 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Constantinople 1: Foundations
folks, we were delayed one week due to the storm of the century in the American southeast but things have thawed a bit and we're back on track just in time to start a series on the Queen of Cities, C…
01:04:44 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Patron Ep Unlocked: Is It Like the HRE
folks, here is an unlocked bonus episode because a winter storm of the century in the American southeast made recording impossible this week. enjoy! the bonus is back for a new year and Luke and Elea…
01:11:28 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
Medieval Railways (feat Gareth Dennis)
folks, we all love trains. they're great for moving people and cargo and famously not as bad as cars but did you know that the first railways and trackways were built in the Classical and Medieval er…
01:11:34 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Catch-up and Witchcraft
folks, so this is the new year? well, we could start with a new series or something but a lot of shit has happened the past few weeks and Eleanor and Luke haven't chatted in a while, so they take som…
01:07:38 |
Thu 09 Jan 2025
Year-End Mailbag 2
folks, it's our final episode of 2024 and our 200th regular episode of the show and to celebrate, we've got the conclusion of our year-end mailbag episodes. we answer questions about how cathedrals w…
01:02:14 |
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Bonus Ep Unlocked: Best of 2024
folks, it's no secret that 2024 has been a bit of a bummer, to say the least. however, it's not terribly healthy to always focus on the bad, so we decided to talk about some our favorite stuff we saw…
01:11:39 |
Tue 24 Dec 2024
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