Podcasts Archive
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Medieval Christmas Cookies Still In Fashion
Posted on December 24, 2011 | No CommentsSo what does a Christmas cookie from centuries ago look like? This time of year, a bakery in Pennsylvania Dutch country is busy making cookies the same way they were made in medieval Germany, and their edible pieces of art history have attracted customers from all over the globe. -
In Our Time: The Medieval University
Posted on August 19, 2011 | No CommentsIn Our Time: The Medieval University BBC Radio 4 First Broadcast March 2011 In the 11th and 12th centuries a new type of institution started to appear in the major... -
The Beast Within: Animals in the Middle Ages
Posted on July 16, 2011 | No CommentsThe Beast Within: Animals in the Middle Ages By Joyce Salisbury Second Edition Routledge, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-415-78095-7 Publisher’s Synopsis: This important book offers a unique exploration of the use of... -
Amor vs. Roma: Cathars and the Birth of the Inquisition
Posted on June 16, 2011 | No CommentsAmor vs. Roma: Cathars and the Birth of the Inquisition From the CBC Radio series Ideas, this 2-part show examines the rise and fall of the Cathars, medieval Christians who... -
In Our Time: Battle of Bannockburn
Posted on February 5, 2011 | No CommentsFrom the BBC Radio programme: In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bannockburn. On June 23rd 1314, Scottish forces under their king Robert the Bruce confronted... -
Fighting for the Cross: Crusading to the Holy Land
Posted on October 24, 2010 | No CommentsFighting for the Cross: Crusading to the Holy Land By Norman Housley Yale University Press, 2008 ISBN: 9780300118889 Publisher’s Synopsis: In a series of massive military undertakings that stretched from 1095... -
The Tale of Genji – podcast by Teresa Goff
Posted on September 18, 2010 | No CommentsWritten a thousand years ago by Murasaki Shikibu, a 30 year-old lady in waiting of the 11th century Japanese Heian Court, The Tale of Genji is considered the world’s first... -
Wars of the Roses – Podcasts
Posted on August 12, 2010 | No CommentsThe Wars of the Roses is one of the most important events of late medieval English history. Lasting from 1455 to 1485, it was series of civil wars for the... -
BBC: Woman’s Hour
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsWoman’s Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It has been running since 1946 and consists of reports, interviews and debates on a wide variety of... -
BBC: The Long View
Posted on May 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe Long View is a radio programme aired on BBC Radio 4 that examines present day events from a historical perspective. Some of the earlier programmes can still be heard... -
Medieval History Podcasts from the National Archives
Posted on January 30, 2010 | No CommentsThe National Archives of the United Kingdom have been developing a series of podcasts about British history since 2006, covering all areas of history including the Middle Ages. The podcasts... -
Medieval Economics for the Peasant
Posted on September 4, 2009 | No CommentsThe first part of the podcast provides an overview of how a typical medieval economy worked, including the role of guilds, knights and peasants. -
The myth of the medieval chastity belt
Posted on January 18, 2009 | No CommentsMedieval scholar Albrecht Classen exposes the chastity belt as a popular myth that proliferated in the 19th century. After reviewing the evidence of the existence of the chastity belt, he found that scant research had been carried out, and that the chastity belt was a byproduct of the 19th-century fascination with instruments of torture from medieval times. -
Ethnogenesis: A Contested Model of Early Medieval Europe
Posted on November 21, 2008 | No CommentsEthnogenesis: A Contested Model of Early Medieval Europe Audio podcast given at Macquarie University (February 2007) Length: 20 minutes This podcast is a discussion between Professor Felice Lifshitz, History Compass’...
