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A Rotting Cat and a Damaged Penis

by Medievalists.net
October 4, 2021

Do you know what is the best weapon to attack your drinking pal outside of a tavern? A rotting cat, of course! In today’s episode, Allison Bailey, presents her research about the intersection of gender, violence and emotions in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century France.

Allison Bailey is currently a PhD student at the University of Toronto. Her MA thesis, The Construction of Gender through Violence in Medieval France from the Letters of Remission, 1410-1411, can be read from the University of Calgary PRISM Repository. You can follow Allison on Twitter @Canniballison

Allison recommends these two books – Medieval Violence: Physical Brutality in Northern France, 1270-1330, by Hannah Skoda, and De Grace Especial: Crime, État et Société En France À la Fin, by Claude Gauvard.

See also: Medieval London Murders: Joice de Cornwall

The Medieval Grad Podcast is a new podcast here at Medievalists.net. Look for two episodes to be released each month – if you are part of our Patreon you can listen to these episodes early!

You can listen to the podcast via Libsyn, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or through your favourite podcast player.

Lucie Laumonier is an affiliate assistant professor at Concordia University. Click here to view her Academia.edu page or follow her on Instagram at The French Medievalist. She is also a columnist on Medievalists.net, writing about agriculture and rural life in the Middle Ages.

If you are interested in being a guest of the podcast, you can email Lucie at [email protected].

The music in this podcast is La douce jouvencelle

Top Image: British Library MS Royal 2 B VII   f. 188r 

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