A conversation with Christian Raffensperger — one hundred episodes after our previous one! — on medieval European rulership from Iberia and Scandinavia to Rus’ and Constantinople. We talk about succession and co-rulership and titles in ways that don’t prioritize the British, French, and German models.
Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago. You can follow him on his personal website. You can listen to more episodes of Byzantium & Friends through Podbean, Spotify or Apple Podcasts
Top Image: Detail of the globe from The Ambassadors by Holbein 1533 – Wikimedia Commons
A conversation with Christian Raffensperger — one hundred episodes after our previous one! — on medieval European rulership from Iberia and Scandinavia to Rus’ and Constantinople. We talk about succession and co-rulership and titles in ways that don’t prioritize the British, French, and German models.
Christian Raffensperger is the Kenneth E. Wray Chair in the Humanities at Wittenberg University, and currently is the Archie K. Davis Fellow at the National Humanities Center. Click here to view his university webpage. This talk is inspired by his recent book Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe, 1000-1200, published by Routledge in 2024.
Click here to read articles by Christian Raffensperger on Medievalists.net
Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago. You can follow him on his personal website. You can listen to more episodes of Byzantium & Friends through Podbean, Spotify or Apple Podcasts
Top Image: Detail of the globe from The Ambassadors by Holbein 1533 – Wikimedia Commons
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