What did Byzantine music sound like? (The answer is more political than you’d expect), with Alex Medievalists 2026-09-28 | What did Byzantine music sound like? (The answer is more political than you’d expect), with Alex
Medieval Toys Medievalists 2023-08-03 | In honour of the new Barbie movie, Danièle talks about the games medieval children played, and the toys they played with.You can support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon - go to patreon.com/medievalists
Adventures in England Medievalists 2023-07-27 | This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle catches up with Peter Konieczny to discuss the new research they came across at the International Medieval Congress at Leeds, as well as some of the amazing historical sites they each visited this summer.
Medieval Storytime: A Spicy Snack Medievalists 2023-07-20 | This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle takes a quick moment out of summer vacation to bring you a (mildly) spicy story from medieval Italy about a jealous husband and his quick-witted wife.The story narrated by Danièle can be found in A Medieval Storybook, edited by Morris Bishop and published by Cornell University Press in 1970.You can support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon - go to patreon.com/medievalists
Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Late Antiquity, with Jennifer Westerfeld Medievalists 2023-07-13 | A conversation with Jennifer Westerfeld on the scripts used to write ancient Egyptian, especially hieroglyphs. Their last attested use was in the 390s AD, ending their long history in our period. Meanwhile, Greek, Roman, and Christian observers were developing their own theories about how the script worked, often quite fantastic, and reacted to texts inscribed in public spaces.Jennifer Westerfeld is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Louisville, where she specializes in the cultural and religious history of late antique Egypt, Coptic epigraphy, and papyrology. The conversation is based on Jennifer’s fascinating book Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination (University of Pennsylvania Press 2019).Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago.
The Medieval Podcast Live! with Eleanor Janega Medievalists 2023-07-06 | This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle travels to the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds for a chat about life, history, and everything in between with podcast favourite Eleanor Janega in front of a live studio audience.You can support this podcast on Patreon - go to patreon.com/medievalists
The remarkable world of hospitals, orphanages, and leprosaria, with Tim Miller Medievalists 2023-06-29 | A conversation with Timothy Miller about philanthropic institutions in Constantinople, especially hospitals, orphanages, and leprosaria.Timothy Miller is Professor of History at Salisbury University. Tim has done more than anyone to illuminate these remarkable places, starting with his impressive monograph The Birth of the Hospital in the Byzantine Empire (Johns Hopkins University Press 1985, 2nd ed. 1997). His current thinking on hospitals, orphanages, leprosaria can be found in the chapter ‘Philanthropic Institutions,’ in S. Bassett, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople (Cambridge 2022) 245-261.Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago.
How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple with Azzan Yadin-Israel Medievalists 2023-06-22 | Everyone knows that the fruit Eve was tempted to eat in the Garden of Eden was an apple - or was it? This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Azzan Yadin-Israel about the original fruit of original sin, how written culture and art worked together to transform it, and why it took centuries to settle on the apple. Azzan Yadin-Israel is a Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University. His new books are 'Temptation Transformed: The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple' and 'Intuitive Vocabulary: Ancient Greek'.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
96. Pre-Islamic Arabia, with Valentina Grasso Medievalists 2023-06-15 | A conversation with Valentina Grasso on Arabia before Islam. This used to be known primarily from preserved Arabic poetry, but the picture is now filling in from inscriptions and contemporary texts. There were competing kingdoms, tribal coalitions, and foreign empires with a stake in trade routes. There were pagans, Jews, and Christians, as well as generic or “cautious” monotheists. The cultural background of the Quran has never been known in such richness and complexity.Valentina A. Grasso is an Assistant Professor of Medieval History at Bard College. The conversation is based on Valentina’s recent book, Pre-Islamic Arabia: Societies, Politics, Cults, and Identities during Late Antiquity (Cambridge University Press, 2023).Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago. Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
John Gower with Eve Salisbury and Georgiana Donavin Medievalists 2023-06-15 | Everyone’s heard of Geoffrey Chaucer, but he wasn’t the only poet writing powerful and political verse in fourteenth-century London. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Eve Salisbury and Georgiana Donavin about John Gower, his poetry, and why we should all get to know him.Eve Salisbury is Professor of English, Emerita, at Western Michigan University. Georgiana Donavin is Professor of English at Westminster College. Click here to view her university webpage.See also The Gower Project at http://www.gowerproject.comThe new translation of Gower’s Vox Clamantis is published in Accessus: A Journal of Premodern Literature and New Media. Read it at https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/accessus/vol7/iss2/You can support this podcast on Patreon - go topatreon.com/medievalists
Thor with Declan Taggart Medievalists 2023-06-08 | He’s a comic book hero. He’s a movie star. He’s Earth’s mightiest Avenger, and a day of the week. He’s the god of thunder… or is he? This week, Danièle speaks with Declan Taggart about Thor.Declan Taggart is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at University College Cork. He is the author of How Thor Lost his Thunder: The Changing Faces of an Old Norse God.To listen to ExtraMedieval, please sign up at patreon.com/medievalists or through danielecybulskie.com/extramedieval.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
Episode 200: A Celebration Medievalists 2023-06-02 | This week, Danièle celebrates 200 episodes of The Medieval Podcast. Find out whose episodes listeners voted the most surprising, most entertaining, and most uplifting, as well as who had the best voice and best chemistry with Danièle. Which episode will reign supreme?Want to get ExtraMedieval? Sign up on the Medievalists.net Patreon at the $3.99 US tier. Visit the Patreon page at patreon.com/medievalists
95. Rome and Byzantium in Heavy Metal music, with Jeremy Swist Medievalists 2023-06-01 | A conversation with Jeremy Swist on why some heavy metal bands write music about Roman and Byzantine history. Expect “good” and “bad” emperors to be reversed here!Jeremy Swist is a Lecturer in Classical and Early Mediterranean Studie at Brandeis University. Jeremy has published much on this, including ‘Satan’s Empire: Ancient Rome’s Anti-Christian Appeal in Extreme Metal,’ Metal Music Studies 5 (2019) 35-51; ‘Headbanging to Byzantium: The Reception of the Byzantine Empire in Metal Music,’ in “What Byzantinism is this in Istanbul!” Byzantium in Popular Culture (Istanbul 2021) 200-231; and online, ‘Enjoy My Flames‘ (Lapham’s Quarterly) and ‘Dawn of a Dark Age: Constantine the Great in Heavy Metal Music.’
Gunpowder, Cannons, and Military History with Cliff Rogers Medievalists 2023-05-25 | During the Late Middle Ages, warfare began to change with the rise of gunpowder weapons. But is every medieval gunpowder recipe actually effective? This week, on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Clifford J. Rogers about his gunpowder experiments at West Point Military Academy, how small variations might affect each recipe, and why a modern military academy needs a medievalist.
What academic tenure does for you (yes, you!), with Jacques Berlinerblau Medievalists 2023-05-18 | This episode of Byzantium & Friends features a wide-ranging conversation with Jacques Berlinerblau about the changing nature of the academic profession, especially regarding the erosion of academic freedom through the expansion of contingent academic labor and direct attacks on it by the states. Is research becoming increasingly vulnerable to outside political pressures?Jacques Berlinerblau is a professor of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University. You can follow Jacques on Twitter @berlinerblauThe conversation is based partly on Jacques’s book Campus Confidential: How College Works, or Doesn’t, for Professors, Parents, and Students (Melville House, 2017), and partly on articles that he has written for news outlets, including MSNBC and The Chronicle of Higher Education.Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago.
The International Congress on Medieval Studies 2023 edition Medievalists 2023-05-18 | This week, Danièle speaks with Peter Konieczny from Medievalists.net about the new research they learned at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo.Danièle's course, Calamity and Change: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Century, begins on May 19th - sign up at medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/calamity-and-change
Introducing Chrétien de Troyes Medievalists 2023-05-11 | Source:spreaker.com/user/16143818/introducing-cretien-de-troyesThis week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle introduces Chrétien de Troyes, a thirteenth-century master of Arthurian literature and one of the most influential writers of all time.Danièle’s class on ‘Calamity and Change: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Century’ begins May 19th – please visit medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/calamity-and-change to sign up.Want to get ExtraMedieval? Sign up on our Patreon at the $3.99 US tier. Visit the Patreon page at patreon.com/medievalists
The afterlife of pagan inscriptions in Byzantium, with Anna Sitz Medievalists 2023-05-04 | A conversation with Anna Sitz on how Byzantines read ancient inscriptions - or modified, re-used, and defaced them. Ancient cities were full of inscribed texts, many on temple walls or referring to the gods in prominent ways. How did Christians cope with these monuments when they took over the cities of Greece and Asia Minor? We talk about a number of cases, including the massive inscription of Augustus' Res Gestae in Ankara. Anna Sitz is currently a Postdoc and Project Leader at the Universität Heidelberg in Germany. The conversation is based on Anna's book Pagan Inscriptions, Christian Viewers: The Afterlives of Temples and Their Texts in the Late Antique Eastern Mediterranean (Oxford University Press, 2023).Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago.
A Whos Who of English Kings Medievalists 2023-05-04 | In anticipation of the coronation of King Charles III, this week, Danièle goes through all of the medieval English kings in sequence from 1066 to 1509, highlighting some of their best and worst moments.Sign up for Danièle's course, Calamity and Change: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Century, at medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/calamity-and-changeWant to get ExtraMedieval? Sign up on our Patreon at the $3.99 US tier at patreon.com/medievalists
Shakespeare and the Middle Ages Medievalists 2023-04-27 | This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle discusses the medieval stories that informed some of the world's most famous plays, as well as the influence William Shakespeare has had on our collective memory of the Middle Ages.Danièle's class on 'Calamity and Change: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Century' begins May 19th - please visit medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/calamity-and-change to sign up.
An insider’s guide to academic publishing, with Byzantine studies in mind, featuring Anna Henderson Medievalists 2023-04-20 | A conversation with Anna Henderson of ARC Humanities Press about the world of academic publishing today, including its challenges, opportunities, and aspirations. ARC is a fairly recent venture, but has already published a number of excellent books in medieval studies (including on Byzantium). You can find out more about it here: https://www.arc-humanities.org In fact, the very first episode of this podcast was on a book published by ARC.Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago. You can support Medievalists.net on Patreon - go to patreon.com/medievalists
Saint Colette with Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski Medievalists 2023-04-13 | Not every saint gets a contemporary biography, let alone two, but fifteenth-century French saint Colette is among them. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski about Saint Colette, her two very different biographies, and her remarkable life as a reformer on the road.Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Pittsburgh. A past president of the Medieval Academy of America, Renate does research on French literature, religious and political history, and the history of medicine. Renate’s latest book is Two Lives of Saint Colette: With a Selection of Letters by, to, and about Colette, published by Iter Press.You can sign up for ExtraMedieal with Danièle Cybulskie at danielecybulskie.com/extramedieval
Scavenging in the ruins of empire, with Robin Fleming Medievalists 2023-04-06 | A conversation with Robin Fleming about how the lives and material circumstances of people in Roman Britain changed when the imperial state and its economy withdrew from the island in the fifth century AD. Among other topics, we talk about food, skills, recycling of materials, and adaptation.Robin Fleming is a Professor of history at Boston College, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow, and a leading historian of early medieval England. The conversation is based on Robin’s recent book The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 AD (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). See also her book Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise of the Middle Ages, c. 400–c. 1070.Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago.
Balthazar with Bryan Keene Medievalists 2023-04-06 | During the Middle Ages, one figure began to consistently symbolize the renowned wealth and wisdom of African kingdoms in European art: Balthazar. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Bryan Keene about this wise king, his evolution in medieval art, and his continuing impact in modern culture.Bryan C. Keene teaches art history at Riverside City College and was previously a curator in the Department of Manuscripts at the Getty Museum.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
It’s dogs and cats this week on The Medieval Podcast and ExtraMedieval #hugamedievalist Medievalists 2023-03-31 | ...
Medieval Storytime: Dogs Medievalists 2023-03-30 | They've been our helpers, protectors, and best friends for thousands of years, but what did people in the Middle Ages think about our canine companions? This week, Danièle shares some medieval writers' thoughts about dogs.You can support this podcast and sign up for ExtraMedieval on Patreon - go to patreon.com/medievalistsMedievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnet
At the dawn of Byzantine Studies: Martin Crusius (1526-1607), with Richard Calis Medievalists 2023-03-23 | A conversation with Richard Calis about Martin Crusius (aka Kraus: 1526-1607 AD), one of the first philologist-historians who tried to reconstruct Byzantine history from the sources. We talk about his interest in the Greek language and the Ottoman empire, in using Byzantine sources to understand antiquity, and his working methods — all in an era before there was much scholarship to guide him.Richard Calis is Assistant Professor in Cultural History at Utrecht University. His first book, The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter, and Belief in the Mediterranean World of Martin Crusius (1526-1607), is under contract with Harvard University Press. The conversation is based on Richard’s chapter ‘Martin Crusius’s Lost Byzantine Legacy,’ in N. Aschenbrenner and J. Ransohoff, eds., The Invention of Byzantium in Early Modern Europe (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 2021) 105-142.
Medieval Womens Letters Medievalists 2023-03-23 | Source:spreaker.com/user/16143818/medieval-womens-lettersThis week, Danièle shares letters written by some of the most iconic women of the Middle Ages, including Empress Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Christine de Pizan.To subscribe and listen to ExtraMedieval, please visit danielecybulskie.com/extramedieval
The Once and Future Sex with Eleanor Janega Medievalists 2023-03-16 | This week, Danièle speaks with Eleanor Janega about medieval womanhood, the ideal feminine body in the Middle Ages, and how past perceptions of women’s roles are still affecting society today.Eleanor Janega is a historian and guest teacher at the London School of Economics. Her current research focuses on the conceptualisation of sex and its influence on society in the medieval and early modern period.You can learn more about the conference Easter in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages at afterconstantine.com/post/easter-in-late-antiquity-and-the-middle-ages-conference-program
The resilience and agency of Byzantine rural communities, with Fotini Kondyli Medievalists 2023-03-09 | A conversation with Fotini Kondyli about our changing picture of rural communities in late Byzantium. We talk about resilience in times of crisis — the fourteenth century was not an easy one! — and about how we can reimagine and restore the power and agency of these rural non-elites. We also talk about survey archaeology, one of our main tools for accessing these communities.Fotini Kondyli is Associate Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology at the University of Virginia. Her research interests include Byzantine and Frankish spatial practices, community-building processes and the material culture of Byzantine non-elites.This talk is based on her book Rural Communities in Late Byzantium: Resilience and Vulnerability in the Northern Aegean (Cambridge University Press, 2022).Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
An ExtraMedieval Crossover Medievalists 2023-03-09 | This week, Danièle previews her new podcast ExtraMedieval in a crossover episode covering The Feast of the Swan, medieval guide dogs, and how modern research on animals can help us think more deeply about the Middle Ages.You can sign up to get ExtraMedieval on the Medievalists.net Patreon at the $3.99 tier - go to patreon.com/medievalists
This week it’s Helen Nicholson on Women in the Crusades. Listen to it on our channel Medievalists 2023-02-25 | ...
Women’s labor in the Roman Empire, with Anna Kelley Medievalists 2023-02-23 | A conversation with Anna Kelley about women’s labor and occupations in the Roman and later Roman Empire. It turns out that they may have engaged in more types of business and workshop production, especially in textile manufacture and marketing, than contemporary gender norms suggest.Anna Kelley is a Research Fellow in Early Medieval History at the University of St. Andrews. Her research focuses on economics and labour in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.The conversation is based on Anna’s article ‘Searching for Professional Women in the Mid to Late Roman Textile Industry,’ Past and Present 258 (2023) 3-43. You can read it at doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtac007Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
Women in the Crusades with Helen Nicholson Medievalists 2023-02-23 | From supplying food and medical treatment, to lending emotional and financial support, to occasionally engaging in combat, women were to be found in and around every major conflict of the Middle Ages. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Helen J. Nicholson about the role of women in the most famous clashes of the medieval period: the crusades.Helen J. Nicholson is a recently retired Professor of Medieval History at Cardiff University and one of the world’s leading experts on military religious orders and the Crusades. She has authored or edited dozens of books and articles, the latest of which is Women and the Crusades, published by Oxford University Press.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
The Decline of Serfdom with Mark Bailey Medievalists 2023-02-16 | We know that many people were unfree serfs in the Middle Ages, but what does serfdom actually mean? This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Mark Bailey about medieval serfs, their place in society, and the true catalyst for the decline and fall of serfdom in England.Mark Bailey is the Managing Director of Dukes Education and a visiting professor of Later Medieval History at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of several books, including Medieval Suffolk. An Economic and Social History 1200 to 1500, After the Black Death. Economy, society and the law in fourteenth-century England, and The Decline of Serfdom in Late Medieval England: From Bondage to Freedom. Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/medievalists...Twitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/medievalist...Tumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
Dragons! with Scott Bruce Medievalists 2023-02-09 | A conversation with Scott Bruce about dragons, ancient, medieval, and early modern, from around the world. Where did our "canonical" image of the dragon come from? What other kinds of dragons existed? What did dragons mean in different cultures?Scott G. Bruce is a Professor of History at Fordham University, where he researches religion and culture in the Middle Ages. The conversation is based on Scott's recent anthology, The Penguin Book of Dragons (2021), which has a chapter on Byzantine dragons.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
Womens Work in Catalonia with Sarah Ifft Decker Medievalists 2023-02-09 | We know that women in the Middle Ages worked and contributed in vital ways to their families and communities, but where do we find the evidence? And what can it tell us? This week, Danièle speaks with Sarah Ifft Decker about women’s work in medieval Catalonia, how we can trace it, and how it differed from city to city and faith to faith.Sarah Ifft Decker an Assistant Professor of History at Rhodes College, and the author of many articles and book chapters on Jewish and Christian women, marriage, conversion, and money in Catalonia. Her new book is The Fruit of Her Hands: Jewish and Christian Women’s Work in Medieval Catalan Cities.She’s also the creator and host of Media-eval: A Medieval Pop Culture Podcast.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
The Medieval Swan with Natalie Goodison Medievalists 2023-02-02 | In the Middle Ages, swans could be found everywhere from ponds, lakes, and moats, to shields, tombs, and stories. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Natalie Goodison about how these beautiful birds have made a lasting impact on Western culture in wide-ranging and unexpected ways.Natalie Goodison is a Teaching Fellow at Durham University, where she researches medieval literature, romance, the history of ideas, women’s health, and the medical humanities. Natalie’s new book is Introducing the Medieval Swan, published by the University of Wales Press.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
Concluding the Medieval Grad Podcast Medievalists 2023-01-30 | The final episode of the Medieval Grad Podcast. Lucie Laumonier talks with Peter Konieczny about the experience of doing a podcast, what their favourite episodes were, and what Lucie is doing now. On behalf of Lucie, we at Medievalists.net want to thank you for listening to this podcast and supporting our work. You can find Lucie's articles on Medievalists.net at medievalists.net/tag/lucie-laumonier
86. How to organize a museum exhibition – and bring the Holy Land home, with Amanda Luyster Medievalists 2023-01-26 | A conversation with Amanda Luyster on how to organize a museum exhibition, from conception and design to securing the objects and planning events around it. We also talk about the famous tiles of Chertsey Abbey, a royal commission that evoked the Crusades with artistic allusions to Byzantium and the Islamic world.The exhibition, Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece, runs from 26 January to 6 April, 2023, at the Cantor Art Gallery in Worcester, Massachusetts. See https://www.holycross.edu/iris-and-b-gerald-cantor-art-gallery/current-exhibitionAmanda Luyster is an Assistant Professor at College of the Holy Cross, where she specializes in the study of the art of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in England and France. Besides helping to set up this exhibition, she edited a companion volume to it and assisted in the creation of a website about the Chestsey Tiles - https://chertseytiles.holycross.edu/Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago. Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
A Beginners Guide to Medieval Saints Medievalists 2023-01-26 | This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle (with the help of her new puppy) introduces some of the most popular saints of the Middle Ages, along with their iconography, so you can spot them in medieval art.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us on:Facebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
The Wife of Bath with Marion Turner Medievalists 2023-01-19 | Source:spreaker.com/user/16143818/the-wife-of-bath-with-marion-turnerUnfiltered, opinionated, and joyful, the Wife of Bath stands out from Chaucer's Canterbury crowd, interjecting, interrupting, and endearing herself to readers for over six centuries. This week, Danièle speaks with Marion Turner about the literary life and legacy of this unforgettable character.Marion Turner is the J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at the University of Oxford. Her new book is The Wife of Bath: A Biography.The creator and host of The Medieval Podcast is Danièle Cybulskie. Click here to visit her website at danielecybulskie.com or follow her on Twitter @5MinMedievalistYou can also help support the podcast and Medievalists.net through our Patreon – go to patreon.com/medievalists to learn more.
Lead mining and lead pollution in the Roman world, with Paul Stephenson Medievalists 2023-01-12 | A conversation with Paul Stephenson about the impact of lead mining and smelting on the miners themselves, the communities around them, and on plants, animals, and human beings across the Roman Empire. This is part of a broader and ongoing project on metallurgy and environmental violence.Paul Stephenson is a Faculty Member at Pennsylvania State University and the author of ten books about the Roman and Byzantine worlds. Paul integrates the recent science of Roman lead into his latest history of the empire, New Rome: The Empire in the East (Harvard University Press 2022).You can see the show notes at medievalists.net/2023/01/lead-mining-and-lead-pollution-in-the-roman-world-with-paul-stephensonByzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago. Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
New Years Resolutions from the Middle Ages Medievalists 2023-01-12 | On January 1, 1404, a Florentine named Gregorio Dati wrote down his good intentions in his "secret ledger" to keep himself accountable. This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle revisits Dati's New Year's resolutions and the life of this colourful medieval silk merchant.Danièle’s article on this topic - A Medieval Man’s New Year’s Resolutions - can be read at medievalists.net/2017/12/medieval-mans-new-years-resolutionsYou can read more of Gregorio Dati’s diary in Julia Martines’ Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence: The Diaries of Buonaccorso Pitti and Gregorio Dati.The creator and host of The Medieval Podcast is Danièle Cybulskie. Follow her on Twitter @5MinMedievalistMedievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
On writing narrative history, with guest-host Marion Kruse Medievalists 2022-12-29 | In this end-of-the-year episode, guest host Marion Kruse (University of Cincinnati) interviews Anthon Kaldellis about writing narrative history. Why and how should we write narrative histories? What do they accomplish in the overall economy of the scholarly production of knowledge? What pitfalls did I identify in writing my new history of Byzantium, and how did I try to avoid falling into them? Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
Best Medieval Books of 2022 Medievalists 2022-12-22 | Here at The Medieval Podcast, it’s all about books, especially in the depths of winter. Every year, it’s an absolute pleasure to discover new works by both established historians and up-and-comers that expand our collective knowledge, challenge old ideas, and illuminate new corners of the medieval world. As I do every year, I’ve invited Peter Konieczny from Medievalists.net to come on the podcast and discuss some of the year’s best books.The books mentioned in this year’s list include:The Jacquerie of 1358: A French Peasants’ Revolt, by Justine Firnhaber-BakerWinters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year, by Eleanor ParkerThe Deeds of Philip Augustus: An English Translation of Rigord’s “Gesta Philippi Augusti”, translated by Larry F. FieldEmbodying the Soul: Medicine and Religion in Carolingian Europe, by Meg LejaThe Abbasid House of Wisdom: Between Myth and Reality, by Ekmeleddin İhsanoğluBlandin de Cornoalha, A Comic Occitan Romance, translated by Wendy Pfeffer and Margaret BurrellThe Kushnameh: The Persian Epic of Kush the Tusked, translated by Kaveh L. HemmatOceania, 800-1800CE: A Millennium of Interactions in a Sea of Islands, by James FlexnerPoisoned Wells: Accusations, Persecution, and Minorities in Medieval Europe, by Tzafrir BarzilayHousehold Goods and Good Households in Late Medieval London: Consumption and Domesticity After the Plague, by Katherine L. FrenchMedievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
Blinding as punishment and enforced disability, with Jake Ransohoff Medievalists 2022-12-15 | A conversation with Jake Ransohoff on the practice of blinding in Byzantium. Why and how was it done? Why was it more prominent in some periods rather than in others? And how did its victims cope with this disability that the state had imposed on them for (usually) crimes of treason? Jake Ransohoff is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies, Simon Fraser University. The conversation is based on Jake’s Ph.D. dissertation – Sightless Eyes, Broken Bodies: Blinding, Punishment, and the Politics of Disability in the Byzantine World – done at Harvard University.Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
Two Houses, Two Kingdoms with Catherine Hanley Medievalists 2022-12-15 | To see the tangled knots of medieval interpersonal and international relationships, we need look no further than two of the most powerful, long-lasting, and entwined dynasties of the Middle Ages. This week, Danièle speaks with Catherine Hanley about two hundred years of rule by the houses of Plantagenet and Capet.Catherine Hanley is a medieval historian and author, whose books include Louis: The French Prince who invaded England, Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior, and Two Houses, Two Kingdoms: A History of France and England, 1100-1300. Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
Islamic Gardens in the Middle Ages with D. Fairchild Ruggles Medievalists 2022-12-08 | The Middle Ages was a time in which people were closely tied to plants and their environment, deeply aware of their potential as a source of food, healing and beauty. Islamic gardens were especially known for their creativity and innovation. This week, Danièle speaks with D. Fairchild Ruggles about their cultural significance and the ingenious ways they were cultivated.D. Fairchild Ruggles is a historian of Islamic art and architecture, and a professor at the University of Illinois’ Department of Landscape Architecture. Her book, Islamic Gardens and Landscapes, is now out as a paperback from the University of Pennsylvania Press.Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
What was First Iconoclasm about?, with Leslie Brubaker Medievalists 2022-12-01 | A conversation with Leslie Brubaker (University of Birmingham) on the first period of Byzantine iconoclasm (ca. 730 to 787 AD). What was the problem with religious icons? What did the "Isaurian" emperors Leon III and Konstantinos V try to do about it, and why? A great deal of what we used to know, largely by following pro-icon sources, has come undone in the latest research. Where we stand now has been lucidly presented by Leslie in her Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm (Bristol Classical Press 2012).Medievalists.net: Where the Middle Ages Begins - visit our site at medievalists.netYou can also find us onFacebook: facebook.com/medievalists.netTwitter: twitter.com/MedievalistsInstagram: instagram.com/medievalistsnetTumblr: tumblr.com/medievalistsnetYou can also support this podcast and Medievalists.net on Patreon: patreon.com/medievalists
