Medieval Death Trip

MDT Ep. 105: Concerning the Voice of the Golem

We kick of 2024 with a look at humanity's attempts to recreate itself, first with a dip into the...

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MDT Ep. 104: Concerning the Abacus and Succubus of Gerbert d'Aurillac

We conclude our miniseries comparing the legends to the real life of Gerbert d'Aurillac:...

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• 5 meses

MDT Ep. 103: "The Demon Pope" by Richard Garnett

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Gerbert d'Aurillac series with a special Halloween...

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• 6 meses

MDT Ep. 102: Concerning the Occult Career of Pope Sylvester II

We pick up our unfinished thread from the Melrose Chronicle by exploring the "Dark Legend" of...

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• 7 meses

MDT Ep. 101: Concerning Danish Devastations, a Devilish Pope, a Deceitful Duke, and English Decline

It's back to basics in Ep. 101 as we return to the Chronicle of Melrose to hear about the years...

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• 9 meses

MDT Ep. 100: Concerning the Litigious Origins of Printing

For our 100th episode, we look at one of the technologies that marks an endpoint for the middle...

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• 11 meses

MDT Ep. 99: A Valentine's Battle for the Kingship of Man

On Valentine's Day 796 years ago, brother fought brother for the throne of the Isle of Man, as...

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• 1 año

MDT Ep. 98: Concerning the Life of Elgar the Hermit and Divine Dinner Delivery

On this episode, we get cozy for the holidays with a visit to the humble abode of Elgar, Hermit...

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• 1 año

MDT Ep. 97: Concerning Three Witches

This time on Medieval Death Trip, we celebrate Black Friday weekend with some black magic in our...

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• 1 año

MDT Ep. 96: Concerning the Relics and Grave of King Oswald

This episode we examine the fate of another royal head, that of King Oswald of Northumbria, and...

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MDT Extra: Letters on the Death of Elizabeth I

This extra minisode of Medieval Death Trip offers a bit of historical perspective on the recent...

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• 1 año

MDT Ep. 95: Concerning Princely Heads and the Bishop's Monkeys

This episode we return to the Lanercost Chronicle (and a bit of Capgrave's Chronicle) to get some...

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• 1 año

MDT Ep. 94: Helmbrecht v Sheriff: Eve of Justice

This episode we conclude the story of the peasant lad who spurned a humble farming life to go off...

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• 1 año

MDT Ep. 93: Helmbrecht Returns, or The Dark Robber Knight

We continue with Part 2 (of 3) of the 13th-century peasant epic Meier Helmbrecht, in which...

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• 1 año

MDT Ep. 92: Helmbrecht Begins, or How to Become a Robber Knight

In this episode we learn how important good hair is to becoming a medieval cattle rustler with...

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• 1 año

MDT Ep. 91: Concerning Wage Warfare after the Plague

This episode, we follow up on a question from Ep. 90 about why the wandering worker Thomas Fuller...

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• 1 año

MDT Ep. 90: Medieval True Crime IV: In the Shadow of the Gallows Pole

We finish off our Medieval True Crime miniseries with a look at two hangings from the year 1484...

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• 1 año

MDT Ep. 89: Interview with a Devil

In this (belated) episode marking our seventh anniversary, we learn about the infernal realms,...

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MDT Ep. 88: Concerning the Plight of the Paterfamilias

In this slightly belated Father's Day episode, we return to the snarky wit of Walter Map as he...

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MDT Ep. 87: Medieval True Crime III: Death in the Countryside

We return from an unplanned semester hiatus with the third installment of our Medieval True Crime...

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• +1 año