Medieval Death Trip
118 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 228 ratingsA podcast exploring the wit and weirdness of medieval texts
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Episodes
MDT Episode 15: Concerning the Relics of Simon de Montfort
August 26, 2015 02:34 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MBIn this episode, we wrap up the Melrose Chronicle's account of Simon de Montfort with a look at the miracle stories attached to his relics.
MDT Episode 14: Concerning the Death of Simon de Montfort
August 03, 2015 09:06 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBIn this episode, we continue the tale of Simon de Montfort's struggle against King Henry III, with a look at two depictions of his final battle and death.
MDT Episode 13: Concerning the Old Chariot Trick
July 17, 2015 09:09 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MBThe Trip goes on after an unexpected summer detour. This episode we celebrate the underdog blockbuster of the season, Mad Max: Fury Road, with a medieval story of vehicular deception during the Second Baron's War.
MDT Episode 12: Concerning William Rufus, Treason, and Portents of the King’s Death
May 23, 2015 07:37 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this episode of Medieval Death Trip, we hear the Warenne Chronicle's account of how as King of England, William Rufus dealt with rebels and how his own death was foretold in signs and visions.
MDT Episode 12: Concerning William Rufus, Treason, and Portents of the King's Death
May 23, 2015 07:37 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this episode of Medieval Death Trip, we hear the Warenne Chronicle's account of how as King of England, William Rufus dealt with rebels and how his own death was foretold in signs and visions.
MDT Episode 11: How a Blood Libel Takes Root
April 17, 2015 08:59 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBIn this episode we finally cut to the core of the story Thomas of Monmouth tells about the murder of William of Norwich. While Thomas thinks he's telling the story of how William was murdered by Jewish citizens of Norwich, his actual text reveals quite plainly how mass hysteria and xenophobia drove such accusations.
MDT Episode 10: Concerning the Milk of Grammar
March 24, 2015 09:59 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBIn this episode we continue with Eberhard the German's Laborintus and learn how a teacher acquires the knowledge of grammar, along with getting some practical advice about inspiring medieval schoolchildren.
MDT Episode 09: Concerning the Wretched Fate of a Grammar Teacher
March 13, 2015 08:05 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBBetter late than never, it's Episode 9, wherein we hear Eberhard the German's description of his own doomed conception, after a fashion, by which he introduces his handbook of Latin composition, the Laborintus.
MDT Episode 08: Concerning a Devil Pig, a Death Prophecy, and St. William’s Candles
February 23, 2015 08:57 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBToday, we continue with Thomas of Monmouth's tales from the shrine of William of Norwich. This time, instead of miracle cures, we get an example of a miracle injury -- in other words, a good old-fashioned smiting. On the way we get a visit from a sinister pig and learn that candles might be valued more than a life.
MDT Episode 08: Concerning a Devil Pig, a Death Prophecy, and St. William's Candles
February 23, 2015 08:57 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBToday, we continue with Thomas of Monmouth's tales from the shrine of William of Norwich. This time, instead of miracle cures, we get an example of a miracle injury -- in other words, a good old-fashioned smiting. On the way we get a visit from a sinister pig and learn that candles might be valued more than a life.
MDT Episode 07: Concerning Some Divine Dentistry
February 09, 2015 09:40 - 34 minutes - 32 MBThis episode we return to the The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich to look at three cases of cures for toothache, followed by a glance at some actual medieval dental treatments. Get those worms out of your teeth!
MDT Episode 06: Concerning the Year Something-Fourteen
January 26, 2015 07:48 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBMedieval Death Trip returns with the first episode of 2015, in which we take year-end retrospectives to the extreme and sample all the year 14s for each century covered by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, followed by a look at the great Cottonian Library Fire of 1731.
MDT Episode 05: Concerning the Burning of Croyland Abbey
December 26, 2014 08:03 - 34 minutes - 32.5 MBOn this episode, we hear an account of the great Croyland (or Crowland) Abbey fire of 1091, purportedly written by the abbot at the time, Ingulf.
MDT Episode 04: The Violent Death of Bishop Walcher
December 13, 2014 07:35 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBEpisode 4 continues the story of the murder of Bishop Walcher of Durham foreseen in our previous episode. Text from Simeon of Durham's History of the Church of Durham.
MDT Episode 03: Concerning a Vision of Heaven and Hell and a Bad Outlook for the Bishop
November 28, 2014 07:48 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBFirst episode in a two-parter: we look at story from Symeon of Durham's History of the Church of Durham involving a person who reawakens from apparent death to share a vision of the afterlife that portends bad things for the bishop of Durham.
MDT Episode 02: Concerning Another Cure for Extreme Swelling, a Sinful Clerk, & Some Lightning Bolts
November 14, 2014 09:04 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBOn this episode, we look at an example of the kind of odd incidents you might find preserved in a medieval chronicle -- in this case, the Lanercost Chronicle. We have three short episodes from the account of the year 1288, and then one spectacular lightning strike from 1291.
MDT Episode 01: Concerning Poisoning By Toad
November 01, 2014 01:05 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBOur first full episode examines a tale of pirates, prisons, and poisonous toads, and the gruesome aftermath of combining those three elements together. This episode's text is from The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich by Thomas of Monmouth.
MDT Episode 0: Prologue
November 01, 2014 01:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBMedieval Death Trip launches with this Prologue episode, in which the premise and basic principles of this podcast are sketched out.