84 Mandeville, Part One
Supposedly, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville is about an English knight who sets out for the Holy Land in the 1330s. However, the journey to Jerusalem and the surrounding environs are only a small part of a larger narrative […]
An episode of the The Weird History Podcast podcast, hosted by Joe Streckert, titled "84 Mandeville, Part One" was published on June 9, 2016 and runs 13 minutes.
June 9, 2016 ·13m · The Weird History Podcast
Summary
Supposedly, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville is about an English knight who sets out for the Holy Land in the 1330s. However, the journey to Jerusalem and the surrounding environs are only a small part of a larger narrative that involves fantastical creatures, foreign kingdoms, and wonders both inspiring and gross. During the first part of his journey Mandeville describes the life and religion of the Greeks (including their opinions on beards), a woman who was turned into a dragon (and the knights who failed to save her) and the temple of the Pheonix. That’s only the beginning, though. Next week, we’ll stay with Sir John Mandeville as he ventures further into the unknown and into even more bizarre foreign lands. Among the pseudohistory of Mandeville’s travelogue is the theory that the pyramids were meant to store grain, pictured below. Theme music: Cowboy Surfer by The Vivisectors
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