EPISODE · Apr 24, 2022 · 1H 26M
Beliefs In The Early Medieval Period (with Dr Eoghan Ahern)
from Wide Atlantic Weird · host Cian
Dr Eoghan Aherne visits the cabin to talk about the early medieval period, and some things we might believe about it that might not be true! Topics include: -modern myths about the medieval period -were medieval people particularly credulous? -a medieval flat Earth? -classical ideas during the medieval period: the four elements -the scientific revolution as continuity rather than revolution -the importance of miracles and the Irish saints -the distinction between ‘natural’ and ‘supernatural’ -Religious relics in Ireland -Belief in the Devil, demons and possession -St Colmcille and the Loch Ness Monster -Pagan gods as demons Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Bede and the Cosmos, Eoghan Aherne, 2020 https://www.routledge.com/Bede-and-the-Cosmos-Theology-and-Nature-in-the-Eighth-Century/Ahern/p/book/9781138365438 DISCOUNT FLYER for the book. 30% discount available, enter the code BC30 at checkout. Why Can The Dead Do Such Great Things Robert Bartlett https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691169682/why-can-the-dead-do-such-great-things Observation In the Margins, Katherine Park https://www.academia.edu/7785602/_Observation_in_the_Margins_500_1500_in_Lorraine_Daston_and_Elizabeth_Lunbeck_eds_Histories_of_Observation_Chicago_University_of_Chicago_Press_2011_15_44
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Dr Eoghan Aherne visits the cabin to talk about the early medieval period, and some things we might believe about it that might not be true! Topics include: -modern myths about the medieval period -were medieval people particularly credulous? -a medieval flat Earth? -classical ideas during the medieval period: the four elements -the scientific revolution as continuity rather than revolution -the importance of miracles and the Irish saints -the distinction between ‘natural’ and ‘supernatural’ -Religious relics in Ireland -Belief in the Devil, demons and possession -St Colmcille and the Loch Ness Monster -Pagan gods as demons Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Bede and the Cosmos, Eoghan Aherne, 2020 https://www.routledge.com/Bede-and-the-Cosmos-Theology-and-Nature-in-the-Eighth-Century/Ahern/p/book/9781138365438 DISCOUNT FLYER for the book. 30% discount available, enter the code BC30 at checkout. Why Can The Dead Do Such Great Things Robert Bartlett https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691169682/why-can-the-dead-do-such-great-things Observation In the Margins, Katherine Park https://www.academia.edu/7785602/_Observation_in_the_Margins_500_1500_in_Lorraine_Daston_and_Elizabeth_Lunbeck_eds_Histories_of_Observation_Chicago_University_of_Chicago_Press_2011_15_44
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