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The Medieval Podcast — 353 episodes

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350 Episodes: A Celebration

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Replay: Live at Leeds with Eleanor Janega

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Widow City with Anna Wainwright

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A Medieval Paper Armoury with Chassica Kirchhoff

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The Peasant Kitchen with Luis Almenar Fernández

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Royal Receipts with Abigail S. Armstrong

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Medieval Pubs with Peter Dobek

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Europe's Last Pagan Peoples with Francis Young

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Medieval Mass Expulsions with Rowan Dorin

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Celtic Magic with Brigid Ehrmantraut

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The Life and Voyages of St. Brendan with Gordon Barthos

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Mary Magdalene on Stage with Joanne Findon

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Financing Queenship with Michele Seah

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Five Life Lessons from Ten Years as an Author

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Medieval Musical Romances with Nigel Bryant and Matthew P. Thomson

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Self-Help and the Seven Deadly Sins with Peter Jones

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Patterns of Plague with Lori Jones

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Comparing Women's Work with Nena Vandeweerdt

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Mathilda of Flanders with Laura Gathagan

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On the Supremacy of the Pope with Patrick Nold

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The Welles-Ros Bible with Kathryn A. Smith

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Sir Tristrem with Thomas H. Crofts

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Medieval Silesia with Sébastien Rossignol

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The Art of War in Byzantium with Georgios Theotokis

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Listening to the Middle Ages with Jonathan Berger

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Africa and the Middle Ages with D. Vance Smith

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Magic Books with Anne Lawrence-Mathers

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Alberti: Renaissance Man

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Romanos the Melodist with Thomas Arentzen

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Medieval Beauty

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2025: The Medieval Year in Review

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Robin Hood and the Christmastime Tradition with Alex Kaufman

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Richard the Lionheart with Heather Blurton

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The Medieval Order of Assassins with Steve Tibble

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Best Medieval Books of 2025

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The Medieval Moon with Ayoush Lazikani

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The Language of Heresy with Erin Wagner

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Balthild of Francia with Isabel Moreira

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Medieval Vampire Epidemics with John Blair

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The Two Hundred Years' War with Michael Livingston

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Medieval Animal Names with Ben Parsons

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Medieval Wolves with Elizabeth Marshall

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A New History of the Fourteenth Century with Helen Carr

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Medieval Wills and Testaments with Robert A. Wood

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Forensic Medicine and Death Investigation with Sara Butler

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History in Flames with Robert Bartlett

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Æthelstan, First King of England with David Woodman

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Robert DeVere, Royal Favourite with James Ross

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Joan of Arc with Deborah McGrady

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Medieval Love Letters with Ad Putter and Myra Stokes

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Marco Polo and his World with Sharon Kinoshita

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Episode 300!

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Vikings Behaving Reasonably with Robert Lively

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Elephants and Ivory with John Beusterien

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Royal Grief in Medieval Iberia with Nuria Silleras-Fernandez

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Mysterious Manuscripts with Garry Shaw

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Johannes Gutenberg with Eric White

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Inventing the Renaissance with Ada Palmer

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Saint Thomas Becket with Michael Staunton

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Medieval Infancy with Julie Singer

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Prester John with Chris Taylor

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El Cid with Nora Berend

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Royal Women of Sweden with Caroline Wilhelmsson

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Frederick Barbarossa with Graham Loud

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The Rise of Henry Tudor with Nathen Amin

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Medieval Hospitals with Sarah Loose Guerrero

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The Medieval Writings of Jean Bodel with Lynn Ramey

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Medieval Africa with Luke Pepera

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Ladies-in-Waiting with Caroline Dunn

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Global Ships with Amanda Respess

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Buddhist Poet-Monks in Medieval China with Thomas J. Mazanec

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How to Live Like a Monk in Stressful Times

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Henry III with David Carpenter

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Sexy Medieval Songs with Elizabeth Eva Leach

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Muslims in the Kingdom of Jerusalem with Ann Zimo

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Medieval Iceland with Sverrir Jakobsson

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Dowager Queens of Korea with Alban Schmid

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Medieval Eastern Europe with Florin Curta

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Early English Queens with Matthew Firth

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Fixing the Liturgy with CJ Jones

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2024: The Medieval Year in Review

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In Defense of Women with Margaret L. King

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Best Medieval Books of 2024

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The House of Condulmer with Alan Stahl

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A Holy Blueprint with Karl Kinsella

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Ibn Sina and Biruni with S. Frederick Starr

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The Otherworld with Lisa Bitel

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Bad Chaucer with Tison Pugh

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Medieval Riga with Kevin O'Connor

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The Green Ages with Annette Kehnel

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Henry V with Dan Jones

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The Eagle and the Hart with Helen Castor

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Charlemagne with Cullen Chandler

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September Book Roundup

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Medieval Falconry with Yannis Hadjinicolaou

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Forging a Kingdom in the 11th century with Simon Doubleday

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Feminist Medievalisms with Usha Vishnuvajjala

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Travel Through Medieval Eyes with Anthony Bale

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Hunting Fake History with Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse

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Medieval Beards and Baldness with Joseph McAlhany

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Crusader Criminals with Steve Tibble

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Celebrating Episode 250: A Pot Pourri of Medieval Trivia

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Divining the Future with Jo Edge

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Cleaning Up Renaissance Italy with Jane Stevens Crawshaw

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Bede and the Theory of Everything with Michelle Brown

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A Year in Early Medieval England with Eleanor Parker

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The Capetians with Justine Firnhaber-Baker

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Medieval Corruption and Protection with Jonathan Lyon

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Rewriting the First Crusade with Thomas Smith

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A Catch-Up (And a Big Reveal) with Dan Jones

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Medieval Arthurian Literature with Kathy Cawsey and Elizabeth Edwards

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Medieval Coins with Rory Naismith

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Medieval Fish with Richard Hoffmann

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The Art of Medieval Anatomy with Taylor McCall

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Mary of Egypt with Sonia Velazquez

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How to Focus Like a Monk with Jamie Kreiner

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Medieval Hair with Emanuele Lugli

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Dirty Books with Kate Rudy

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Introducing the Medieval Fox with Paul Wackers

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Rome and the Papacy with Jessica Wärnberg

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Medieval Charms with Katherine Storm Hindley

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A Medieval Map of the World with Meredith Small

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Medieval Monsters with Charity Urbanski

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William of Auvergne with Lesley Smith

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Carrying and Moving in the Middle Ages

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Eleanor of Aquitaine with Karen Sullivan

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Justice, Politics, and Death in Medieval Ireland with Joanna MacGugan

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2023: The Year in Review

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Saints and Feasts of the Holiday Season

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Gender, Transgender and the Middle Ages with Alicia Spencer-Hall and Blake Gutt

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Best Books of 2023

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English Royal Mysteries

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The Deorhord with Hana Videen

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The Well-Laden Ship: Medieval Proverbs

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American Vikings with Martyn Whittock

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Chivalry and Courtesy with Danièle Cybulskie

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How to Be a Five-Minute Medievalist

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How Often Do You Think About the Crusades?

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Leading the Rebellion with Jason Kingsley

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Wonders and Rarities with Travis Zadeh

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Trees and Religion in Early Medieval England with Michael Bintley

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Gallows with Kenneth Duggan

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The Templars in Britain with Steve Tibble

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Medieval Advice from a Mother to a Son

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Medieval Toys

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Adventures in England

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Medieval Storytime: A Spicy Snack

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The Medieval Podcast Live! with Eleanor Janega

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How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple with Azzan Yadin-Israel

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John Gower with Eve Salisbury and Georgiana Donavin

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Thor with Declan Taggart

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Episode 200: A Celebration

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Gunpowder, Cannons, and Military History with Cliff Rogers

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The International Congress on Medieval Studies 2023 edition

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Introducing Chrétien de Troyes

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A Who's Who of English Kings

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Shakespeare and the Middle Ages

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Saint Colette with Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

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Balthazar with Bryan Keene

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Medieval Storytime: Dogs

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Medieval Women's Letters

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The Once and Future Sex with Eleanor Janega

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An ExtraMedieval Crossover

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Women in the Crusades with Helen Nicholson

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The Decline of Serfdom with Mark Bailey

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Women's Work in Catalonia with Sarah Ifft Decker

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The Medieval Swan with Natalie Goodison

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A Beginner's Guide to Medieval Saints

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The Wife of Bath with Marion Turner

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New Year's Resolutions from the Middle Ages

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Best Medieval Books of 2022

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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms with Catherine Hanley

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Islamic Gardens in the Middle Ages with D. Fairchild Ruggles

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The Scottish Wars of Independence with Iain MacInnes

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A Gift Guide for Medievalists

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The Queen and the Mistress with Gemma Hollman

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Cathedrals with Howard Bloch

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The Mongol Storm with Nicholas Morton

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Medieval Storytime, Knightly Edition

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History in Three Dimensions - TEDx Revisited

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Royal Funerals - Medieval and Modern

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Embodying the Soul with Meg Leja

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Danièle's Tale

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Your Medieval Questions Answered

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The Deeds of Philip Augustus with Cecilia Gaposchkin and Sean Field

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Manuscript Fragments with Lisa Fagin Davis

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Going to Church in Medieval England with Nicholas Orme

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Medieval Well Poisoning Accusations with Tzafrir Barzilay

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The Black Middle Ages with Matthew Vernon

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Medieval Horses with Anastasija Ropa and Timothy Dawson

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Biocodicology and Birth Girdles with Sarah Fiddyment

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Persian Poetry with Shahzad Bashir

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Oceania 800-1800 with James Flexner

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The Hidden Hands Behind Medieval Manuscripts with Mary Wellesley

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Deception in Medieval Warfare with James Titterton

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The Wordhord with Hana Videen

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Medieval Beauty Tips

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Field Report: Kalamazoom 2022

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Body Language and the Modern Medieval Courtroom

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Household Goods in Medieval London with Katherine French

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The Northman

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Episode 150! Your Top Ten Favourites

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The Permeable Self with Barbara Newman

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New Book Recommendations

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Medieval Storytime: Animals

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The Distaff Gospels

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The Strange Case of Ermine de Reims

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Fun Facts About Monks

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Sanitation in Medieval Paris with Emily Hutchison

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Storyland with Amy Jeffs

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The Medieval Ass with Kathryn Smithies

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The Jacquerie Revolt with Justine Firnhaber-Baker

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Paper in the Middle Ages with Orietta Da Rold

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Going Medieval in Dungeons & Dragons

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2021: The Medieval Year in Review

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The Best Medieval Books of 2021

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The Bright Ages, with Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry

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John Trevisa and Medieval Information, with Emily Steiner

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Powers and Thrones with Dan Jones

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How to live like a monk, with Danièle Cybulskie

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Medieval Badges with Ann Marie Rasmussen

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The Tudors and Courtly Love with Sarah Gristwood

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Treason in the Middle Ages, with Amanda McVitty

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The Last Duel: A Movie Review

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The Last Duel with Eric Jager

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Medieval Partytime!

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Christians and Jews in 13th-century England, with Adrienne Williams Boyarin

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Wacky theories from the Middle Ages

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Alice Chaucer with Michèle Schindler

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The Medieval University

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The Women in Medieval Armored Combat

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Medieval Storytime: Sir Orfeo

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The Green Knight and Sir Gawain

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The Beginnings of England with Marc Morris

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What would you bring back to medieval England?

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St. Francis, Disability, and Illness, with Donna Trembinski

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Medieval Contraception with Eleanor Janega

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The Horde with Marie Favereau

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Reynard the Fox with Anne Louise Avery

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The Trotula with Monica Green

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Having a medieval dinner party - who should we invite?

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Ethiopia and Europe in the Middle Ages, with Verena Krebs

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Kzoo by Zoom: The 2021 International Congress on Medieval Studies

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Nine medieval poems

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The Art of Courtly Love

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Canossa, 1077: Emperor vs Pope, with Blair Apgar

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John of Gaunt with Helen Carr

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Random Medieval Questions Answered

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Medieval Warfare with Kelly DeVries and Michael Livingston

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Travel in the Middle Ages, with John F. Romano

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Medieval Beer with Noëlle Phillips

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100 Episodes: A Celebration

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Miracle Stories

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Forgeries in the Middle Ages with Levi Roach

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The Medieval Knight with Christopher Gravett

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Middle Ages for Educators

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King Richard III with Chris Skidmore

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Medieval Science with Seb Falk

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The Humble Medieval Pig, with Jamie Kreiner

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Medieval clothing and Clothiers with John S. Lee

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The Feast of Fools, with Max Harris

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The Best Books about the Middle Ages from 2020

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Gunpowder in Medieval Europe with Dan Spencer

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The White Ship Disaster, with Charles Spencer

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The Merchant of Prato

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The Three Caskets

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The Fourth Crusade

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Medieval Eels with John Wyatt Greenlee

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Medieval Medicine: Does it work? with Joe Alcock

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Marriage, Adultery and Divorce in the Middle Ages with Bridget Wells-Furby

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Murders in Medieval London

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Medieval Princesses, with Kelcey Wilson-Lee

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Medieval Bodies with Jack Hartnell

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Preventing the Misuse of the Medieval Past with Amy Kaufman and Paul Sturtevant

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The Monks of Bury St Edmunds

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Books about the Middle Ages - Favourite Series

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Medieval Inventions

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Margery Kempe

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Medieval Monks: A Beginner's Guide

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The Murder of Charles the Good

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Rose versus Violet

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The Ghost Knight

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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King Henry VI with Lauren Johnson

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Byzantium with Anthony Kaldellis

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The Year 1000

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Medieval Graffiti with Matthew Champion

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Reflections on Racism in Medieval Studies

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Jousting in the Middle Ages with Emma Levitt

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Isabella of France, Queen of England

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Five Myths about Medieval Peasants

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Castles in the Middle Ages

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Three funny tales from the 14th century

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When were the Middle Ages?

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Favourite Medieval Movies

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Medieval Video Games with Alicia McKenzie

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The Black Death and COVID-19 with Winston Black

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Anchorites: Life in Spiritual Self-Isolation

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Medieval Drama

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Beguines with Tanya Stabler Miller

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Doing Laundry in the Middle Ages

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Arthurian Literature

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Yonec: A Tale of Courtly Love

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Sanctuary with Shannon McSheffrey

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A Quest for Medieval Romance Novelists

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Queens of Infamy with Anne Thériault

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Year in Review

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Favourite Medieval Books from 2019

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Christine de Pizan

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Lanval: a tale of a Knight of the Round Table

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Medieval Medicine with Winston E. Black

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Questions and Answers about the Middle Ages

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Crusaders with Dan Jones

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Medieval witches with Gemma Hollman

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Talking History with Natalie Zemon Davis

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Chatting with Medievalists.net

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Measuring in the Middle Ages with Emanuele Lugli

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Medieval Africa at the Aga Khan Museum

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Publishing about the Middle Ages with Richard Barber

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Education in the Middle Ages

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The Beowulf Manuscript

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Why Is English So Weird?

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Where to get your medieval fix - travel recommendations for medievalists

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Merging history and the fantastic with Guy Gavriel Kay

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Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse (The Medieval Way)

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Medieval Storytime

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Books about the Middle Ages that are great reads

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Myths about the Middle Ages that are so very, very wrong!

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Honey and medicine: the sweeter side of medieval warfare

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Learning about the Middle Ages through games with Kyle Lincoln

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And now our watch has ended: A look back at Game of Thrones

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Understanding medieval chronicles with Lane Sobehrad

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Medieval Sexuality with Eleanor Janega

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She-Wolves: Medieval Queens with Helen Castor

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Medieval torture with Larissa ‘Kat’ Tracy

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Fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris

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Saving Souls and Cracking Skulls: Warrior Clerics with Craig Nakashian

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Melusine, Mary, and Making it as a Historian with Christine Morgan

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Viking warrior women with Leszek Gardela

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Avicenna in Ireland: A manuscript discovery with Padraig O'Machain

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Medieval mystery novels with Candace Robb

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Bastards and Priests in the Middle Ages with Sara McDougall

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Disabilities in the Middle Ages with Kisha Tracy

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The Battle of Agincourt with Michael Livingston

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Medieval Marriage with Ruth Mazo Karras

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Juggling the Middle Ages with Jan Ziolkowski

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The nun with blue teeth: a medieval mystery

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The Crusades with Andrew Latham

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The Hundred Years' War with David Green

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Books in the Middle Ages with Erik Kwakkel

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Medieval Coconuts with Kathleen Kennedy

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