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Tour the Notre-Dame of Amiens with Dr. Stephen Murray as we discuss the cathedral’s mythological origins as a “new Jerusalem” and how medieval Latin Christians interacted with the sublime through sacred architecture. Like our content? Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_ for more snippets of the global Middle Ages.
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This week, Dr. Hartley Lachter discussed medieval Kabbalah, analyzing how Jewish historical experiences and Jewish-Christian debates influenced the development of kabbalistic discourses. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_ and check out our website.
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Dr. Sara Verskin joins us to discuss gender and infertility in the medieval Arab-Islamic world. Listen to learn more about implications for marriage, midwives, and infertility tests. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_
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Dr. Emily Steiner joins us to discuss the 14th-century allegorical narrative poem, Piers Plowman, in all its complexities. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_ for more!
Manuscript image is a detail from Corpus Christi College MS 201 (Piers Plowman manuscript), c. 1375–1399, Library of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, England.
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Dr. Sierra Lomuto discusses the racial construction of Mongols as "exotic allies," the 14th-century King of Tars romance, the modern weaponization of medieval symbolism, and racism in medieval academia. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool
Manuscript in episode cover art is a detail from King of Tars in the Auchinleck MS f.7ra, c. 1330s, National Library of Scotland copy.
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Dr. Malgorzata Citko recounts the tale of this thirteenth-century Japanese imperial concubine-turned traveling Buddhist nun through lady Nijō's own diary, Towazugatari. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool
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Dr. Edward Wheatley joins us to discuss how religious and literary representations of disability reveal multiplicities of lived experiences, as well as contemporary anti-Semitic attitudes and societal suspicions of "feigned" disability. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool
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Dr. Hannah Ryley discusses medieval “constructive destruction,” sustainable media, and economies of book production. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool
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Dr. Holly Dugan explains how medieval literary “smell-scapes” reveal contemporary socio-cultural perceptions of religion, race, gender, and more. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_
Manuscript in episode cover art is a detail from the Holkham Bible Picture Book (BL MS 47682 f. 39r), c 1327-1335, British Library, London, UK.
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Dr. Lynch discusses Rumi's Masnavi-e Ma‛navi, Mevlevi Sema Ceremonies, and more. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_
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Learn about Anglo-Norman kings and POWs with Peter Konieczny, co-founder of Medievalists.net. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_
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Dr. Megan Cavell joins us to discuss the Exeter Book, the importance of early medieval English riddles (both religious and raunchy), and shares some of her favorites. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_
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Professor Diane Watt joins us to discuss Kempe's life, scholarly approaches to her "Booke," medieval female networks, and more. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_
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Travel the medieval world through the Hereford Mappa Mundi by a Christian prebendary, the Jewish cartographer Abraham Cresques’s Catalan Atlas, and Arab Muslim cartographer Muhammad al-Idrisi’s Tabula Rogeriana. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_
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Listen for a look into the everyday life of the medieval child and learn more about parental nurturing, the "Ages of Man," and the best-seller toys of the Middle Ages. *Warning: this episode contains stories of infant mortality.* Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_
Manuscript in episode cover art from Book of Hours (M.63 fol. 65r), France (Angers or Nantes), c. 1440, Morgan Library, New York, NY.
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Introducing your co-hosts, our podcast inspiration, and a fun segment on medieval misconceptions. Follow us on Twitter @knightschool_