Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieva...
A narrative history podcast following the journeys of medieval travellers and their roles in larger historical events. Telling great stories, showing the interconnected nature of the medieval world, and meeting Mongols, Ottomans, Franciscans, merchants, ambassadors, and adventurers along the way.
1
Osman of Timisoara 1: Prisoner of the Infidels
A 17th-century soldier in Ottoman Romania
36 min
2
Medieval Lives 11: William Fitz Osbert and the ...
William Longbeard's 12th-Century Uprising
38 min
3
Nasir Khusraw 3: Makkah and the Way Home
45 min
4
Nasir Khusraw 2: Fatimid Egypt
An 11th-century journey from Jerusalem to Fatimid Egypt
38 min
5
Nasir Khusraw 1: Wine, Waking, and the Journey ...
An 11th-century Persian poet and traveller
37 min
6
A Medieval Christmas, 2024
Medievalisms in a Christmas Poem
22 min
7
Medieval Lives 10: Pietro d'Abano
A medieval sorcerer and heretic, or maybe just a doctor
34 min
8
A Medieval Haunting in the Annales Fuldenses
An Evil Spirit in the Annals of Fulda
29 min
9
Medieval Lives 9: John Crabbe
A Flemish 14th-Century Pirate
33 min
10
Pedro Tafur 7: Losing Teeth, Losing Swords
The 15th-Century Spanish Traveller Goes Home
34 min
11
Pedro Tafur 6: In the Baths and at the Fairs
Medieval markets, cloth, and trouble with the council
36 min
12
Pedro Tafur 5: Doomed Empires and Slavery on th...
Edirne, Trebizond, and Kaffa/Caffa
38 min
13
Pedro Tafur 4: Cyprus, Chios, and Constantinople
Danger at Sea & Pedro's Family Tree
36 min
14
Pedro Tafur 3: From Cyprus to Cairo
15th-century travel on Cyprus, in Cairo, and at Mount Sinai
38 min
15
Pedro Tafur 2: Busy Days in the Holy Land
Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
35 min
16
Pedro Tafur 1: The Mediterranean Tour
Fruitful Soil and Pleasant Harbours
37 min
17
Medieval Lives 8: Giovanni Fontana
A 15th-Century Italian Engineer and Inventor
34 min
18
The Fire at Louvain
The Modern Destruction of a Medieval Library
36 min
19
Fernao Mendes Pinto 10: Lisbon at Last
Pinto Goes Back to Portugal
32 min
20
Fernao Mendes Pinto 9: With Francis Xavier in J...
Pinto, Anjiro, and the Jesuit Saint
33 min
21
Fernao Mendes Pinto 8: First in Japan
The First Europeans in 16th-Century Japan
35 min
22
Fernao Mendes Pinto 7: A Traveller's Guide to M...
A Portuguese Prisoner in 16th-Century China
40 min
23
Fernao Mendes Pinto 6: Grave Robbery and Leeches
Disaster on the Chinese Coast
32 min
24
The Medieval Winter and Other Seasons Since
The Experience of Winter
25 min
25
Fernao Mendes Pinto 5: Revenge and a Little Pir...
Piracy in 16th-Century Vietnam and China
47 min