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.
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 4: The Aceh Sultanate and F...
Misadventure in 16th-Century Malaysia
39 min
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Medieval Halloween: Signs in the Sky, Strange C...
Portents and Folk Tales from William of Newburgh
33 min
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 3: Melaka and the Embarrass...
The Kings' Speech and the Portuguese Empire
38 min
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 2: The Red Sea and the Sieg...
Travels in the Portuguese Empire, Trouble at Sea
39 min
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 1: From Lisbon, Poverty, an...
A 16th-Century Portuguese Traveller
38 min
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Medieval Lives 7: Long Distance Relationships
Letters Home & Rabbinic Responses: Family far from Home
38 min
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The Cairo Geniza
The Written Treasures of a Medieval Egyptian Synagogue
40 min
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Medieval Lives 6: Wuhsha the Broker
A Successful Jewish Businesswoman in Medieval Cairo
38 min
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Brutus of Troy
The First King of the Britons in Geoffrey of Monmouth
32 min
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Holinshed: The Scottish Source
Reading Macbeth in the Holinshed Chronicles
39 min
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 7: The Romance o...
Romance, Trickery, and Moral Lessons
28 min
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 6: Revenge in Co...
The Vengeance of Thorstein
25 min
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 5: To Live and D...
The Death of Grettir
35 min
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 4: The Brothers ...
The End Part One: to Drangey
36 min
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 3: A Lonely Exile
The Outlaw who was Afraid of the Dark
42 min
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 2: Foul Luck and...
The Icelandic Outlaw's Story Continues
36 min
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 1: Exile, Outlaw...
A Heroic Saga and the Christmas Draugr
41 min
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Medieval Lives 5: The Consorts of the Caliphs
The Women of the Court of Abbasid Baghdad
34 min
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Medieval Lives 4: Chen Cheng, his Travels, and ...
The Career of a Ming Dynasty Diplomat
30 min
45
Ghiyath al-Din Naqqash 2: AM Feasting & Other D...
A Timurid Visit to the Yongle Emperor
38 min
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Ghiyath al-Dīn Naqqash 1: A Timurid Painter in ...
Shah Rukh's Embassy to the Yongle Emperor
43 min
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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi 5: The Year 598
A Medieval Disaster in Egypt & Abd al-Latif at the Seance
42 min
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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi 4: Consuming the Present
Drought and Famine in Medieval Egypt
38 min
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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi 3: Harvesting the Past
Egypt's Ancient Structures and their Contents
39 min
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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi 2: On Egyptian Flora a...
The plants and animals of medieval Egypt
35 min