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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Halloween Mini Episode: The Trouble at Froda
An Icelandic Saga of the Undead
26 min
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Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 1: Byzantine Entanglements
Castilian Ambassadors on the 15th Century Mediterranean
41 min
78
Ibn Fadlan 4: Communal Hygiene and the Viking F...
Ibn Fadlan and his Encounter with the Rus
36 min
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Ibn Fadlan 3: Bulgar Discomforts & Jinn Warfare
Ahmad ibn Fadlan and the Bulgars
35 min
80
Ibn Fadlan 2: A Letter from the Caliph
Journey to the Bulgars
34 min
81
Ibn Fadlan 1: From Baghdad with Very Cold Beards
Ahmad ibn Fadlan and the Journey North
37 min
82
Eustace the Black Monk
Eustace the Monk: A Medieval Outlaw Hero
34 min
83
Brancacci's Mission 2: Already Dismissed
A Florentine Ambassador in Mamluk Egypt
48 min
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Brancacci's Mission 1: From Florence to Cairo
Florentine Diplomacy in Mamluk Egypt
39 min
85
Sir John Mandeville 5: Mongols, Mountains, and ...
Mandeville on Assassins, the Valley Perilous, and the Great Khan
52 min
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Sir John Mandeville 4: Of India and Medieval Mo...
India, the Islands, and Monstrous Races and their Meanings
39 min
87
Sir John Mandeville 3: Mamluk Egypt
Mandeville in Medieval Egypt
43 min
88
Sir John Mandeville 2: In and Around Jerusalem
A 14th-Century Pilgrimage
31 min
89
Sir John Mandeville 1: To the Holy Land
Mandeville: The Book of Marvels and Travels
32 min
90
The Book of the Wonders of India
Tenth Century Fables of the Sea
34 min
91
Halloween Mini Episode: The Stories of Walter Map
Of Faeries, Ancient Kings, and the Wild Hunt
26 min
92
Abu Zayd and the Ways East
The Voyage to India and China, and the Huang Chao Rebellion
34 min
93
Salah ad-Din 6: The Ayyubids
The Ayyubid Dynasty After Saladin
41 min
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Salah ad-Din 5: The End of the End
Richard and Saladin
41 min
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Salah ad-Din 4: The Beginning of the End
From the Fall of Jerusalem to the Double Siege of Acre
38 min
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Salah ad-Din 3: The Horns of Hattin
Saladin and the Battle of Hattin
38 min
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Salah ad-Din 2: A Syrian Election
Saladin in Zengid Syria
49 min
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Salah ad-Din 1: The City Victorious
The Rise of Saladin
45 min
99
The Sons of Maimon 3: From Moses to Moses
Maimonides in Egypt
46 min
100
The Sons of Maimon 2: What's Done is Gone
The Egyptian-India trade and David's last voyage
48 min