New episode of #AskAMedievalist! Basically on schedule, even! This one is on authority--what is it, how do you get/claim it, and how do you get people to respect it?
http://askamedievalist.com/2026/01/20/episode-99-respect-my-authority/
New episode of #AskAMedievalist! Basically on schedule, even! This one is on authority--what is it, how do you get/claim it, and how do you get people to respect it?
http://askamedievalist.com/2026/01/20/episode-99-respect-my-authority/
New #askAMedievalist episode is up! Come find out why the Roman calendar was such a mess and how they tried to fix it!
http://askamedievalist.com/2026/01/05/episode-98-in-rome-for-the-calends/
We have a new episode on the calendar systems of everyone other than the Romans. (The Romans were so messy we had to make a whole episode just on them. Stay tuned!)
http://askamedievalist.com/2025/11/24/episode-97-non-roman-calendars/
New #askAMedievalist is up! Popes and antipopes: http://askamedievalist.com/2025/06/26/episode-94-popes-and-antipopes/
New episode of #AskAMedievalist is up! We talk about where the conclave system of picking a pope originated and a lot of other historical pope stuff. Hopefully most of it builds on the last episode instead of repeats it.
http://askamedievalist.com/2025/06/11/episode-93-take-me-down-to-vatican-city/
New Emergency Popecast about Francis's death, Saint Francis, conclave (the event), and Conclave (the movie).
http://askamedievalist.com/2025/04/29/episode-92-emergency-popecast/
New episode of #AskAMedievalist up this morning: http://askamedievalist.com/2025/04/19/episode-91-the-field-where-i-grow-my-ducks/
Part two of our look at #medieval memes. Get it wherever fine #podcasts are downloaded.
This week, on #AskAMedievalist: Meme review!
We talk about Edward, Duke of York's list of 1100 dog names and the regulation of spelling. (It's way funnier than this makes it sound.)
http://askamedievalist.com/2025/04/04/episode-90-ask-a-memevalist/
On the new episode of #askAMedievalist, I interviewed Sebastian Nothwell about his experiences writing historical/historical fantasy novels. Then we talked about the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 and its significance in the 1840s.
http://askamedievalist.com/2024/12/22/episode-88-the-peasants-are-still-revolting/
New #askAMedievalist episode on persecution and resistance, from RI Moore to JP Sartre, and from Hrotsvit to Jack Cade. Find it at the link or wherever you get your podcasts!
http://askamedievalist.com/2024/12/13/episode-87-resistance-is-not-futile/