Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World

D Field

A Medieval History Podcast

  • 23 minutes 35 seconds
    A Medieval Christmas, 2024

    Happy Holidays!

    This episode is about festive "medieval" poetry.

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    Sources:

    • Andrews, William. At the Sign of the Barber's Pole: A Study in Hirsute History. Lethe Press, 2008.
    • Cook, Megan. "Dirtbag Medievalism," Avidly. July 14, 2021.
    • Eco, Umberto. Travel in Hyperreality. Harcourt, inc, 1986.
    • Jackson, Sophie. The Medieval Christmas. The History Press, 2013.
    • Scott, Walter. Marmion. Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1896.

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    22 December 2024, 8:30 pm
  • 37 minutes 38 seconds
    Medieval Lives 10: Pietro d'Abano

    Born in the 13th century, Pietro d'Abano was referred to variously as “the Great Lombard,” “the Conciliator,” and, in at least one case, a “great necromancer.” This scholar and physician faced various troubles relating to heresy or sorcery, and stories swirl around him of calling on demons or magically making spent coins return to his purse.

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    Sources:

    • Browning, Robert. The Complete Works of Robert Browning. Ohio University Press, 2007.
    • Garin, Eugenio. History of Italian Philosophy, Volume 1. Translated by Giorgio Pinton. Rodopi, 2008.
    • Hasse, Dag Nikolaus. "Pietro d'Abano's 'Conciliator' and the Theory of the Soul in Paris," After the Condemnation of 1277: Philosophy and Theology at the University of Paris in the Last Quarter of the Thirteenth Century. Edited by Jan A. Aertsen, Kent Emery, and Andreas Speer. Walter de Gruyter, 2013.
    • Prioreschi, Plinio. A History of Medicine: Medieval Medicine. Horatius Press, 1996.
    • Tafu, Pedro. Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures (1435-1439). Translated and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Letts. Harper & brothers, 1926.
    • Thorndike, Lynn. A History of Magic and Experimental Science Volume 2. Columbia University Press, 1923.
    • Touwaide, Alain. "Pietro d'Abano, De venenis: Reintroducing Greek Toxicology in Late Medieval Medicine." Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Edited by Philip Wexler. Academic Press, 2017.

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    5 December 2024, 8:54 pm
  • 33 minutes 5 seconds
    A Medieval Haunting in the Annales Fuldenses

    The Annales Fuldenses, or Annals of Fulda, is a source for 9th-century events in Carolingian lands: the incursions of the Northmen, fighting among the royal relatives, and omens in the sky. It also contains the story of an unfortunate village, an even more unfortunate villager, and the evil spirit that haunted both.

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    Source:

    • The Annals of Fulda: Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II. Translated and annotated by Timothy Reuter. Manchester University Press, 1992.

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    30 October 2024, 7:30 pm
  • 36 minutes 46 seconds
    Medieval Lives 9: John Crabbe

    The story of a 14th-century Flemish pirate, merchant, and adventurer, a man who took prizes at sea and took whatever side he needed to on land, crossing paths with various counts and kings as he went.

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    Sources:

    • Barrell, Andrew D. M. Medieval Scotland. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
    • Cushway, Graham. Edward III and the War at Sea: The English Navy, 1327-1377. Boydell Press, 2011.
    • Holinshed, Raphael. Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 5. J. Johnson, et. al. 1808.
    • Lucas, Henry S. “John Crabbe: Flemish Pirate, Merchant, and Adventurer.” Speculum 20, no. 3 (1945): 334–50.
    • Rose, Susan. Medieval Naval Warfare, 1000-1500. Routledge, 2003.
    • Wilson, Ben. Empire of the Deep: The Rise and Fall of the British Navy. Orion, 2013.
    • The Anonimalle Chronicle 1307 to 1334. Edited by Wendy R. Childs and John Taylor. Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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    28 October 2024, 9:00 pm
  • 38 minutes 24 seconds
    Pedro Tafur 7: Losing Teeth, Losing Swords

    Our 15th-century Spanish traveller goes home, mixing with the imperial elite along the way.

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    Source:

    • Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures (1435-1439), translated and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Letts. Harper & brothers, 1926.

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    11 October 2024, 1:34 am
  • 40 minutes 10 seconds
    Pedro Tafur 6: In the Baths and at the Fairs

    Our 15th-century traveller returns to Venice and goes overland into central and western Europe, making friends and catching up with some old ones along the way. He'll heal at the thermal baths, and there's talk of Bruges, Antwerp, medieval trade and textiles, and the fairs.

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    Sources:

    • Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures (1435-1439), translated and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Letts. Harper & brothers, 1926.
    • Abu-Lughod, Janet L. Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019.

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    2 October 2024, 5:37 am
  • 42 minutes 15 seconds
    Pedro Tafur 5: Doomed Empires and Slavery on the Black Sea

    Pedro Tafur ventures out from Constantinople to visit a sultan, an emperor, and the centre of the Black Sea slave trade.

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    Sources:

    • Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures (1435-1439), translated and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Letts. Harper & brothers, 1926.
    • Barker, Hannah. That Most Precious Merchandise: The Mediterranean Trade in Black Sea Slaves, 1260-1500. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019.
    • Gregory, Timothy E. A History of Byzantium. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

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    4 September 2024, 5:03 am
  • 40 minutes 18 seconds
    Pedro Tafur 4: Cyprus, Chios, and Constantinople

    Our 15th-century traveller dodges catastrophe on the Mediterranean and drops in on late-imperial Constantinople, where there's plenty of seafood and the roots of Pedro's family tree.

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    Sources:

    • Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures (1435-1439), translated and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Letts. Harper & brothers, 1926.
    • Gregory, Timothy E. A History of Byzantium. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
    • Byron, Robert & Rice, David Talbot. The Birth of Western Painting. Routledge, 2013.

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    27 July 2024, 8:30 pm
  • 41 minutes 12 seconds
    Pedro Tafur 3: From Cyprus to Cairo

    As our Castilian traveller makes his roundabout way toward Mt Sinai, he finds ill-health but lots of help on Cyprus, while around Cairo he's struck by the street food and crocodiles.

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    Sources:

    • Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures (1435-1439), translated and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Letts. Harper & brothers, 1926.
    • Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus, edited by Claude Delaval Cobham. Cambridge University Press, 1908.

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    2 July 2024, 11:14 pm
  • 37 minutes 39 seconds
    Pedro Tafur 2: Busy Days in the Holy Land

    The journey of our 15th-century Castilian traveller continues, as Pedro Tafur leaves Venice and makes his way to Jerusalem, where there will be no shortage of things for him to see and do.

    If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon is here.

    I'm on BlueSky @a-devon.bsky.social, Twitter @circus_human, Instagram @humancircuspod, and I have some things on Redbubble.

    Sources:

    • Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures (1435-1439), translated and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Letts. Harper & brothers, 1926.
    • Antrim, Zayde. “Jerusalem in the Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods.” Routledge Handbook on Jerusalem, edited by Suleiman Mourad, Bedross Der Matossian, and Naomi Koltun-Fromm, 102-109. New York: Routledge, 2018.
    • Dalrymple, William. In Xanadu: A Quest. HarperCollins, 1990.
    • Little, Donald P. “Mujīr Al-Dīn al-ʿUlaymī’s Vision of Jerusalem in the Ninth/Fifteenth Century.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 115, no. 2 (1995): 237–47.
    • Norwich, John Julius. A History of Venice. Penguin, 2003.

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    21 June 2024, 11:00 pm
  • 39 minutes 43 seconds
    Pedro Tafur 1: The Mediterranean Tour

    Pedro Tafur, a 15th-century Castilian, makes his way around Spain and Italy with lengthy stops in Genoa, Venice, and Rome, and generally has a pretty pleasant holiday.

    If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon is here.

    I'm on BlueSky @a-devon.bsky.social, Twitter @circus_human, Instagram @humancircuspod, and I have some things on Redbubble.

    Sources:

    • Pero Tafur: Travels and Adventures (1435-1439), translated and edited with an introduction by Malcolm Letts. Harper & brothers, 1926.
    • Abu-Lughod, Janet L. Before European Hegemony: The World System A.D. 1250-1350. Oxford University Press, 1989.
    • Verità, Marco, Laura Speranza, Simone Porcinai, and Daniele Angellotto. “The Sacro Catino in Genoa: Analytical and Technological Investigations of a Unique Glass Vessel.” Journal of Glass Studies 60 (2018): 115–28.

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    27 May 2024, 5:00 am
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