Speaking to Dave Musgrove, medieval historian Elizabeth Boyle reflects on life throughout the Covid lockdowns, using early Irish literature to explore how similar the emotions of people in the middle ages were to our own.
(Ad) Elizabeth Boyle is the author of Fierce Appetites: Loving, Losing and Living to Excess in my Present and in the Writings of the Pa ... Show More
Nov 2021
359 Forgotten Women of Literature 6 - Eliza Haywood and Fantomina | PLUS Keats's Letter on Shakespeare and "Negative Capability"
During her stormy and mysterious life, Eliza Haywood (1693?-1756) was one of the most prolific writers in England. Her "amatory fictions" were unapologetically sensationalistic, earning her the opprobrium of her mostly male critics. But in spite of being described (some might say ... Show More
53m 21s
Nov 2021
Writing a New History of the Middle Ages: Interview with Dan Jones on Powers and Thrones
<p>Friend of the Show, TV presenter, author extraordinaire, and historian Dan Jones returns to Tides to discuss his new book, <em>Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages</em>. It’s a wonderful book and a tremendous achievement, written with both a consummate grasp of ... Show More
52m 36s
Jul 2021
Épisode 53 - Alexis et l'Adriatique au Moyen Âge
Dans cet épisode du podcast Passion Médiévistes, Alexis Midol-Monnet vous parle de son travail sur l’Adriatique médiévale. Son mémoire de Master 2, soutenu en 2020 sous la direction de Dominique Valérian et d’Ingrid Houssaye Michienzi, s’intitulait « Raguse devant l’avancée ottom ... Show More
33m 57s