In 1865, German physician and medical writer Justus Hecker published a volume titled The Epidemics of the Middle Ages. In a footnote, he remarked on a strange phenomenon: an outbreak of meowing nuns. In this minisode, I bring you the story of the meowing nuns of late medieval France and the men who told their story. Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben with original music by Purple Planet. Sources Primary Aristotle. History of Animals. Translated by d’ A. W. Thompson. In Aristo...
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In 1865, German physician and medical writer Justus Hecker published a volume titled The Epidemics of the Middle Ages. In a footnote, he remarked on a strange phenomenon: an outbreak of meowing nuns. In this minisode, I bring you the story of the meowing nuns of late medieval France and the men who told their story. Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben with original music by Purple Planet. Sources Primary Aristotle. History of Animals. Translated by d’ A. W. Thompson. In Aristo...
In the summer of 1612, a woman named Alice Nutter walked to her death. She was not like the others who stood beside her on the gallows, gaunt women worn hollow by poverty. Alice Nutter was a woman of property in Lancashire, a woman of standing, and—most damningly—a woman who did not easily bow her head. This episode brings you a story of fear, injustice, and resistance in early modern England: the story of the Pendle witch trials. Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben with origi...
Enchanted: The History of Magic & Witchcraft
In 1865, German physician and medical writer Justus Hecker published a volume titled The Epidemics of the Middle Ages. In a footnote, he remarked on a strange phenomenon: an outbreak of meowing nuns. In this minisode, I bring you the story of the meowing nuns of late medieval France and the men who told their story. Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben with original music by Purple Planet. Sources Primary Aristotle. History of Animals. Translated by d’ A. W. Thompson. In Aristo...
