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On Medieval Death Trip, we feature a selected medieval text (often historical, occasionally literary) that touches on the odd, the gruesome, the unexpected, and similarly curious incidents, images, or ideas. In addition to presenting the text itself, each episode features commentary and musings upon that text.
Concerning Conjoined Twins, Some Incorruptibles, and Royal Murders
Medieval Death Trip
56 minutes 9 seconds
11 months ago
Concerning Conjoined Twins, Some Incorruptibles, and Royal Murders
We continue on from last episode's look at the Green Children of Woolpit with a further consideration of what it meant to wonder at a marvel in the middle ages, with additional illustration of some wondrous things from William of Malmesbury.
Today's Texts
- Gervase of Tilbury. Otia Imperialia. Edited and translated by S.E. Banks and J.W. Binns, Clarendon Press, 2002.
- Isidore of Seville. The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville. Translated by Stephen A. Barney, W.J. Lewis, J.A. Beach, and Oliver Berghof with Muriel Hall, Cambridge UP, 2006.
- William of Malmesbury. Chronicle of the Kings of England. Edited by J.A. Giles, translated by John Sharpe and J.A. Giles, George Bell & Sons, 1895. Google Books.
Chapters
00:00:00: Introduction
00:09:48: Text: from Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia
00:13:29: Commentary
00:16:23: Text: from Isidore of Seville's Etymologies
00:21:02: Commentary
00:23:05: Text: from William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglorum
00:39:32: Commentary
00:43:23: Text: from Caroline Walker Bynum's "Wonder"
00:48:08: Commentary
00:48:26: Mystery Word: glop
00:54:15: Outro
Medieval Death Trip
On Medieval Death Trip, we feature a selected medieval text (often historical, occasionally literary) that touches on the odd, the gruesome, the unexpected, and similarly curious incidents, images, or ideas. In addition to presenting the text itself, each episode features commentary and musings upon that text.
