27: Spiritual Stronghold and Settlement Surveys: Uncovering Medieval Byzantium with Dr. Tyler Wolford

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Meeting in the Middle Ages

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Meeting in the Middle Ages is the Medieval Institute of Notre Dame's podcast. Our goal is to answer the questions "what do medievalists do, and how do they do it?" Episodes—a new one each month—are built around informal conversations between our hosts, Ben and Will, and medievalist scholars and graduate students. We discuss how they became medievalists, what led them to their current research, the resources they use, and how they use them.

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27: Spiritual Stronghold and Settlement Surveys: Uncovering Medieval Byzantium with Dr. Tyler Wolford

Meeting in the Middle Ages

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27: Spiritual Stronghold and Settlement Surveys: Uncovering Medieval Byzantium with Dr. Tyler Wolford

We think of monks as living peaceful lives, separated from the chaos of daily life, but throughout modern Turkey stand the remains of medieval fortress monasteries, used as both houses of worship and refuge in time of war. This month, we sit down with Dr. Tyler Wolford, 2024-2025 Postdoctoral Byzantine Fellow at the Medieval Institute, to learn about his work on these spiritual strongholds. We talk about the value of global archaeology, analysis of medieval settlement patterns, the definition of "Byzantine," and how digging in Ohio led him to excavations in Turkey's Maeander Valley.

Click here to see Dr. Wolford's Byzantine Workshop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY1iHRsyv0A

Click here to read Dr. Wolford's recent contribution to the Medieval Studies Research Blog:

https://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/2025/05/07/why-fortify-a-short-introduction-to-four-byzantine-fortifications-in-the-maeander-valley/