'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
Richard Abels
66 episodes
1 week ago
Send us a text To celebrate my birthday—yes I was a Halloween baby—I decided to do a short episode recounting my one up-close and personal experience with a ghost. No, it was not a ghost of some one who died in the Middle Ages. In fact, I don’t know who it was. But since ‘Tis But A Scratch” is a medieval podcast, I start with three ghost stories from the Middle Ages. It probably comes as no surprise that medieval people believed in ghosts, and ghost stories are scattered thr...
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Send us a text To celebrate my birthday—yes I was a Halloween baby—I decided to do a short episode recounting my one up-close and personal experience with a ghost. No, it was not a ghost of some one who died in the Middle Ages. In fact, I don’t know who it was. But since ‘Tis But A Scratch” is a medieval podcast, I start with three ghost stories from the Middle Ages. It probably comes as no surprise that medieval people believed in ghosts, and ghost stories are scattered thr...
Fall of the Roman Republic, part 3: From Octavian to Augustus
'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
48 minutes
10 months ago
Fall of the Roman Republic, part 3: From Octavian to Augustus
Send us a textYes, I know that Octavian IS Augustus, but this episode is about how Gaius Octavius became Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, and in doing so replaced the old Roman Republic with a military autocracy masquerading as a republic. This is the conclusion of our three part series on the fall of the Roman Republic. My cohost for all three episodes has been my good friend Dr. Jennifer Paxton of the Catholic University of America.This episode includes two audio snippets:Mark Antony's funeral...
'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
Send us a text To celebrate my birthday—yes I was a Halloween baby—I decided to do a short episode recounting my one up-close and personal experience with a ghost. No, it was not a ghost of some one who died in the Middle Ages. In fact, I don’t know who it was. But since ‘Tis But A Scratch” is a medieval podcast, I start with three ghost stories from the Middle Ages. It probably comes as no surprise that medieval people believed in ghosts, and ghost stories are scattered thr...
