'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
Richard Abels
66 episodes
6 days 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...
Mysterious Medieval Manuscripts: Interview with Garry J. Shaw
'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
1 hour 10 minutes
5 months ago
Mysterious Medieval Manuscripts: Interview with Garry J. Shaw
Send us a text Now for something completely different from tracing the development of the papacy from bishop of Rome to the papal monarchy--but, don't worry, I will be completing that series soon. In this episode, I chat with author Garry J. Shaw about his fascinating new book from Yale University Press, Cryptic: From Voynich to the Angel Diaries, the Story of the World's Mysterious Manuscripts. The book tells the stories behind nine puzzling medieval and early Modern European texts. In...
'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...
