Podcasts about medievalism

Il mondo di George R. R. Martin è spesso definito “grimdark”. Vediamo in che modo si posiziona l'autore delle Cronache del ghiaccio e del fuoco nel panorama del fantasy.  Per sostenere il podcast, puoi fare una donazione qui: https://ko-fi.com/saramazzoni  BIBLIOGRAFIA:  Fantasy and Science-Fiction Medievalisms. From Isaac Asimov to A Game of Thrones, curato da Helen Young.  Cambria Studies in Classicism, Orientalism, and Medievalism, 2015. Io sono Sara Mazzoni e questo è Attraverso Lo Schermo, il podcast che vi racconta come sono costruite le storie audiovisive di film e serie tv. Mi trovate anche su Instagram @sara_mazzoni_filmserie e su Linktree. 

Medievalism has been a common—and hardly innocent—practice in eastern European political discourses ever since the dissolution of the USSR in the 1990s. To use but one example, both Russia and Ukraine have laid claims on such prominent historical figures as Prince Vladimir/Volodymyr the Great, Princess Olga, Boris and Gleb/Hlib, as well as on such semi-legendary characters as Ilya of Murom. The recent military conflict has led to a renewal of interest in the history of medieval Rus' and to the rewriting and falsification of this history, particularly in the public sphere through education and political discourse. In this episode, scholars Anastasija Ropa and Edgar Rops discuss the appropriation of the historical and legendary figures of Prince Vladimir/Volodymyr the Baptizer of Rus', Princess Olga, and Ilya of Murom in different Ukrainian and Russian media, particularly sculpture and cinema.For more information about this conversation, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.

Larry Ostola talks to Matthew Reeve about his book, Casa Loma: Millionaires, Medievalism, and Modernity in Toronto's Gilded Age. Leading architect E.J. Lennox designed Casa Loma for the flamboyant Sir Henry Pellatt and Mary, Lady Pellatt as an enormous castellated mansion that overlooked the booming metropolis of Toronto. The first scholarly book dedicated to this Canadian landmark, Casa Loma situates the famous “house on the hill” within Toronto's architectural, urban, and cultural history. Casa Loma was not only an outsized home for the self-appointed “Lord Toronto” but a statement of Canada's association with empire, an assertion of the country's British legacy. During and after the Pellatts' occupation, Casa Loma was a major landmark, and it has since infiltrated the iconography and collective memory of the metropolis. The reception of Casa Loma, variously loved and abhorred by Torontonians, reflects many of Toronto's major aspirations and anxieties about itself as a modern city. Across ten chapters, this book charts the history of Casa Loma from the purchase of the estate atop Davenport Ridge in 1903 and its construction from 1906, through to its sale and the dispersal of its contents in 1924, its subsequent life as a hotel, and finally its transformation into one of the city's major entertainment venues. Casa Loma brings to light a wealth of hitherto unpublished archival images and documentation of the house's visual and material culture, weaving together a textured account of the design, use, and life of this unique building over the course of the twentieth century. Matthew M. Reeve is professor of art history at Queen's University. Image Credit: McGill-Queen's University Press If you like our work, please consider supporting it: bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society's mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada's past.

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures,” remarks Anne Eliot in Jane Austen's Persuasion. “None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.” It is always a great pleasure on the After-Dinner Scholar to introduce you to books written by our faculty and Dr. Tiffany Schubert's book, Jane Austen's Romantic Medievalism: Courtly Love and Happy Endings, has just been released.

This week we have something a little different, as medievalists Lucy Barnhouse and Winston Black join Sarah to talk about how medieval medicine is represented in popular culture. Lucy and Winston are the editors of the new volume Beyond Cadfael: Medieval Medicine and Medical Medievalism. Join us as we explore the most common tropes of medical medievalism, from leeches to orientalism. Social Media:
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Compositor estonio. Sus obras están marcadas por el minimalismo y por una profunda espiritualidad, correspondiente a su fe cristiana ortodoxa. Sufre la censura del soviet, que proscribe sus obras y le empuja al exilio. Debe parte de su popularidad a sus bandas sonoras._____Has escuchado“Credo (1968)”. Erik Cortés, piano; Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM; Ludwig Carrasco, director. YouTube Vídeo. Publicado por Ludwig Carrasco, 27 de julio de 2020: [Vídeo]Für Alina (1976). Jürgen Kruse, piano; The Ajna Offensive; Mississippi Records (2017)“Nekrolog op. 5 (1960)”. Orquesta Filarmónica de Estocolmo; Paavo Järvi, director. YouTube Vídeo. Publicado por TheWelleszCompany, 12 de marzo de 2011: [Vídeo]Pari Intervallo (1980). Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, órgano. ECM (1992)_____Selección bibliográficaBOUTENEFF, Peter, Arvo Pärt: Out of Silence. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2015BOUTENEFF, Peter, Jeffers Engelhardt y Robert Saler (eds.), Arvo Pärt: Sounding the Sacred. Fordham University Press, 2021CHIKINDA, Michael, “Pärt's Evolving Tintinnabuli Style”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 49, n.º 1 (2011), pp. 182-206*DOLP, Laura, Arvo Pärt's White Light: Media Culture Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2019—, “Miserere: Arvo Pärt and the Medieval Present”. En: The Oxford Handbook of Music and Medievalism. Editado por Stephen C. Meyer y Kirsten Yri. Oxford University Press, 2020*HEINE, Erik, “Games, Simplicity, and Trees: An Analysis of Arvo Pärt's Arbos”. En: Analyzing the Music of Living Composers (and Others). Editado por Jack Boss et al. Cambridge Scholars, 2013*HILLIER, Paul, The Music of Arvo Pärt. Oxford University Press, 1997KARNES, Kevin, Arvo Pärt's: Tabula Rasa. Oxford University Press, 2017—, Sounds Beyond: Arvo Pärt and the 1970s Soviet Underground. The University of Chicago Press, 2021*KAUTNY, Oliver, Arvo Pärt zwischen Ost und West: Rezeptionsgeschichte. Metzler, 2002RESTAGNO, Enzo et al., Arvo Pärt in Conversation. Dalkey Archive Press, 2012ROEDER, John, “Transformational Aspects of Arvo Pärt's Tintinnabuli Music”. Journal of Music Theory, vol. 55, n.º 1 (2011), pp. 1-41*ROSMA, Hedi et al., In Principio the Word in Arvo Pärt's Music. Arvo Pärt Centre, 2014SHENTON, Andrew, Arvo Pärt's Resonant Texts: Choral and Organ Music, 1956-2015. Cambridge University Press, 2019SHENTON, Andrew (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt. Cambridge University Press, 2014SKIPP, Benjamin, “Out of Place in the 20th Century: Thoughts on Arvo Pärt's Tintinnabuli Style”. Tempo, vol. 63, n.º 249 (2009), pp. 2-11*SMITH, Geoff, “An Interview with Arvo Pärt: Sources of Invention”. The Musical Times, vol. 140, n.º 1868 (1999), pp. 19-25*TEYSSANDIER, Julien, Arvo Pärt. Pierre-Guillaume de Roux, 2017*Documento disponible para su consulta en la Sala de Nuevas Músicas de la Biblioteca y Centro de Apoyo a la Investigación de la Fundación Juan March

Ross Hagen is an Associate Professor of Music Studies at Utah Valley University, focusing on musicology and ethnomusicology. He has been at UVU since 2010 and received his Ph.D. and M.M. in Musicology at the University of Colorado at Boulder and his B.A. at Davidson College. Dr. Hagen's research interests include underground music scenes, black metal music, medievalism, and avant-garde music. Recent publications include the edited volume Medievalism and Metal Music Studies: Throwing Down the Gauntlet (2019) and a book on Darkthrone's 1992 album A Blaze in the Northern Sky for Bloomsbury's 33.3 book series (2020). Hagen is also an Assistant Editor for the academic journal Metal Music Studies. Current research projects include a book on ritual music in modern heathen spiritualities along with book chapters involving weird fiction, John Cage, and black metal in the Mountain West. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Hagen has been active as a performer and composer since the late 1990s, specializing in extreme metal and various shades of abrasive electronic music. Currently he plays bass and “sings” in the SLC death metal trio Monstrology. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/darkthrones-a-blaze-in-the-northern-sky-9781501354328/ https://monstrology.bandcamp.com/

!! GIVEAWAY ALERT !! Shiloh Carroll's new book, The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman: From Beowulf to Sleeping Beauty, is now out! Carroll joins us this week to discuss medievalism in Gaiman's works and to dig into The Sandman TV series and a bit of the comic books. You can buy Shiloh's book now or tune into the episode to learn how to win a SIGNED COPY for free: Buy Shiloh's book - Available in paperback, ebook, or audiobook Learn more about Shiloh's work and other essays on her site — https://shilohcarroll.wordpress.com/ Follow Shiloh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/medievalismish Follow Shiloh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/medievalismist.bsky.social Follow Shiloh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medievalismist/ From the author of Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones, comes a new collection of essays: Neil Gaiman is one of the most widely known writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, having produced fiction and nonfiction, fantasy and horror, television, comics, and prose. He often attributes this eclecticism to his “compost heap” approach to writing, gathering inspiration from life, religion, literature, and mythology. Readers love to sink into Gaiman's medieval worlds—but what makes them “medieval”? Shiloh Carroll offers an introduction to the idea of medievalism, how the literature and culture of the Middle Ages have been reinterpreted and repurposed over the centuries, and how the layers of interpretation have impacted Gaiman's own use of medieval material. She examines influences from Norse mythology and Beowulf to medieval romances and fairy tales in order to expand readers' understanding and appreciation of Gaiman's work, as well as the rest of the medievalist films, TV shows, and books that are so popular today. Out now for purchase as paperback, audiobook, or ebook—or check out our episode to learn how to win a free, signed copy. ---- Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/ Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor Chloe's blog: liesandarborgold.com Intro by Anton Langhage

You have arrived at your destination...the final medieval romance episode!!!!! And hey, in this one we actually talk romance books. Finally. So what team are you dear listener- time travel back to the 12th century with Jackie? Or enjoy the modern amenities with Jen? Or stare on in horror with Thomas?Let us know! Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org. Books/authors we mention:Tessa DareEmma DennyConnie MasonGwen and Art Are Not In Love by Lex CroucherTamora PierceCan't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca ThorneBlacksmith Queen by G.A. AikenLegends and Lattes by Travis BaldreeSolomon's Crown by Natasha SiegelThe Wolf Suit by Sid SharpFangirl Down by Tessa BaileyImmortal Longings by Chloe GongSourcesWell Met: Renaissance Faires and the Counterculture by Rachel Rubin (2012)“Reading the Past” (Johnson, 2010)"Medievalism" (wikipedia)"Introduction to DNA Testing History" (DNACenter.com)"U.S. Bicentennial, 1976" (Rymsza-Pawlowska, 2019)"The Utopian Vision That Explains Renaissance Fairs" (Dudley, 2019)"The Beginning of Medieval Historical Fiction: Ten Novels from the 19th century," (Medievalists.net)"Why Game of Thrones & Fantasy Literature Get Medieval" (Mock & Hines, 2019)"Fantasy of the Middle Ages Explores Medieval Influence on Modern Imagination" (Getty.edu, 2022)

On The Literary Life podcast today, Cindy Rollins, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks begin their series on The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis. Today you are going to get a crash-course in Medievalism through Lewis' story, and we hope you will enjoy this book as much as our hosts do. Angelina kicks off the discussion even while sharing her commonplace quote, sharing some information about the epigraph and front matter. She gives us some historical context, both for where this books comes in Lewis' own timeline, as well as some ideas of the journey of the soul and medieval dream literature. Thomas gives some background on Prudentius and his allegorical work The Psychomachia. Angelina goes into some comparisons between The Great Divorce and Dante's Divine Comedy. Thomas talks about Nathanial Hawthorne's short story The Celestial Railroad as a satire of Pilgrim's Progress. Also, if you haven't read and listened to E. M. Forster's Celestial Omnibus, see Episode 17. As they get into discussing the Preface, Thomas give us some information on William Blake. We will be back next week with a discussion on Chapters 2-6. Be sure to check out Thomas' upcoming mini-class on G. K. Chesterton taking place live from June 26th through July 7th. Register at HouseofHumaneLetters.com today! Commonplace Quotes: We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them. Man cannot discover them by his own powers and if he sets out to seek for them he will find in their place counterfeits of which he will be unable to discern the falsity. Simone Weil, from “Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God“ A poet is not a man who says “look at me”, but rather a man who points at something and says “look at that.” C. S. Lewis No, there is no escape. There is no heaven with a little of hell in it–no plan to retain this of that of the devil in our hearts or our pockets. Out Satan must go, every hair and feather. George MacDonald, from “Unspoken Sermons: The Last Farthing“ MCMXIV by Philip Larkin Those long uneven lines Standing as patiently As if they were stretched outside The Oval or Villa Park, The crowns of hats, the sun On moustached archaic faces Grinning as if it were all An August Bank Holiday lark; And the shut shops, the bleached Established names on the sunblinds, The farthings and sovereigns, And dark-clothed children at play Called after kings and queens, The tin advertisements For cocoa and twist, and the pubs Wide open all day– And the countryside not caring: The place names all hazed over With flowering grasses, and fields Shadowing Domesday lines Under wheat's restless silence; The differently-dressed servants With tiny rooms in huge houses, The dust behind limousines; Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to past Without a word–the men Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriages, Lasting a little while longer: Never such innocence again. Book List: The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald The Personal Heresy by C. S. Lewis and E. M. Tillyard The Aeneid by Virgil The Divine Comedy by Dante Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan The Holy War by John Bunyan Ourselves by Charlotte Mason A Preface to Paradise Lost by C. S. Lewis The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake Paradise Lost by John Milton Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: You can find Angelina and Thomas at HouseofHumaneLetters.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at morningtimeformoms.com, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/. Check out Cindy's own Patreon page also! Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let's get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

Within a cultural climate where representations of the medieval are often employed to serve racist and white supremacist ends, the topic of medievalism becomes increasingly relevant. In this episode, Bryant White (Vanderbilt University) discusses his work on the use and abuse of medievalism in Francophone literary contexts. Bryant looks at how a trope used for othering in medieval travel literature finds its way into more modern, colonialist narratives, but also describes a more positive use of medievalism in the work of Patrick Chamoiseau from Martinique.

On this week's episode, I am joined by some wonderful guests to discuss our thoughts on all things high fantasy in television. We dive into Rings of Power, Wheel of Time, and House of the Dragon, and we have THOUGHTS about each of these shows! We do discuss spoilers, so this is your time to go quickly binge whatever you need to catch up on, and then tune in! Guests: Akash (they/them): https://www.instagram.com/fagittarius_jd/Andrew (he/him): https://www.instagram.com/sommbostonian/Chris (he/him): https://twitter.com/ChrisChedrawiReferenced in the episode: Medievalism in A Song of Ice & Fire and Game of Thrones by Shiloh Carroll Broken Earth Trilogy, by N. K. JemisinGreen Bone Saga by Fonda Lee Darker Shades of Magic by V. E. Schwab Eragon, The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini Intro/Outro music by Harris HellerHost, Eric Crumrine (he/they): https://twitter.com/ECrumrineThe QueerXP Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheQueerXPThe QueerXP Instagram: https://instagram.com/thequeerxp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this episode, we speak to the wonderful Kirsty Logan. Kirsty is completely devoted to books: she is the award-winning author of several novels, including The Gloaming and The Gracekeepers, and short story collections including A Portable Shelter and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales. She recently wrote the Audible Original The Sound at the End, an Arctic ghost story. She's also a book reviewer, editor and mentor. Kirsty's new novel, Now She is Witch, came out this month. It is a medieval witch revenge story unlike any other. We discuss the book as well as aspects of craft, including character, theme, structure, research, routine and inspiration. We talk about how to build complex characters within fairy tales, the difference between historical fiction and Medievalism and how witch stories reflect our feelings of being under threat in our world. We talk about identity, revenge and research beyond the internet. Kirsty also starts our conversation with a reading - a poem she wrote during a writing residency.

In this episode, I do something a little different and talk about my top 5 favorite medievalisms in video games.

Dr. Peterson's extensive catalog is available now on DailyWire+: https://utm.io/ueSXh The numerous heated and hotly debated conflicts surrounding Israel are almost always threatening to boil over and cast the Middle East into unceremonious chaos. Ambassador Ron Dermer sits down with Dr Jordan B Peterson to discuss the issues, the misnomers, and the underlying truths surrounding one of the most resilient peoples and countries in history. Ron Dermer is an American-born political consultant who served as Israel's Ambassador to the United States from 2013 to 2021. As Prime Minister Netanyahu's top advisor, Dermer was a driving force behind many of the era's most important diplomatic developments, such as the monumental Abraham Accords, which normalized Israel's relations with several Arab nations. Dermer earned a degree in Finance and Management from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from Oxford University.  After moving to Israel, Dermer became a columnist for The Jerusalem Post and served as a close advisor to Natan Sharansky.  In 2004, he co-authored with Sharansky the best-selling book, “The Case For Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror,” which has been translated into ten languages. —Links—For Ambassador Ron Dermer:The Reform Islam Needs - https://www.city-journal.org/html/reform-islam-needs-12374.htmlProud to Have Been an American - https://www.nysun.com/article/opinion-proud-to-have-been-an-americanJohn Kerry is Wrong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=I_m1QlPxQ88Ron Dermers Podcast, “Diplomatically Incorrect”- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/diplomatically-incorrect-with-ambassador-ron-dermer/id1616923197?uo=4  —Chapters—(0:00) Coming Up(1:02) Intro(5:00) The Abraham Accords, Timeline of the Gulf(14:00) The 200 Pound Gorilla, Israel(18:15) Conflicting Goals(21:33) Saudi Arabia Moving Toward Peace?(26:21) Why do we reduce the complexities of the Middle East to a single conflict?(32:00) Shocked by the Numbers, Burundi(44:00) President Trump and the Middle East(50:09) A Bit Too Convenient(53:12) Israel's Right to Exist(1:00:23) Denying History, Crossing the Rubicon(1:10:43) Modernity VS. Medievalism(1:23:20) US Foreign Policy(1:32:47) How President Biden Can Win the Nobel Peace Prize // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL //Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/jordanbpeterson.com/youtubesignupDonations: https://jordanbpeterson.com/donate // COURSES //Discovering Personality: https://jordanbpeterson.com/personalitySelf Authoring Suite: https://selfauthoring.comUnderstand Myself (personality test): https://understandmyself.com // BOOKS //Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: https://jordanbpeterson.com/Beyond-Order12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-lifeMaps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning // LINKS //Website: https://jordanbpeterson.comEvents: https://jordanbpeterson.com/eventsBlog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blogPodcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/podcast // SOCIAL //Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpetersonInstagram: https://instagram.com/jordan.b.petersonFacebook: https://facebook.com/drjordanpetersonTelegram: https://t.me/DrJordanPetersonAll socials: https://linktr.ee/drjordanbpeterson #JordanPeterson #JordanBPeterson #DrJordanPeterson #DrJordanBPeterson #DailyWirePlus #podcast #politics #rondermer #israel #middleeast #middleeastconflict #israelipalestinianconflict #palestine #ambassador #arabs #jews

Luke and Eleanor are back to finish up this short series on medievalism in video games. we talk about The Witcher, Assassin's Creed, Elden Ring, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Skyrim, and more! enjoy! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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in this episode, Luke and Eleanor take a look at books and shows like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon using the excuse of medieval settings to justify pervasive sexual violence against women. we talk about why that's hogwash both from a historical perspective and from a literary one, check it out!

Hello everyone, I am joined today by Aiden Mattis from Tiktok and Youtube to tell some wild medieval tales Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Join the Book Club on Chirp Get some delicious COFFEE

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In this episode, we first discuss the development of different vernaculars as literary languages during the Middle Ages. Then, we look at Petrarch and his influence on contemporary and later medieval authors. Finally, we discuss some of the ways that Petrarch's ideas about the Middle Ages and the Renaissance not only influenced his contemporaries, but may have also helped to shape modern conceptions of the period as well as the development of “Medievalism” in popular culture.  With Leonardo Francalanci.

It's time to get MEDIEVAL with our guests Zoe (currently an Associate Narrative Designer at Obsidian Games working on unannounced projects, and she is also the cohost of the Maniculum Podcast) and Franciska (currently the Narrative Lead on Around for Primal Game Studios, and also the Senior Narrative Designer on Ayna: Shattered Truth for Designmatic. And previously she was a Game Writer on Ori and the Will of the Wisps for Moon Studios, as well as a Narrative Designer on their unannounced ARPG)! They join us to talk about ousting J.R.R. Tolkien as the top fantasy writer of all time, untapped medieval stories that people in games should be thinking about, parallels between medievalism and game design, manuscript culture, how you balance between explaining things for players and letting them fill in the blanks themselves, would they rather tell stories with dialogue or without, are there any books or talks or resources they go back to a lot when working on a game, how to give good criticism and best piece of feedback they've gotten, how they think of the player's active role in the story when they're writing, what sort of imagery do they find most evocative in horror and medieval literature, and MORE! MUCH MORE!Our Guests on the InternetZoe has no twitter, but check out The Maniculum Podcast!Franciska's Twitch, Twitter, and check out Around!Stuff We Talked AboutThe Maniculum PodcastThe Witcher 3Franciska's Undergrad and Postgrad ThesesTáin Bó CúailngeThe Metrical CharmsThe Last of Us Part IIOuter WildsReturn of the Obra DinnHorizon: Zero DawnHorizon: Forbidden WestHadesGOBELINS Youtube Channel Like Stories of Old Youtube ChannelHow to be a Great DM Youtube ChannelGame Maker's Toolkit Youtube ChannelMiddle English CompendiumThe Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinary Literate by Eugene EhrlichMaster Lists - The Maniculum PodcastOur theme music was done by Isabella Ness, and our logo was done by Lily Nishita.

This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined by Pr. Rachel Fulton-Brown and Anastasia Cosmo, writer from CulturalReuve, to discuss anti-medieval prejudices in three of 2021's strangest films: The Green Knight, The Last Duel, and Benedetta. 

"All of the sudden you're about to die and then a dragon comes sweeping in."   In this episode, I will discuss some of my favorite video game quests.   Sources mentioned in this episode   Howard, Jeff. Quests: Design, Theory, and History in Games and Narratives. 1st edition. A K Peters/CRC Press, 2008.   Kelly, Douglas. “Multiple Quests in French Verse Romance: ‘Mervelles de Rigomer' and ‘Claris et Laris.'” L'Esprit Créateur 9, no. 4 (1969): 257–66.

Everyone knows Baphomet, the lovable, inspiring, gender-encompassing mascot of Modern Satanism. But where did we get this goat? We goat for broke with our comprehensive history of the world's most popular but mysterious Satanic icon.   SHOW LINKS Help Black Mass Appeal by writing a "Love Letter" for PodCash's sponsorship program! Local Memphis: Damien Echols says police chief's resignation is related to evidence controversy in West Memphis Three case Violet Azimuth: Etsy, Twitter, and Instagram Dee Mendes: RedBubble, Twitter, and Instagram De Re Militari: The First Crusade, a Short Narrative (2013) Europe's Inner Demons: The Demonization of Christians in Medieval Christendom, by Norman Cohn (2001) Accusations Made To The Templars, by Friedrich Nicolai (1782; in German) Historical Monuments, by Francois Raynouard (1813; in French) Mysterium Baphometis Revelatum, by Joseph Von Hammer-Purgstall (1818) Pornographic Archaeology: Medicine, Medievalism, and the Invention of the French Nation, by Zrinka Stahuljak (2012) Transcendental Magic, Eliphas Levi (1855) Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library Blog: Taxil & Baphomet (2009) Contemporary Esotericism: The Strange Case of Ben Kadosh, by Egil Asprem, Kennet Granholm (2014) The Lost Caverns of Tsojconth, by Gary Gygax (1982) The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions   GET IN TOUCH WITH BLACK MASS APPEAL Facebook Twitter Instagram Patreon Tabitha Slander's Instagram Discord server   SATANIC BAY AREA Website Facebook Twitter (as @SatanicSF) Instagram Sign up for Satanic Bay Area's newsletter On TikTok as DailyBaphirmations Coffee Hour is the third Thursday of every month from 6 – 8 pm at Wicked Grounds in San Francisco!

TikTok celebrity and fellow medievalist Mireille Pardon is back to talk with Sarah about medieval misinformation and conspiracy theories on TikTok as we do a deep dive into Momllennial's “Rome didn't exist” theory. Join us for an extended debunking and a foray into the wide array of sources historians use to study the medieval past! Book Recommendation: The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000, by Chris Wickham Social Media: Find Mireille on TikTok and Twitter: @pardon_mi Twitter @mediaevalpod E-mail: media.evalpod@gmail.com Rate, review, and subscribe!

I delivered a speech to the Traditional Britain Group for their Christmas social on the topic of how the Anglo-Saxons have informed English and by extension British and American identity over the centuries.

What do Medievalism, wallpapers, and socialism have in common? They were all interests of one William Morris, noted British designer and activist. We talk art, religion, environmentalism, and of course, leftist drama.   Check us out on social media: Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/teach-me-communism?ref_id=10068 Instagram: @teachmecommunism Twitter: @teachcommunism Gmail: teachmecommunism@gmail.com Patreon: Patreon.com/teachmecommunism  And like and subscribe to us at Teach Me Communism on YouTube!   Solidarity forever!

Saddle your horses: We're going on a new journey across Westeros in search of a maid that is definitely-not-Sansa-Stark-but-sounds-exactly-like-her with the truest not-a-knight of them all—Brienne of Tarth. Often mistaken for a POV where nothing happens, Shiloh Carroll, author of Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones, joins us to set the record straight with insights about chivalric romance literature and the knight errant character. Where to find Shiloh Carroll: Shiloh's Wordpress: Musings on medievalism in pop culture: https://shilohcarroll.wordpress.com/ Books: Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones: Boydell & Brewer | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Medievalism in Gaiman: Upcoming Essays on Jaime and Brienne, Chivalric Romances, and Arthuriana Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Shiloh's Twitter https://twitter.com/medievalismish   Link mentioned: Lo the Lynx's essay on Brienne and Arya as gender outlaws https://lothelynx.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/brienne-and-arya-gender-outlaws/ --- Eliana's twitter: https://twitter.com/arhythmetric Eliana's reddit account: https://www.reddit.com/user/glass_table_girl] Eliana's blog: https://themanyfacedblog.wordpress.com/ Chloe's twitter: https://twitter.com/liesandarbor Chloe's blog: www.liesandarborgold.com Intro by Anton Langhage    

In this episode we are joined by special guest Dr Shiloh Carroll to chat about medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire, and explore how Sansa II sets up Martin's ideas about "romantic" vs "barbaric" medievalism. You can find Shiloh at shilohcarroll.wordpress.com and on Twitter @medievalismish. Shiloh's book Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones is available now.   Mentioned in this episode: Carroll, S., 2018. Medievalism in a Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones (Vol. 12). Boydell & Brewer. Eco, U. 1973, Travels in Hyperreality. Trans. William Weaver. Harcourt, San Diego. Pugh, T. and A.J. Weisl. 2013, Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present. Routledge, New York NotACast PodCast. 2018, “A Game of Thrones, Sansa II: ‘Better than the Songs.'” https://notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-29-a-game-of-thrones-sansa-ii-better-than-the-songs-with-special-guest-chloe-aka-liesandarbor/  Young, Helen. 2012, ““‘It's the Middle Ages, Yo!': Race, Neo/medievalisms, and the World of Dragon Age.” Year's Work in Medievalism 27 Young, Helen. 2016, Race and Popular Fantasy Literature: Habits of Whiteness. Routledge, New York Ferreday, D., 2015. Game of Thrones, rape culture and feminist fandom. Australian Feminist Studies, 30(83), pp.21-36.   You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tropewatchers. If you enjoyed A Clash of Critics, check out our flagship podcast, Trope Watchers, the podcast about pop culture and why it matters: tropewatchers.com. CW: A Clash of Critics frequently discusses issues such as violence, abuse, sexual assault, bigotry, and other sensitive topics.

A new documentary follows the lives of women who fight in an extreme and full-contact sport, Medieval Armored Combat. This week, Danièle talks with filmmaker Adrian Cicerone about his new film Steel Song. You can watch the documentary on iTunes and AppleTV starting August 31st. Click here to learn more.

A visual discussion of the Morte D'Arthur murals in the library of the Oxford Union. A visual discussion of the Morte D'Arthur murals in the library of the Oxford Union by Tom Corrick (Librarian) and Caroline Batten. the murals were painted by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and influence many writers.

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2+ hour episode episode HERE 2+ hours w/ artists Negashi Armada and Nicholas Campbell to discuss the burgeoning reexamination of esotericism and non-philosophical nihilism and how this came to be. We dive into Berserk (Kentaru Miura), medievalism, perennialism, Sufi gnosticism, Mitchell Heisman's incredible meditation on the extinction in Suicide Note, Dark Mountain Society Angelecism01's blog, Black Mountain Society and the evaluation of whether our values really HAVE any value to begin with. Part 1: Negashi Armada: Berserk, Medievalism, Sufism, Mechanical Grids of Violence, Mohammad & Charlemagne, Dark Mountain Manifesto Part 2: Starts at 52 minutes: Nicholas Cambell w/ N.A: Mitchell Heisman, Peak Oil, Rene Guenon, Angelicism01, BAP Patreon exclusive!

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week!   Jeff is away for a couple months due to work; while he's gone, Emmett will be joined by a rotating series of guest hosts on a variety of topics. This week, we have on Shiloh to talk about a favorite topic of hers: medievalism!    Shiloh's twitter: https://twitter.com/medievalismish   Our patreon: www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our merch store: https://notacastasoiaf.threadless.com     Our twitter: twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF   Our facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/289889118235797/   Our youtube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCmmDfPdG…iew_as=subscriber   Emmett's twitter: twitter.com/PoorQuentyn   Jeff's twitter: twitter.com/BryndenBFish

I recently read the book "Angels in the Architecture" by Douglas Jones and Douglas Wilson. This book was, by all means, earth-shaking. I usually do not plan to devote entire podcast episodes to a single book, but this one deserves it. In this episode, I talk about the book, some of the concepts therein, and the ramifications that it would have if we took Medievalism seriously. Buy this book now: here. Make sure to leave a review and subscribe! Check out my YouTube: Colton Kirby - YouTube --Links-- My Website: https://www.coltonkirby.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_coltonkirby Parler: https://parler.com/profile/coltonkirby/posts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coltonjkirby/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_coltonkirby/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/coltonjkirby/ Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Colton-Kirby-7

Doctor Amy S. Kaufman and Doctor Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in which the medieval past has been manipulated to promote discrimination, oppression, and murder. Tracing the fetish for “medieval times” behind toxic ideologies like nationalism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, and white supremacy, Kaufman and Sturtevant show us how the Middle Ages have been twisted for political purposes in every century that followed. The Devil's Historians casts aside the myth of an oppressive, patriarchal medieval monoculture and reveals a medieval world not often shown in popular culture: one that is diverse, thriving, courageous, compelling, and complex. To support these awesome scholars please check out the links below and buy a copy of their book! To buy a copy go here: https://utorontopress.com/ca/the-devil-x2019-s-historians-2 Dr. Paul Sturtevant. Website: www.paulsturtevant.com Academia: https://si.academia.edu/PaulSturtevant His first book "The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination: Memory, Film, and Medievalism", which lays out a study he did of what people "know" about the Middle Ages, and how they learn about it (especially through consuming pop culture). https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Ages-Popular-Imagination-Medievalism-dp-1350124907/dp/1350124907/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The "Race, Racism and the Middle Ages" series at The Public Medievalist: https://www.publicmedievalist.com/race-racism-middle-ages-toc/ Check out The Public Medievalist here: https://www.publicmedievalist.com Dr. Amy Kaufman Website: https://www.amyskaufman.com/ The Devils Historians Website: https://www.devilshistorians.com/ An article she did involving ISIS, Terrorism and History. https://www.publicmedievalist.com/dark-revivals-medievalism-isis/ https://www.publicmedievalist.com/dark-revivals-medievalism-isis/ Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/KaufmanAmy --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antiquity-middlages/support

In this presentation the superb scholars Dr. Sturtevant and Dr. Kaufman guide us into a ferocious and heatedly discussed topic and that is the concept of "race and racism in the medieval world." Was Medieval Europe purely a "white space?" Did racism exist in the Middle Ages? Are there examples of racial prejudice in Medieval literature? Are people of color seen in medieval writings? Did skin color and religion such share a connection? Are people of color seen in medieval Christianity? From discussing Black Saints and travel in the Middle Ages and the interconnectedness of the Medieval world we see a complicated history representing complicated societies, peoples and interactions. To support these awesome scholars please check out the links below and buy a copy of their book! To buy a copy go here: https://utorontopress.com/ca/the-devil-x2019-s-historians-2 Dr. Paul Sturtevant. Website: www.paulsturtevant.com Academia: https://si.academia.edu/PaulSturtevant His first book "The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination: Memory, Film, and Medievalism", which lays out a study he did of what people "know" about the Middle Ages, and how they learn about it (especially through consuming pop culture). https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Ages-Popular-Imagination-Medievalism-dp-1350124907/dp/1350124907/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The "Race, Racism and the Middle Ages" series at The Public Medievalist: https://www.publicmedievalist.com/race-racism-middle-ages-toc/ Check out The Public Medievalist here: https://www.publicmedievalist.com Dr. Amy Kaufman Website: https://www.amyskaufman.com/ The Devils Historians Website: https://www.devilshistorians.com/ An article she did involving ISIS, Terrorism and History. https://www.publicmedievalist.com/dark-revivals-medievalism-isis/ https://www.publicmedievalist.com/dark-revivals-medievalism-isis/ Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/KaufmanAmy --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antiquity-middlages/support

In this episode the superb scholars Dr. Amy Kaufman and Dr. Paul Sturtevant quickly walk us through the myth of the Dark Ages created by Late Medieval Humanists in the height of the Italian Renaissance who hated the idea of the Early Middle Ages. We talk about a variety of viewpoints and inaccurate ideas and images of the medieval world and how there was more of a continuity from the Roman Empire and the Medieval World into the Renaissance. We also talk about the contributions of great Islamic Medieval Civilizations that are oftentimes overlooked or ignored. To support these awesome scholars please check out the links below and buy a copy of their book! To buy a copy go here: https://utorontopress.com/ca/the-devil-x2019-s-historians-2 Dr. Paul Sturtevant. Website: www.paulsturtevant.com Academia: https://si.academia.edu/PaulSturtevant His first book "The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination: Memory, Film, and Medievalism", which lays out a study he did of what people "know" about the Middle Ages, and how they learn about it (especially through consuming pop culture). https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Ages-Popular-Imagination-Medievalism-dp-1350124907/dp/1350124907/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The "Race, Racism and the Middle Ages" series at The Public Medievalist: https://www.publicmedievalist.com/race-racism-middle-ages-toc/ Check out The Public Medievalist here: https://www.publicmedievalist.com Dr. Amy Kaufman Website: https://www.amyskaufman.com/ The Devils Historians Website: https://www.devilshistorians.com/ An article she did involving ISIS, Terrorism and History. https://www.publicmedievalist.com/dark-revivals-medievalism-isis/ https://www.publicmedievalist.com/dark-revivals-medievalism-isis/ Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/KaufmanAmy --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antiquity-middlages/support

In this episode the passionate scholars Dr. Sturtevant and Dr. Kaufman superbly and necessarily take on one of the most propagandized, mythic and misconstrued topics in Medieval history known as the Reconquista also known as the Spanish / Portuguese Reconquest of Medieval Iberia. Today a variety of extremists and amateur historians use this concept as a long enduring struggle between "Indigenous Christians" and "Foreign Muslims" in which after hundreds of years Christianity triumphed and most of Iberia was united......... As appealing as this narrative may seem to many people, it is simply false. Yes, there was a Muslim conquest of Iberia in 711 and yes, there was a Christian conquest of al-Andalus which ended in 1492, but aside from these basic facts, the “Reconquista” narrative is far too simplistic, overlooks key aspects of the political and cultural history of medieval Iberia, and is largely a historiographical construction that gained currency during the early years of the Spanish empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth century. Obviously, there is a lot more that needs to be said on this issue, but this is not the place. It is merely important to underscore that this paradigm is very problematic. Description above by the academic Ballandalus website. What this heavily mythicized history leaves out is that it is not black and white... it isn't US V. THEM..... It was complicated with Christian and Muslim Kings striking fluid alliances with each other for individual dominance and gain, hybrid cultures such as Arabic speaking Christians, and soldiers of differing faiths fighting along side each other against those of whom shared the same faith... and in a world of constant change we also have minorities like the Jewish communities attempting to make their way in an often calm environment interrupted by brief occurrences of upheaval. Iberian history is complicated, all history is complicated but that is the beauty of history and complicated society. To support these awesome scholars please check out the links below and buy a copy of their book! To buy a copy go here: https://utorontopress.com/ca/the-devil-x2019-s-historians-2 Dr. Paul Sturtevant. Website: www.paulsturtevant.com Academia: https://si.academia.edu/PaulSturtevant His first book "The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination: Memory, Film, and Medievalism", which lays out a study he did of what people "know" about the Middle Ages, and how they learn about it (especially through consuming pop culture). https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Ages-Popular-Imagination-Medievalism-dp-1350124907/dp/1350124907/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The "Race, Racism and the Middle Ages" series at The Public Medievalist: https://www.publicmedievalist.com/race-racism-middle-ages-toc/ Check out The Public Medievalist here: https://www.publicmedievalist.com Dr. Amy Kaufman Website: https://www.amyskaufman.com/ The Devils Historians Website: https://www.devilshistorians.com/ An article she did involving ISIS, Terrorism and History. https://www.publicmedievalist.com/dark-revivals-medievalism-isis/ https://www.publicmedievalist.com/dark-revivals-medievalism-isis/ Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/KaufmanAmy --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antiquity-middlages/support

Jason Baxter is an associate professor of fine arts and humanities at Wyoming Catholic College and a prolific writer. He has published or completed five books since 2018, including A Beginner’s Guide to Dante’s Divine Comedy and The Infinite Beauty of the World: Dante’s Encyclopedia and the Names of God. Jason joins Ryan to discuss all things Divine Comedy. Jason talks about the best way to read Dante and explains why some people struggle through the Paradiso. He and Ryan also play a game of “Would You Rather” where Jason tells us about his love of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.   Modernity and Medievalism   Microcosm and macrocosm   Why the Inferno is so popular   Vision in Dante   Is there a narrative in the Divine Comedy?   Dante and the invention of purgatory   What will heaven actually be like?   Beatitude in community   Cowboy Platonist   Links: Black Elk Petrarch’s ascent Jacob Burkhardt A Beginner’s Guide to Dante’s Divine Comedy by Jason Baxter Falling Inward: Humanities in the Age of Technology by Jason Baxter The Infinite Beauty of the World: Dante’s Encyclopedia and the Names of God by Jason Baxter An Introduction to Christian Mysticism: Recovering the Wildness of Spiritual Life by Jason Baxter Hugh of Saint Victor Divine Comedy Anthony Esolen translation Gianfranco Contini Umberto Eco Jorge Borges The Birth of Purgatory by Jacques Le Goff Paul Griffiths The Great Divorce by CS Lewis Blessed John Duns Scotus Gerard Manley Hopkins “Death, Be Not Proud” by John Donne “For Once, Then, Something” by Robert Frost “Supernatural Love” by Gjertrud Schnackenberg

Dr. Jeffrey R. Wilson, author of Shakespeare and Trump, now has a much more fun book to talk about, Shakespeare and Game of Thrones! Joining us in the discussion are Dr. Kavita Mudan Finn, a professor and scholar of medieval and early modern literature, and Senior Editor at The Public Medievalist; and Dr. Shiloh Carroll, whose book Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones was published by Boydell & Brewer in 2018, and who's also the associate editor of Slayage, the journal of the Whedon Studies Association. Featuring tips on engaging with Shakespeare the same way we engage with more pop culturey things like Game of Thrones; mutual inspiration from the Wars of the Roses; some helpful publishing tips; playing “Marry/F/Kill: The Shakespeare Edition”; thinking of fan-fiction as “transformative fiction;” thoughts on proposed casting for the Games of Thrones sequels; full-circle influences; proposals for future long-form interpretations of Shakespeare’s plays; and which fans we’re most afraid of: Shakespeare’s or George R.R. Martin’s. (Length 21:27) The post Shakes Of Thrones appeared first on Reduced Shakespeare Company.

In this episode we are joined by special guest Dr Tobi Evans to chat about Arya and female masculinity in Jon II. You can find Tobi at https://likedrkarlbutqueerer.wordpress.com/ or follow them on Twitter @DrTobiEvans.    Mentioned in this episode: Halberstam, J. 1998, Female masculinity, Duke University Press. "Brienne and Arya: gender outlaws" (by Lo): https://lothelynx.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/brienne-and-arya-gender-outlaws/ Carroll, S. 2018, Medievalism in a Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones, DS Brewer. Not a Cast Podcast (Episode 8: A GAME OF THRONES, ARYA I “Needlework”): https://notacastasoiaf.podbean.com/e/episode-8-a-game-of-thrones-arya-i-needlework/ Evans, T. 2019, "Some Knights are Dark and Full of Terror: The Queer Monstrous Feminine, Masculinity, and Violence in the Martinverse," Journal of Language, Literature and Culture, vol. 66, no. 3, pp.134–156.   Also check out Jack Halberstam's blog post on Arya and Brienne in S8 of Game of Thrones: https://bullybloggers.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/a-knight-of-a-thousand-butches-by-jack-halberstam/    You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tropewatchers. If you enjoyed A Clash of Critics, check out our flagship podcast, Trope Watchers, the podcast about pop culture and why it matters: tropewatchers.com. CW: A Clash of Critics frequently discusses issues such as violence, abuse, sexual assault, bigotry, and other sensitive topics.

A conversation with Amy Kaufman and Paul Sturtevant about their book The Devil's Historians: How Modern Extremists Abuse the Medieval Past (University of Toronto Press 2020). Extremists groups such as white supremacists and ISIS use the Middle Ages to advocate for specific racial, religious, or gender orders, and promote violence as a means for attaining them. We talk about the contours and goals of these groups, their conflicted views of modernity and the Middle Ages, how Byzantium does or does not fit into this picture, and generally go off on many tangents. Also check out their complementary conversation with Danièle Cybulskie on The Medieval Podcast.

In this episode, doctoral researcher Nat Reeve unspools the spiralling weirdness in the art and poetry of Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862). You might know Siddal as the face of Millais's Ophelia, but this episode explores her own creative work. We'll wander through some of her works, close reading relentlessly as we go, and trace how they reimagine compositions, retell stories and queer their medieval source material. If you've an interest in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, illuminated manuscripts, macabre ballads and a creative process best described as 'dismembering', the ensuing twenty minutes are decidedly for you. Music also by Nat Reeve, from Ophelia, a musical about the feral creative process behind the eponymous painting. Image © Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

In this episode of Learned Hands, the Official Podcast of the Westerosi Bar Association, Maester Merry & Clint from Laws of Ice and Fire and Special Guest Learned Hand Kristine Kippins ask: Who are you allowed to love, have sex with, and marry in Westeros? Our analysis this week includes:A departure from the Pod’s normal Question Presented format to give a long, wide, and thicc survey about sex, sexuality, and the law!Answers to and discussion of Lo’s recorded questions.SO MUCH Oberyn Martell thirst!Discussion of whether it’s okay to be gay (it mostly is!) #Jatin stanning as per usual.Thorough explanation of laws around consent, polygamy, incest, marriagablilty, and divorce!A DRAMATIC SKIT featuring Kristine proving her Learned Hands bona fides by doing a bad Jon Snow accent!This episode is a necessary prelude to Part 2 of our Let’s Talk About Sex series, coming soonish: Let’s Talk About Sex, Pt. II: Rights and Discrimination Supplemental reading: -Lo’s wonderful essay on masculine embodiment in ASOIAF, and here's Lo's twitter, you should follow them. -NobodyExpectsTheButterfly on the complicated relationship between Dany & Irri.-Interview with Pedro Pascal on Oberyn Martell's punk rock bisexuality.-Shiloh Carroll's excellent book Medievalism in a Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones. Intro & Outro music courtesy Sid Luscious & The Pants. None of this should be construed as legal advice OBVIOUSLY.Support the show (https://www.WesterosBar.org)

On The Literary Life podcast today, Cindy Rollins, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks begin their series on The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis. Today you are going to get a crash-course in Medievalism through Lewis’ story, and we hope you will enjoy this book as much as our hosts do. Angelina kicks off the discussion even while sharing her commonplace quote, sharing some information about the epigraph and front matter. She gives us some historical context, both for where this books comes in Lewis’ own timeline, as well as some ideas of the journey of the soul and medieval dream literature. Thomas gives some background on Prudentius and his allegorical work The Psychomachia. Angelina goes into some comparisons between The Great Divorce and Dante’s Divine Comedy. Thomas talks about Nathanial Hawthorne’s short story The Celestial Railroad as a satire of Pilgrim’s Progress. Also, if you haven’t read and listened to E. M. Forster’s Celestial Omnibus, see Episode 17. As they get into discussing the Preface, Thomas give us some information on William Blake. We will be back next week with a discussion on Chapters 2-6. Listen to The Literary Life: Commonplace Quotes: We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them. Man cannot discover them by his own powers and if he sets out to seek for them he will find in their place counterfeits of which he will be unable to discern the falsity. Simone Weil No, there is no escape. There is no heaven with a little of hell in it–no plan to retain this of that of the devil in our hearts or our pockets. Out Satan must go, every hair and feather. George MacDonald A poet is not a man who says “look at me”, but rather a man who points at something and says “look at that.” C. S. Lewis MCMXIV by Philip Larkin Those long uneven lines Standing as patiently As if they were stretched outside The Oval or Villa Park, The crowns of hats, the sun On moustached archaic faces Grinning as if it were all An August Bank Holiday lark; And the shut shops, the bleached Established names on the sunblinds, The farthings and sovereigns, And dark-clothed children at play Called after kings and queens, The tin advertisements For cocoa and twist, and the pubs Wide open all day– And the countryside not caring: The place names all hazed over With flowering grasses, and fields Shadowing Domesday lines Under wheat’s restless silence; The differently-dressed servants With tiny rooms in huge houses, The dust behind limousines; Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to past Without a word–the men Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriages, Lasting a little while longer: Never such innocence again. Book List: Amazon affiliate links are used in this content. The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald The Personal Heresy by C. S. Lewis and E. M. Tillyard The Aeneid by Virgil The Divine Comedy by Dante Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan The Holy War by John Bunyan Ourselves by Charlotte Mason A Preface to Paradise Lost by C. S. Lewis The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake Paradise Lost by John Milton Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis Thanks to Our Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by New College Franklin. We want to encourage you to check out their 2020 Spring Preview Days happening online via Zoom conferencing. Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: You can find Angelina and Thomas at HouseofHumaneLetters.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/. Check out Cindy’s own Patreon page also! Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

Professor Rachel Fulton Brown from the Department of History at the University of Chicago joins me on Jive Talk to discuss the medieval mind and how academic bias in the field of medievalism might prevent us from understanding how people used to think and see the world. Rachel is known on YouTube as 'fencing bear at prayer' #MedievalismFencing Bear at Prayer channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0P0Ze-WZqoYCoe2PX7Yz0QThis podcast depends on your support:Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/survivethejivePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveSubscribestar: https://subscribestar.com/survive-the-jiveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurviveTheJiveTwitter: https://twitter.com/SurvivetheJive

Does Peter have a methodology? What is medievalism? This and more on this week's Stumbling Block.

Discover the origins, influence, and magic of medievalist children’s fantasy literature in our conversation with Dr. Maria Sachiko Cecire about her new book Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century (University of Minnesota Press). In this episode, Katy and Emily talk with Dr. Maria Cecire (Director of the Center for Experimental Humanities at Bard College) about the importance of “minor” literary genres: medieval literature, children’s literature, and fantasy literature. Childhood and the European Middle Ages alike are often scorned as undeveloped periods of irrationalism and immaturity, but they are also important origin times during which the adult and the modern world are formed. Magic, belief, and innocence can be emphasized (against science, rationalism, experience) in literatures directed toward these formative developmental periods. These “trivial” literary genres ultimately have tremendous impact on our expectations for ourselves and our world, making childhood and the Middle Ages a common “psychological landscape,” Maria says, that becomes a focal point for our collective hopes and fears. In the spirit of the season, we also connect contemporary ideas about Christmas with these ideas about medievalism, magic, and childhood. Both fantasy children’s literature and many of the “traditions” of Christmas celebration allow a bridge for adults into the enchanted realm of belief so characteristic of childhood. We consider the explicit references to Christmas in children’s fantasy literature, like Harry Potter, and its literary use as a portal for enchantment and belief.

There is a terrible new development in Medievalism. A push from activists to completely ban the use of the word Anglo-Saxon.It started with grievance monger Rambaran-Olm complaining that Anglo-Saxon is exclusionary and that AS studies are too white. Her blogs and complaints resulted in the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (ISAS) agreeing to change its name.This podcast depends on your support:Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/survivethejivePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejiveSubscribestar: https://subscribestar.com/survive-the-jive

Today I am joined by medievalist Kelly Williams for a conversation on medieval literature. Kelly is a PhD candidate in Medieval English Literature at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and she's also a close friend whom I've known for many years. So when I thought about doing a show on medieval lit, I knew she'd be the perfect person to go to.One thing that has been a goal of this show since the beginning has been to talk about writing and art in a way that takes people beyond the most dominant or readily accessible popular culture. Or, at other times, to find connections between popular culture and less mainstream work. With medieval lit, we can do both of those things. While I'm sure my audience knows the legends of King Arthur or The Canterbury Tales, how well do you know The Vinland Sagas or Irish epic The Tain? And since “medieval” can be a vague and often Eurocentric term, what about what the rest of the world was writing in that very long period that loosely spans the middle of the first millennium to the middle of the second? To help us all expand our awareness of the world's great epics, romances, poetry, and more, Kelly is here with a huge list of recommendations, and whether you're used to reading older writing or not, chances are you'll hear something that piques your interest. We also spend a little time discussing some of the current issues in the medieval studies world, one of which is the work to make it more inclusive. For example, one of the largest scholarly associations in the field, the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, recently voted to change its name in an effort to thwart internal racism and sexism. (For more information on that, you can listen to this episode of Remixing the Humanities.) This conversation also comes at a time when white supremacists are increasingly adopting symbols from the Middle Ages as signs of a supposed (and historically-inaccurate) "white" heritage. In this kind of climate, what is the role of a medieval scholar when it comes to helping the public stay informed and combating those who try to twist history to promote narratives of hate and violence? We didn't get a chance to go in depth on this subject, but it's worth noting that part of the reason reading older texts is so important is for how they keep us culturally literate and undo both stereotypes and more malicious rewritings of the past. Oh, and we also talk about Spider-Man and his connection to medieval stories, too. How so? Well, you'll have to listen to find out, but be warned that there are some spoilers for the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse when we get to that point.---And here's a list of all the texts recommended in this episode:JulianaAndreasVis and RaminThe MabinogianThe TainThe Vinland SagasIbn Fadlan and the Land of DarknessThe Travels of Marco PoloShahnamehThe Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by WomenThe Arabian NightsSunjataCaravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan AfricanPoems of the MastersThe Tale of GenjiThe Confessions of Lady NijoPopol VuhThe Secret of KellsFollow:Kelly Williams@MediaevalMuseThe Vault of CultureBlog: Shield MaidensThe Plot@ThePlotPodcast@_SeanDouglass_

A time-travel episode with special guest Julia Holter. Jenny moves to the Middle Ages and reports from the scene, Yelena draws contemporary parallels, and Julia provides the allegorical counterpoints. Discussed: emoji as modern iconography, area 51 Facebook group meet up vs peasant riots, plague era graffiti, tawdry tales from Decameron, YouTube rituals, medieval dinner parties, jester politics and again Marianne Williamson. Bonus: Julia leads us in a purifying ritual and we sing a wistful song. We bequeath this episode to you. • Centered Subject is Jenny Campbell (NYC) and Yelena Zhelezov (LA),  parsing harrowing news from The Internet every Thursday. Frequent themes: tech, nature, fine arts, Jenny's insight into human behavior, Yelena's Soviet memories, and the perils of capitalism. Sounds by Julia Holter. Subscribe! Follow/DM: https://www.instagram.com/centeredsubjectpodcast/   

Continuing with our discussions on Tolkien, this podcasts examines his background, use of medieval literature, linguistic tidbits, and a look into how Beowulf influenced his writings.

Love it or hate it, Game of Thrones has had a major impact on people’s perceptions of the Middle Ages. In this episode, Danièle talks with Peter Konieczny about the finale, the future, and saying farewell to this fan favourite.

There are two guests on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show. Paul Sturtevant is the founder and Editor-in-chief of The Public Medievalist and the author of the book The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination: Memory, Film and Medievalism. Paul is also a Visitor Research Specialist for the Smithsonian Institution. Paul reflects on how the "high fantasy" genre which includes Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings as well as games such as Dungeons & Dragons help to teach the public lessons--mostly incorrect--about medieval Europe. He also shares his thoughts on military strategy as depicted in Game of Thrones, why the medieval fantasy genre is so popular, and J.R.R. Tolkien's Eurocentrism and racism as shown through his Lord of the Rings universe. And of course Chauncey cannot help but to sing the praises of Martin Lawrence's underappreciated comedy classic Black Knight. At the end of this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show there is a special bonus segment where Paul offers his answers about famous "what if?" military battles from the medieval world. Timothy Malone is the second guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show. He teaches philosophy at Antioch University and is the author of the recent essay "The Real Monster in 'Game of Thrones' Is Its Hidden Reactionary Ideology" which can be read at Truthout. Timothy explains Game of Thrones's reactionary politics, its racism and sexism as seen through white savior figures such as Daenerys Targaryen, how Missandei and Grey Worm exist to fulfill the emotional and other needs of white characters, and the powerful symbolism of the White Walkers and the wall. Timothy Malone also reflects on the vitriolic rage which was directed at him because he dared to criticize and make clear the very problematic politics and overall worldview of Game of Thrones. On this week's show, Chauncey DeVega highlights how Democratic Party's leaders are breaking basic rules of strategy regarding their decision to not impeach Donald Trump. Chauncey also shares three stories about the culture of cruelty and evil being encouraged and unleashed by Donald Trump, the Republicans and their racial authoritarian American fascist regime against children, gays and lesbians, immigrants, and poor people. SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW  Lunch lady let boy run up $8 debt rather than go hungry — then she got fired Ben Carson Wants To Evict Families With Undocumented Immigrants From Public Housing The Complicity of Ben Carson Trump Administration to LGBT Couples: Your ‘Out of Wedlock' Kids Aren't Citizens Trust Pelosi Kirstjen Nielsen halted White House plan for mass family arrests before firing Nebraska cellist's music helps soothe shelter dogs IF YOU ENJOYED THIS WEEK'S SHOW YOU MAY LIKE THESE EPISODES OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW AS WELL Ep. 236: Ira Steven Behr Reflects on the Legacy and Meaning of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the new documentary What We Left Behind Ep. 231: Exploring the Politics and Meaning of Jordan Peele's New Film "Us" Ep. 190: Black Genius and Childish Gambino's "This is America" Ep. 156: Nancy MacLean Explains the Radical Right-wing's Plans to Destroy American Democracy Ep. 69: Michael Witwer on the Secret History of the Dungeons and Dragons Role-playing Game WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com Leave a voicemail for The Chauncey DeVega Show: (262) 864-0154 HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow  Music at the end of this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show is by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. You can listen to some of their great music on Spotify. 

DMs Matt and Rob are joined by the Smithsonian Institute's Paul Sturtevant. Not only is Paul the founder and editor-in-chief of The Public Medievalist, but he has a new book, The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination: Memory, Film and Medievalism, that listeners of this show will really love.  We talk about castles in DC, what the public knows about medieval history, and how to deal with race in role-playing games. Paul tells us about the roots of Dungeons and Dragons races in 19th-century scientific racism, the camp of knightly tournaments, the weird aesthetics of Warhammer Fantasy, and why your shouldn't treat the Middle Ages (and your worlds in quasi-medieval settings) as the "trash pit of history."  Links: The Public Medievalist Magazine  Paul's new book: The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination: Memory, Film and Medievalism Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice GZA, RZA, Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest - 4th Chamber

The medieval tale Le Jongleur de Notre Dame or Our Lady’s Tumbler had been forgotten for centuries, but then was rediscovered in the 19th century. It rapidly became a very popular story, recreated in books, plays and films. Dumbarton Oaks Museum in Washington D.C. has opened the “Juggling the Middle Ages” exhibition to look at the medieval tale and its modern reinterpretation. Danièle is joined by Jan Ziolkowski, Director of Dumbarton Oaks, to talk about the exhibit.

Around the World in the Medieval Period 525 – Anno Domini calendar invented 529-34 – Code of Justinian issued 590 – Gregory the Great becomes pope 618 – the Tang Dynasty begins in China (in one folklore tradition, this is the dynasty in which Mulan …

Around the World in the Medieval Period 525 – Anno Domini calendar invented 529-34 – Code of Justinian issued 590 – Gregory the Great becomes pope 618 – the Tang Dynasty begins in China (in one folklore tradition, this is the dynasty in which Mulan…

Introduction: Welcome to the second episode of our 2018 mini-series, “Victorian Adaptations / Adapting the Victorians”! Today, we’re going to talk about Victorian Medievalism, focusing on poetry. As mentioned in the first episode of the mini-series, the Victorians adapted all sorts of things, from Greek …

Introduction: Welcome to the second episode of our 2018 mini-series, “Victorian Adaptations / Adapting the Victorians”! Today, we’re going to talk about Victorian Medievalism, focusing on poetry. As mentioned in the first episode of the mini-series, the Victorians adapted all sorts of things, from Greek…

Dylann Roof's murder of nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC shocked the nation in 2015, the most appalling act of right-wing terrorism in the U.S. since the Oklahoma City bombing - and the first inspired by the proliferation of racist, neo-fascist, and Alt-Right ideas online. Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah's masterful 2017 essay for GQ captures the heroism of Roof's victims, the rage of their survivors, and the world of Roof himself, who emerges as both mentally unstable and also utterly earnest in his racist ideology. He was also clearly infatuated with a certain mythologized version of American history, which is what Joe & Josh spend most of this episode talking about. They also ask if the word "terrorism" has any value, discuss American gun culture, and return to the Confederate monuments debate.“A Most American Terrorist” by Rachel Khaadzi Ghansah, GQ, 2017https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist“Racism, Medievalism, and the White Supremacists of Charlottesville” by Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 2017https://newrepublic.com/article/144320/racism-medievalism-white-supremacists-charlottesville“The War on White Heritage,” by Samuel Francis, American Renaissance, 2000https://www.amren.com/news/2015/06/the-war-on-white-heritage/Let us know what you think: essayquestionspodcast@gmail.com

Dylann Roof's murder of nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC shocked the nation in 2015, the most appalling act of right-wing terrorism in the U.S. since the Oklahoma City bombing - and the first inspired by the proliferation of racist, neo-fascist, and Alt-Right ideas online. Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah's masterful 2017 essay for GQ captures the heroism of Roof's victims, the rage of their survivors, and the world of Roof himself, who emerges as both mentally unstable and also utterly earnest in his racist ideology. He was also clearly infatuated with a certain mythologized version of American history, which is what Joe & Josh spend most of this episode talking about. They also ask if the word "terrorism" has any value, discuss American gun culture, and return to the Confederate monuments debate.“A Most American Terrorist” by Rachel Khaadzi Ghansah, GQ, 2017https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist“Racism, Medievalism, and the White Supremacists of Charlottesville” by Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 2017https://newrepublic.com/article/144320/racism-medievalism-white-supremacists-charlottesville“The War on White Heritage,” by Samuel Francis, American Renaissance, 2000https://www.amren.com/news/2015/06/the-war-on-white-heritage/Let us know what you think: essayquestionspodcast@gmail.com

John's Paper about Medievalism: http://bit.ly/MedievalismWW1 We talk to John Ridge about the connections of Medievalism and the First World War. How the perception of medieval times helped frame the conflict and was used in propaganda. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

To say Game of Thrones is popular is to wildly understate the case: the first episode of the most recent series caused Foxtel to (temporarily) crash. This week, Stephanie and Jimmy are joined by Professor Louise D'Arcens to discuss the popularity of the series and the enduring appeal of the medieval, as well as try to untangle the racial and sexual politics of Westeros. 

Carolyne Larrington, Professor of Medieval European Literature at the University of Oxford, talks about watching and writing about HBO’s Game of Thrones as a medieval scholar. She explains some of the medieval history and literature from which George R. R. Martin chiselled the building blocks for the construction of his imaginary world. Game of Thrones has now become the most frequently streamed or downloaded show in TV history. Carolyne suggests some reasons for its enormous international success as the medieval fantasy epic for the twenty-first century, and undertakes a little speculation on how the show might end.

In which we sit down with KellyAnn Fitzpatrick to discuss dungeons, towers and the role of Medievalism in today's arts and society. Almost certainly the first podcast to link the Arts and Crafts movement to the History of Rome to Stephenson's Diamond Age to JRR Tolkien. Links: KellyAnn's Monktoberfest talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsMjwxQo21o Host: Stephen O'Grady, @sogrady, RedMonk Guest: KellyAnn Fitzpatrick, @drkellyannfitz, Apprenda Podcast Information: Available on Google Play, iTunes, Pocketcasts and Stitcher. Visit on Soundcloud by going to hark.tech. Feedback: hark@redmonk.com Sponsorship: sales@redmonk.com

Recorded LIVE at Comedy Bar in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 9th, 2014, it’s Illusionoid with The Bad Dog Theatre Repertory Players! A crack squad attempts to find a lost expedition, but who knew that travelling so far through the … Continue reading →

Three international scholars discuss the significance of comic books and their influence as documents of cultural history. Each scholar responds to questions based on research from the Library of Congress's comics collection and their expertise in Medievalism, the World Wars, and gender and ethnicity. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5865

In this episode, the Geekerati panel chats with Professor Richard Scott Nokes about representations of Medieval life in popular culture. We pay particular attention to television and film in part two of the episode. Dr. Nokes is a professor of medieval literature at Troy University. Dr. Nokes enjoys reading, film, and all things medieval and he was a wonderful guest. We had some bandwidth issues during this episode, so please forgive the muddiness of some of the conversation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/geekeratiradio/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geekeratiradio/support

This episode of CS is titled Luther's Legacy.Long time subscribers to CS know that while the podcast isn't bias free, I do strive to treat subjects fairly. However, being a pastor of a non-denominational, evangelical Christian church in SoCal, I do have my views and opinions on the material we cover. When I share those opinions, I try to mark them as such. So >> Warning; Blatant opinion now ensues …We live in the Era of the Instant. People expect to have things quickly and relatively easily. Technology has produced an array of labor-saving devices that reduce once arduous tasks to effortless, “push a button and voila” procedures. Sadly, many assume such instantifying applies to the acquisition of knowledge as well. The internet enhances this expectation with ready access to on-line information, not just thru a desktop computer, but via smartphones where ever we are.And of course, if it's on the interwebs, it must be true.But knowledge and understanding are different things. Knowing a fact doesn't equal understanding a concept, truth or principle. And many people now want their history in condensed form. They don't really care to understand so much as to “get an A on the quiz” or, be able to answer trivia game questions. They can answer multiple choice but wouldn't have a clue how to write an essay.I say all this as we fill in some of our gaps on Martin Luther for two reasons.First – The very nature of this podcast, short snippets on Church history, can easily foster a cavalier attitude toward our subject. So I need to make a MASSIVE qualifier and say that if all someone listens to is CS, they must never, ever assume they know Church History. My entire aim is to give those who listen reference points, a broad sweep of history with just enough detail to spark your embarking on your own journey of studying this fascinating subject. Pick one era, maybe just 1st C, and one region, then study everything you can find about it. Become an expert on that one span of history. Press in past the dates and people and places, seeking to truly understand. Then use that to expand your study either backward or forward in time.Second – When we think of someone like Martin Luther, we tend to make him an index for a certain idea or movement. “Martin Luther: Father of the Reformation.” The problem with this is that we then tend to assume Luther was born with the intent of breaking away from the Roman church, as our last 2 episodes have shown was not at all the case. The evolution of Luther's thoughts was an amazing microcosm of what was happening in at least hundreds, and probably thousands of people at that time. He just happened to be positioned as the lightening rod of change.In this episode, I want to fill in some of the gaps the previous couple episodes left because of our time-limited routine here on CS. What follows is a bit of a hodge-podge meant to provide a little more context for understanding Luther and how he came to the ideas he articulated and millions ended up embracing.Martin Luther ranks as one of the most influential figures of the last thousand years. While Marco Polo and Columbus opened new lands, Shakespeare and Michelangelo produced some of the most sublime art, and Napoleon and Stalin changed the political face of their times, Luther triggered a change in the human spirit that's reached billions all around the world. The ideas announced in his sermons and written in books have affected virtually every realm and sphere of human activity, from politics to art, work to leisure. Truth be told, Luther's main body of work was a conscious part of the early American character and continued to play a central role until recently. It was Luther who played wet-nurse to the Modern world's emergence from Medievalism. We can neither credit nor blame Luther for the whole of what eventually became Protestantism, but as one who played a critical role in the emergence of a new movement and a new way of life for millions of people, the influence of his actions and beliefs on the past 500 years is beyond calculating. The modern world can barely be understood without Luther and the Reformation he sparked.Once Martin Luther was ordained a priest and settled into his ministry at Erfurt, his    superiors in the Augustinian order decided he should continue with his theological studies. Having gained a Master of Arts, he was qualified to lecture on philosophy. But he knew he needed more study to qualify as a lecturer on the Bible.The first step toward that end was to lecture on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, a standard theology textbook of the Middle Ages, which collected extracts from Scripture and the early church Fathers, arranged under topical headings to enhance discussion of theological issues. Under the guidance of Johann Nathin, a Professor of Theology and a senior member of Luther's order, Luther set to work studying texts such as Gabriel Biel's Dogmatics, a commentary on Lombard's Sentences. Luther devoured Lombard's theology.Meanwhile, Johann von Staupitz had been involved with the German Prince and Elector, Frederick the Wise, in establishing a new university in a small town called Wittenberg, 100 miles NW of Erfurt. In the Winter of 1508–9, he invited Luther to move and teach there. Staupitz was himself Lecturer in Biblical Studies in Wittenberg, so the idea was for Luther to help with the teaching of Aristotle's Ethics. At the same time, he would work towards his doctorate, the ultimate qualification to teach theology in the church and university. After a single term, he was recalled to Erfurt for a further two years to fill a gap in the teaching program, but eventually returned to Wittenberg in 1512. Luther was placed in charge of  teaching younger Augustinian friars in the order's house in town. He received his doctorate in mid-October and enrolled as a full teaching member of the university.These years also saw the growth of Luther's profile within the Augustinian Order. In 1510, he was sent with a fellow friar to Rome to try to sort out a complex internal matter connected with the order. They assumed his training as a lawyer positioned him as perfect for the job. The trip proved unsuccessful, but it was Luther's only trip outside Germany.The Modern and mostly uninformed view of the Middle Ages is that it was a time when the people of Europe assumed they knew everything, and that the everything they knew was colossally wrong. But we Moderns NOW know è WE know everything. Ha!It does not take much investigation to realize this image of medieval thought is far from true. Erfurt, like most German universities of the time, was a place of wide theological variety. For several centuries, theology in the universities of Europe had been dominated by The Scholastics.By the time Luther came on the scene, there were three main types of Scholastic theology in operation. The first two, following the teaching of Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus were by then known as the ‘old way' or Realists. Alongside this was emerging a new kind of theology, called the ‘modern way', o r Nominalists.One central question medieval theologians often pondered concerned the parts played by God and humans in salvation. The question of how we can come into a right relationship with God or, as the theologians called it, the doctrine of justification, was a hot topic. Contrary to what we might think, no one in late-medieval theological circles believed that a person could earn salvation purely by their own efforts. All agreed that God's grace was necessary for salvation. The point at issue was how much and what kind of help was needed, and what part people played in the process. The Church's teaching on this question was far from clear, and a number of different positions were held, not least among the Nominalist faction.One group took their cue from the great 5th C Bishop of Hippo, St Augustine.  When it came to the doctrine of justification, they held that humanity was helpless. Only God himself, by his sovereign mercy, could intervene and save people. Another group of Nominalists, the group that had an early influence on Luther, such as William of Ockham and Gabriel Biel, thought there was something which could be done to initiate the process of salvation.When Luther read Biel's textbook, he was persuaded by the idea that God has entered into a covenant, or pact, with humanity. If the sinner did what lay within him, then God would not deny him grace. Within the framework of this agreement or covenant, sinners were capable of making a small moral effort on their own, without the help of God's grace. This initial effort was required before God would respond. This might involve feeling a genuine sorrow for sin, or generating a sense of love for God. In response to this, God would give a supply (‘infusion' was the technical term) of His grace to help fan this spark into a flame. But this initial gift of grace was not enough to access salvation on its own. The Christian then had to cooperate with God's grace and, by the exercise of good works done with God's help, perfect this contrition for sin and love for God, so that salvation could truly be attained.At the same time one group of Nominalists was scratching this out, another movement with its origins a Century earlier scorned all these movements within scholastic thought. The Renaissance, which had begun in Northern Italy, spread into Germany. It captured the allegiance of many younger scholars, with its exciting promise of returning to the sources of classical Greece and Rome as a model for literature, art, architecture, law and rhetoric.‘Humanism,' as this program was known, isn't to be confused with modern humanism, that is, secular humanism, which is atheistic. While it did have a high view of human dignity, the 16th C version was religious in character, something most colleges and universities today neglect to mention. Renaissance humanism, or the study of the humanities wasn't so much a set of ideas or philosophical opinions, as a yearning for all things classical. The great motivating desire was to acquire eloquence and skill with words and language. So, everything was devoted towards a new kind of education, which involved making the study of classical texts possible—as these were thought the best models of eloquence available. These texts could be Greek literature, Roman law, classical poetry or early Christian theology. So, the humanists promoted the study of Greek and Hebrew, alongside Latin, the language of all scholarly work in the Middle Ages, so that these texts could be read in the original, avoiding what they felt was the misleading filter of medieval translations.Humanists took particular exception to the methods and products of scholastic theology, of every stripe, Nominalist or Realist. They felt that the scholastic method encouraged the asking and answering of a series of irrelevant questions. They also objected to the method of using medieval commentaries, rather than the original texts themselves. For the humanist, lengthy medieval interpretations simply got in the way of the brilliance of the original authors. Humanists wanted a direct encounter with the original text of classical authors, the Bible and the Fathers, rather than have all that muddied by an extra layer of explanations made by lesser, more recent scholars, writing in crude and verbose medieval Latin.So, using the recent invention of the printing press, humanists reproduced of a whole series of ancient Christian texts, which made a new kind of scholarship possible. Three works in particular were important.First, in 1503, Erasmus published the Enchiridion or Handbook of the Christian Soldier. It laid out a program of reform for the Church.Second, in 1506, an 11-volume edition of the Works of Augustine appeared. For the first time in centuries, it was possible to read the greatest authority in Western theology in full, in context, and without the help of medieval commentators.Third, and most important was Erasmus's greatest achievement, his Greek New Testament published in 1516. Although this edition was not as reliable as it might have been since Erasmus had a limited number of texts to work from—it became the first-ever printed edition of the Greek text, so that, for the first time, theologians all over Europe had the chance to compare the standard Latin Bible text with the original. A number of disturbing things emerged. For example, medieval theologians were unanimous in seeing marriage as a full sacrament of the church, alongside holy communion and baptism, on the basis of Jerome's translation of Ephesians 5:32, which referred to it as a sacrament. When Erasmus's edition appeared, it became clear that the original Greek word really meant ‘mystery'. The scriptural basis for regarding marriage as equal in value to baptism and Communion was shaken. So, the work of Erasmus and the other humanists played a major part in loosening the hold of the church's authority in the minds of many educated laypeople.While they didn't engage in outright warfare, scholasticism and humanism jostled in the lecture halls and universities across Germany in the early years of the 16th C. Erfurt where Luther was, was no exception. The two schools of thought were both present in the university, although relationships between them were, on the whole, fairly amiable. Luther was known for his knowledge of classical writers. He likely attended lectures by humanist teachers.This was the theological landscape at the time Luther's mind was being formed. Taught theology by nominalists, Luther believed as long as he did his best, God would give him grace to help him to become better. Humanist texts allowed him to study the great authorities of the Bible and the Fathers with fresh eyes. From 1509–10, he studied Augustine's works and Lombard's Sentences, and some of the notes he made in the margins of these works have survived to this day. They show him to be a not particularly original adherent of the theology of the Modern Way. He'd followed his teachers well, and there was little sign at this stage of departure from them.Luther was often plagued by bouts of depression. He wondered whether God really did hold good intentions towards him, sensing rather the stern stare of Christ as judge, demanding from him an impossible level of purity. He wondered whether these feelings were evidence he wasn't chosen at all, but that he was among those destined to be damned to eternal suffering.On the shelves of the library of the Augustinian friary in Erfurt were copies of several works by Bernard of Clairvaux. Bernard was something of a hero to monks like Luther, having developed a rich spiritual theology in the 12th C, and lots of advice on the spiritual life. Luther read these and heard them read over meals. He noticed Bernard's close attention to Scripture, and a piety which kept returning to the sufferings and humility of Jesus. Bernard advised his readers to meditate on the cross of Christ, especially when anxious or depressed. One of the virtues gained from such meditation was humility, a virtue greatly valued by God. Bernard said humility's abiding image was the crucified Christ, and how God used the experience of suffering, even seasons of doubt, to bring humility to the human soul. à This was a tonic to the oft-tormented Luther.This emphasis on the Scriptures and pondering the cross, passed on by earlier scholars like Bernard and Augustine plowed and planted the field of Luther's mind for the fruit it would later produce in the central doctrine of the Reformation – Justification by Faith Alone.A recent biographer called Martin Luther “A catastrophe in the history of Western civilization.” If we look only at the religious wars which were part of the Reformation, that verdict seems fair. But if we widen the criteria of our evaluation to Luther's role in calling the church to a simpler, more just and communal vision, in puncturing the conceited abuse of power and hierarchical oppression of a moribund institution which nearly all admit was grotesquely corrupt, not to mention the inspiration which his theology has been to countless people over the centuries since, that judgment isn't fair.Luther was a man of immense personal courage, fierce intelligence, and furious stubbornness. A mind steeped in the theology of his time, an ability to see quickly to the heart of an issue, and an eloquence that enabled him to express his ideas with clarity, was a powerful mixture. He inspired deep loyalty, even ardent love on the part of his supporters. He had a capacity to enjoy life in a huge way. He could be both tender and sharp, and his absence left an irreplaceable gap. As Melanchthon put it at Luther's funeral, now they were ‘entirely poor, wretched, forsaken, orphans who had lost a dear noble man as our father'. At the same time, Luther was a man with deep flaws, who made enemies as quickly as friends, and whose brilliant language could be used to hurt as much as to heal.As we end this episode, I wanted to share something I found that I thought was really good in regards to Luther's Enduring Legacy. It has to do with his doctrine of Justification by Faith. These thoughts are sparked by Graham Tomlin's Luther and His World.Our Postmodern culture isn't concerned with the same questions that dominated the 16th C. People today don't agonize, as Luther did, over where to find a gracious God. Modern men and women aren't in the least bit concerned about the demands of a whole series of religious rules. But they do experience the constant demand to live up to standards of beauty set by the glamour industry; to levels of achievement set by business targets, or to standards of talent set by entertainment and sports. How to understand the self is a persistent and difficult problem modern psychotherapy aims to ameliorate.While Luther obviously worked before the development psychology, his doctrine of justification by faith has something to say to modern man. It says that human worth lies not in any ability or quality we possess, but in the simple fact that we are loved by our Creator.At the Heidelberg Disputation of 1518, Luther claimed: “Sinners are attractive because they are loved, not loved because they are attractive.” He used to say that our value lies not inside us, but outside us; in Christ himself. The righteousness of the Christian, in which he/she stands before God, is not their own righteousness, but is Christ's own righteousness, received by faith. They can know their true value is found not in any good quality in themselves, nor any good actions they've performed, but in the fact they're loved by God. Luther's location of value entirely ‘outside ourselves', in God's love manifested in Christ, safeguards a sense that our worth is unshakeable. Whether in work or unemployed, able-bodied or disabled; red or yellow, black or white we're ALL precious in God's sight. Even if we experience doubt over our worth through despair at our own capabilities, virtue or reputation, this sense of ultimate value cannot be taken away and can become the foundation of a secure and steady self-image because it's received rather than achieved.But there's more and this is where the doctrine of justification by faith can touch and heal our shattered world. The doctrine reverses the way in which we tend to evaluate other people. If a person's value lies in a quality or feature which they possess, such as a particular skill or ability or ethnicity, it can make distinctions between people. Some people are more valuable and some are less; and we're back to Apartheid, slavery, and the Holocaust. If, however, as justification by faith insists, a person's true value lies not in anything they possess but in something ‘outside themselves'; that they are loved by God—then we can't make such distinctions. Each person has dignity and value, and deserves equal treatment, regardless of age, skills, social utility or earning capacity.The Biblical Doctrine of Justification by Faith utterly upends Critical Theory which carves people into groups and sets worth solely by their identity IN that group. For the Biblical truth of Salvation by Grace through Faith resets human identity in only two groups; the lost and saved = Both of which are loved eternally by God, a love made manifest in the Cross of Christ.There is, however, at the same time a sobering honesty about Luther's doctrine of justification. He insists that the first step to wisdom, to a rock-solid, immovable sense of self-worth, is to take a good look into the depths of one's own soul. It means to face up honestly to the self-centeredness, lack of love for one's neighbor, cowardice and indifference towards those who are suffering that lurks there. This is no easy doctrine which glosses over the reality of sin and evil in the human heart, the capacity to inflict pain and injustice which lies in everyone. For Luther, God has to help us to look into this abyss before we can go any further. This is far from that pleasant middle-class religion which assumes that everyone is good and nice, and which refuses to look beneath the surface. Luther's God insists on facing up to the dark secrets inside, the selfish motivations and hidden desires.But this is only preliminary. Some forms of religion have implied that this is the sum of religion—making us feel bad about ourselves. Luther insists this is merely a necessary first step—a means to an end, but not an end in itself. God breaks up the fragile foundations of a sense of self-worth based in our own virtues, in order to establish a much firmer rock upon which to build. Luther would have been wary of psychological techniques which try to build self-worth by positive thinking and self-talk.Justification by faith is a reminder to Christians that they approach God not on the basis of who they are, but on the basis of who Christ is. Self-worth, value and forgiveness are gifts, not rights. It's nothing to do with achieving an elusive goal of becoming the idealized person they might like to be in their most hopeful moments. It is a reminder that it is only when they stop trying to be someone else, and start being honest about who they really are, that they can begin to receive God's acceptance of them à In Christ.It doesn't get any more Biblical than that!