Medieval Warfare Podcast

In this episode we talk with Stephen Morillo, whose interest in military history takes him from Anglo-Norman England to medieval Japan.

Clifford Rogers is our guest on this episode of the podcast. A professor of history at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Rogers is well known for his work on military revolutions and the Hundred Years War. We talk about his research and how he approaches doing historical research.

This summer we had the chance to take in several museums and their medieval collections. We talk about how to show the Middle Ages with Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye, director of Musée de Clunyin Paris, and Bianca Gendreau, who curated the 'Medieval Europe - Power and Splendour' exhibition at the Canadian Museum of History.

We talk Anglo-Saxon military history with Richard Abels, whose latest book, Æthelred the Unready: The Failed King, will be coming out later this year.

We take a look into the world of Odin, Loki and Thor in this episode as were joined by Carolyne Larrington, author of The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes.

We're joined by Daniele Cybulskie, aka The Five Minute Medievalist, to talk about the Arthurian legends, and why she thinks that Sir Gawain was the greatest knight from the Round Table.

Valerie Eads joins the podcast to give a paper she originally delivered earlier this year at the International Congress on Medieval Studies. A fascinating and thought-provoking examination of how historians have been looking at the role of women in medieval warfare.

We welcome Craig Nakashian to the podcast to talk about how bishops and other clergy could find themselves involved in medieval warfare. If someone took up the ecclesiastical life in the Middle Ages, could they still be a warrior?

This episode of medieval warfare podcast takes a look at a topic not discussed enough: logistics. We're joined by John Hosler and Ilana Krug to talk about how medieval armies get organized, fed and supplied, and how this can often determine which side is victorious in medieval campaigns.

Peter is joined by Peter Vemming of the Medieval Centre in Demark. The Middelaldercentret is an experimental living history museum in Denmark, which depicts the middle ages in the Denmark of the late 14th and early 15th centuries.

We bring Michael Livingston and Kelly DeVries to talk about which battles from the Middle Ages we would have really liked to have seen firsthand. It’s a wide-ranging conversation that takes from Hattin to Bruges and from Rhodes to Crecy. Unsung heroes, amazing encounters, and a little Monty Python in this conversation that we recorded at the International Congress on Medieval Studies.

Just in time for the latest movie about the legendary medieval ruler, we speak with Christopher Berard about King Arthur. From the earliest stories of how he would return from the dead to the role he played in medieval politics, the story of Arthur is one that continues to fascinate us. Sorry about the audio we recorded at this conference, we know its not great but we thought the content was interesting enough to share. Next time we're on location we'll do better....

We’re joined by two guests - Niall Christie and Michael Fulton - to talk about the papers they gave at the recent Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America. They reveal some of the new and interesting ways historians and archaeologists are studying the crusades and the medieval Middle East. Sorry about the audio we recorded at this conference, we know its not great but we thought the content was interesting enough to share. Next time we're on location we'll do better....

Did the Middle Ages have its own version of The Walking Dead? We talk with Scott Bruce, author of The Penguin Book of the Undead, about some strange medieval tales, including a horde of dead soldiers roaming the countryside around Normandy. Sorry about the audio, we know its not great but we thought the content was interesting enough to share. Next time we're on location we'll do better....

The crusades are a very popular topic. It is also can be one of the most controversial, with books and websites offering misinformation, exaggerations and falsehoods. We take a look at how historians are dealing with the challenges of writing about the crusades with our guest Professor Andrew Holt of Florida State College. He recently co-edited the book Seven Myths of the Crusades and joins us to talk about it.

In this episode we follow the Norse raiders who attacked much of Western Europe from about the ninth to the eleventh centuries. What made the such a threat and how did rulers of Europe respond to them.   We are joined by Danielle Turner, a historian who specializes in the Vikings and the author of the featured article in the latest issue of Medieval Warfare - 'The Viking Sieges of Paris: Brilliant Warfare or Pragmatic Decision?'

There are hundreds, if not thousands of historians who research and write about wars, battles, and the military of the Middle Ages. Why do we want to do this, and what is it that we think the world should know about medieval military history. Our guests for today are: Daniel Franke is assistant professor of history at Richard Bland College of William and Mary in Petersburg, Virginia, and he researches military networks and the intersection of strategy, policy, and culture on military operations in the Hundred Years War. An award-winning professor and writer, Michael Livingston holds degrees in History, Medieval Studies, and English. He teaches at The Citadel, in Charleston, South Carolina, where he specializes in medieval military history and culture. His last book, 'The Battle of Crécy: A Casebook', won the 2017 Distinguished Book Prize from the Society for Military History.

Coming soon, the Medieval Warfare Magazine Podcast. Every few weeks Peter Konieczny, editor of Medieval Warfare magazine, talks to historians to discuss some of the topics and issues around the subject of warfare in the middle ages.