Medieval Murder Podcast

Bianca’s Cure, Gigi Berardi - Women Writers, Women's Books In Bianca’s Cure by Gigi Berardi (She Writes Press, February 10, 2026), Berardi brings her own training and expertise, first as a biologist at University of California San Diego and then as a social s...

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Today we have a very special guest on the podcast, Gigi Berardi, acclaimed writer, Fulbright Scholar, and Western Washington University Professor who will be talking with us about her new book, Bianca’s Cure.

If you have any questions about Dr. Berardi's work or Bianca's Cure check out her blog.

Can anyone tell what this circled word is? #history #paleography

🎉📣 Announcing the IHR Research Training Courses for October - December 2025.

Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Hi #medievalsky! We’re excited to announce that Issue 2 of The So What is available on our site: www.arthuriana.com/tsw-issues! #pubhums #arthuriansky
And now, a quick teaser 🧵 of the pieces in this issue… /1

Our latest podcast episode is now available everywhere podcasts can be found! Today we are talking about a very popular, if you can call it that, murder from the 1500s that features a love triangle, a failed poisoning and much more - it's the murder of Thomas Arden!

Today we are talking about the murder of Marguerite Porete, who, while little known to most people, is a fascinating woman whose life ended terribly - featuring the inquisition and the Beguin movement!

BAV Pal. lat. 1746, fol. 99r

BAV Pal. lat. 1746, fol. 99r, detail of the opening of Tatwine's Ars grammatica

Today is the feast of Tatwine, d. 734, Archbishop of Canterbury. 🕯️ Before he became ABC, Tatwine composed riddles & a grammar during his life as monk & abbot of Breedon-on-the-Hill in Mercia (now Leicestershire, barely).

BAV Pal. lat. 1746 is a late-8c copy of his grammar from Lorsch.

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Just as a reminder since this seems to be getting some citations recently. I’ve published this open access piece from my masters dissertation on Crime and Sin in Early Medieval England. doi.org/10.33929/sherm.2021.vol3.no1.08

Hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts now accessible Over the course of the last three years, the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been enhancing the discoverability of medieval medical recipes in historic library collections across the ...

Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project.
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg

Handwritten letter from the 1840s featuring large ink spots.

Spent my Friday afternoon in the archives with some lovely 19th century letters.

Our latest podcast episode "The Sack of Rome of 1527" is now available everywhere podcasts can be found! Listen to us talk about the politics and people surround the attack on Rome, with a special emphasis on the Swiss Guard!

Our latest podcast episode “The Cadaver Synod” in which Pope Formosus deceased body is put on trial for his supposed crimes in 897 is now available everywhere podcasts can be found! Take a listen and let us know what you think by leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Prime Day is an excellent day for saying “hey, how we go get some books at the library” 📚

William of Hirsau William of Hirsau was a Benedictine abbot and monastic reformer. He was abbot of Hirsau Abbey, for whom he created the Constitutiones Hirsaugienses, based on the uses of Cluny, and was the father of the Hirsau Reforms, which influenced many Benedictine monasteries in Germany. He supported the papacy in the Investiture Controversy. In the Roman Catholic Church, he is a Blessed, the second of three steps toward recognition as a saint.

#OTD (Jul 05) in the year 1091: death of William of Hirsau, German abbot #OTDIH #history 🗃️ #Medievalsky

I’m so glad you like it!

Our latest podcast episode on "The Peasant's Revolt of 1381" is now available everywhere podcasts can be found! Take a listen to our discussion on the rebellion which attempted to stand up to the policies of the crown! Let's know what you think by leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts.

Spending today recording the next podcast episode! Any guess on what it might be? 👀

Introduction to Insular Script and the Palaeography of the Old English Period

Are Early Medieval Books your thing? We have a summer school course for you!👇 #Skystorians #MedievalSky

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Our new episode “Catherine Howard: The Fifth Wife of Henry VIII” is now available everywhere podcasts can be found! Hear about Catherine’s tragic life and subsequent death.

Have you listened to our episode yet on Axlar-Bjorn the only medieval Icelandic serial killer and the bloody Bender serial killers of 19th century Kansas?
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The cargo ship SS William O'Brien

#OTD 18 Apr 1920: SS William O'Brien reported severe leaking, and she was sinking in heavy weather 500 miles east of Philadelphia. British vessels Baltic and Minniekahda responded but found only debris. William O'Brien was lost with all 40 hands.

#maritimehistory #skystorians #history #podcast

Have you ever assigned posts from my blog "The Manuscript Road Trip" in class or cited them in your scholarship? Read them for fun? Please let me know! I'm giving a paper at Kalamazoo about the project and would love to know if you find it useful. #MedievalSky manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com

Medieval Executions: The View from the Scaffold - Medievalists.net Let’s take a brief look at what judicial execution was really like in the Middle Ages.

Medieval Executions: The View from the Scaffold www.medievalists.net/2024/04/medi... #Medieval

The Apocalypse Tapestry is a large medieval set of tapestries currently held in Chateau d’Angers in France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I, the Duke of Anjou and is dated to the late 14th century. It depicts the story of the apocalypse from the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

Inquest was made before Simon Eead, the coroner, by four neighbouring townships; they say that the said Geolfrey with the aid and force of the said unknown person killed Ealph, as is aforesaid. Therefore it is ordered that the said Geoffrey be arrested.”

According to coroners rolls from 1265 the following happened:

“It happened in the king's highway between Goldington and Bedford on Sunday^ next before the feast of St. Lawrence in the fiftieth year [that three persons quarrelled, and one of them was killed].

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Our newest podcast episode on the next wife of King Henry VIII, "Anne of Cleves: The Wife Who Lived" is now available anywhere podcasts can be found! Take a listen and if you like it let us know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts!

The Princes in the Tower: Q & A about a Royal Mystery That Still Haunts History - Elizabeth St.John History is full of secrets. Will you uncover the truth about the Princes in the Tower? Start the journey with The Godmother’s Secret and continue the search in The King’s Intelligencer.

The disappearance of the Princes in the Tower is one of England’s greatest historical mysteries. Did Richard III murder Edward V and his brother Richard? Or did they escape, their identities lost to time? Join the Q&A.
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗼-𝗦𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗰. 𝟲𝟬𝟬-𝗰. 𝟵𝟬𝟬
By Kristen Carella

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