Jackie finally gets to use her first master's degree, and dive into as much medieval history as she can fit into a 40 minute episode! Buckle in for this first part of a medieval series in our continued lost genre series.

Questions/Comments/Concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org!

Go listen to our Viking episode (#45) and our Scottish episodes (#47 and Minisode #22)

Books/movies we mention:

• Connie Mason
• A Knight's Tale (starring Heath Ledger) inspired by Chaucer!
• The Last Duel by Eric Jager
• The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning by Long Litt Loon
• Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
• Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey

Curious about the medieval period? Here are some books Jackie recommends!

• Life in a Medieval City by Joseph Gies
• The Bright Ages; A New History of Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele
• The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
• The Great Mortality by John Kelly
• She-Wolves; the women who ruled England before Elizabeth by Helen Castor
• Literally ANYTHING by Alison Weir

Sources:

• "Feudalism and Knights in Medieval Europe" (Norris, 2001)
• "Feudalism" (Cartwright, 2018)
• "Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive'" (Gibbons, 2018)
• "Effects of the Black Death on Europe" (Mark, 2020)
• "William I 'The Conqueror' (r. 1066-1087)" (royal.uk)
• "Knight/cavalryman" (Brittanica)