Future Imperfect

We learn lots about of the facts of the Middle Ages, but what did the people themselves believe about the ways in which the world worked, and the intersections between religion and magic? Jason talks to Tabitha Stanmore about practical magic, cunning folk, and the ways in which magic was threaded through mediaeval life.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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In a world of limited resources, people in the Middle Ages knew how to exploit the natural world in a way that was sustainable. Jason talks to Annette Kehnel about sustainability in the Middle Ages.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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In this episode, Jason talks to Marc Morris about his new book, Anglo Saxons.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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Sara Charles is a researched into books and manuscripts, who has learned all of the processes that went into making books in the Middle Ages. She joins Jason to talk about manuscripts books, and all thinks ink and vellum!

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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Jason Kingsley, CBE, talks to armourer Toby Capwell about their time spent jousting against each other, how you know when to give up jousting and how armour worked in the Middle Ages.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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In this episode, Jason is joined by Dr Hana Videen, who has been collecting early mediaeval words and their meanings. She talks about what we can learn about the way people in the early mediaeval period dealt with animals from the way they wrote and talked about them.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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On this episode, Jason is joined by James Wright a buildings archaeologist who specialises in mediaeval myth-busting. He talks us through the legends about a lot of England's old buildings, and what the truth actually is.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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We've had a lot of new listeners over the summer - so we thought we'd look back at some of the highlights of some of our older episodes.

Presenter: Jason Kingsley, CBE

Producer: Natt Tapley

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Did people in the Middle Ages believe in fairies? Jason talks to Dr Francis Young about mediaeval beliefs in non-Christian entities and his book, Twilight of the Godlings.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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In this episode, Jason talks to Eleanor Parker about her book Winters In The World: A Journey Through The Anglo-Saxon Year.

Producer: Natt Tapley

Audio: Pete Dennis

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