Memory Medieval Podcast

Luke Daly joins me to discuss the insane, incredible, and very interesting finances of 13th century Canterbury Cathedral. A very interesting look into the economics and finances of medieval England and the medieval church.

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You can follow Luke Daly on X by clicking here and you can check out his first book by clicking here.You won’t want to miss the special holiday episode on medieval feasting and then SIX episodes on Richard the Lionheart to start off 2026! Thank you for a great first year podcasting.

Nathan Hood, founder of the newly created Pendragon Foundation joins me on this episode of Just Feudal Things to discuss the sad state of castles (and historical sites) in Britain and what he is going to try and do about it. It’s a good opportunity to consider how the past shapes our lives now and how we interact with that history shapes our view of it.For all things Memory Medieval, you can become a free subscriber to my substack here

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Just Feudal Things is a conversational podcast about medieval history, with new episodes coming out on the 3rd and 17th of each month (a day early for those of you who are free subscribers on substack). The next episode will be about the financial records of a medieval cathedral and then we will have an epic medieval feasting episode to finish out the year! 2026 will begin with a series of podcasts on Richard the Lionheart… get ready!

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Jack Wilson (Mongol EXPERT) joins me to explore the history of European-Mongol conflict between the 1240s and 1280s and to use what we know of what did happen to inform the often-speculated question: Could the Mongols have conquered Europe?After you listen to the episode, let me know what you think!You can learn much, much more about the Mongols at Jack’s youtube channel You can also click here to follow him on XAnd you can click here to subscribe for free to my substackAnd lastly you can check out the sponsor of this episode, Cards of History here

If you have the generosity and resources, becoming a paid subscriber will help me create bigger and better projects to delight you with and help revitalize an interest in medieval history!Just Feudal Things is a conversational podcast on medieval history featuring subject matter experts and enthusiasts. New episodes release on the 3rd and 17th, each month. In case you missed it, the last two episodes featured Dr Elizabeth Norton on many medieval female rulers and Dr Emma Herbert-Davies on what we know about medieval warhorses! Future episodes will feature conversations on current-day castle restoration and preservation, the financial records of cathedrals, and a special episode on medieval feasting, just in time for Christmas!

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Dr. Elizabeth Norton joins me to discuss some of the medieval women featured in her recent book “Women Who Ruled the World”. We discuss Empress Matilda, Charlotte of Cyprus, Tamar of Georgia, Isabelle the Catholic, and several more! An inside look into the lives and struggles of medieval women rulers.

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ICYMI, the last episode was about medieval warhorses with Dr. Emma Herbert-Davies and her cutting edge research. The episode before that was on the medieval ‘great books’ with Dcn Harrison Garlick. Up next is tentatively a DEEP DIVE on the Mongols, could they have invaded Europe? What were they really like? What were their invasion attempts like? And I have a special holiday episode on medieval feasting that is cooking up! Just Feudal Things is a conversational podcast about medieval history with subject matter experts and enthusiasts. New episodes release on the 3rd and 17th each month!

Dr. Elizabeth Norton joins me to discuss some of the medieval women featured in her recent book “Women Who Ruled the World”. We discuss Empress Matilda, Charlotte of Cyprus, Tamar of Georgia, Isabelle the Catholic, and several more! An inside look into the lives and struggles of medieval women rulers.

If you’d like to purchase her book, you can click here.

If you’d like more medieval content from Dr. Elizabeth Norton, you can follow her on X here.

If you’d like to support my efforts to revitalize medieval history and to bring you bigger and better projects, please consider becoming a paid supporter.

If you’d like to subscribe to my free substack, you can click here.

ICYMI, the last episode was about medieval warhorses with Dr. Emma Herbert-Davies and her cutting edge research. The episode before that was on the medieval ‘great books’ with Dcn Harrison Garlick. Up next is tentatively a DEEP DIVE on the Mongols, could they have invaded Europe? What were they really like? What were their invasion attempts like? And I have a special holiday episode on medieval feasting that is cooking up! Just Feudal Things is a conversational podcast about medieval history with subject matter experts and enthusiasts. New episodes release on the 3rd and 17th each month!

It’s been TWENTY episodes!

In this exciting episode, Dr. Emma Herbert-Davies joins me to discuss the reality of medieval warhorses which was the focus of her very novel research. She poured over horse-keeping records from the reigns of Edwards I & II to discover many tricks of the trade, as well as the methods they used to keep the war machine supplied with equine friends.

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If you enjoyed this episode, you may also want to look at episodes on Medieval War Strategy (episode 1) and the 5th Crusade (episode 5)

You can look forward to upcoming episodes on Medieval Women Rulers with Dr. Elizabeth Norton and a deep dive (over 2 hours) into the Mongol Invasions of Europe with notable Mongol youtuber Jackfriend, who is also working on a PhD on the Golden Horde and 1285 invasion.

Just Feudal Things is a conversational podcast about medieval history featuring subject matter experts and enthusiasts. New episodes come out on the 3rd and 17th each month (one day early for all of my substack subscribers). Thank you to everyone who is already supporting the Memory Medieval project. We will revitalize medieval history together!

Deacon Harrison Garlick joins me to discuss the "great books" that affected the medieval mind and the great books that came out of the medieval period.

We discuss Plato, Aristotle, Boethius, Cicero, The Song of Roland, Canterbury Tales, and more. Ever wonder why there aren't many "great books" that have come out of the medieval period? We cover that too.

You can check out the home for everything Memory Medieval on substack and if you are enjoying the content, please consider becoming a paid supporter. It will help me create even bigger and better medieval history projects!

You can follow Harrison's great book podcast on X here

The website is here

He also writes here

Just Feudal Things is a conversational podcast about medieval history featuring subject matter experts and enthusiasts. New episodes out on the 3rd and 17th of each month.

This is a roundtable discussion between REAL HISTORIANS David Parnell and John D Hosler and POP HISTORIANS myself and Andrew of Shadows over Constantinople.

You may have seen some online tension between pop historians/enthusiasts and "real" historians. I have experienced a bit of that myself (see previous episode).

Why is there this tension? Don't we have common ground? How can we all work together better? We discuss "What is an historian?" and "Is history an art or science?" What does an historian's training look like? How do we spend our time? Why are many non-professional historians anonymous? and more!

You can follow David Parnell on substack here

You can pick up his excellent book here

You can follow John D Hosler on X here

You can pick up his excellent book on the Siege of Acre here

You can follow Andrew on X here

And lastly, you can follow everything related to my Memory Medieval project at the substack

Look for new episodes on the 3rd and 17th of each month. I have a few great episodes lined up for the near future you won't want to miss. The next episode is on medieval literature and its effect on the medieval mind. Then an episode on war horses. And a couple more big episodes in the works!

This is a podcast response to a clique of substack "historians" who have publicly slandered me.

Disclaimers: 1- Links below are for your educational purposes. Please do not give any hate comments or harass these people at all. In fact, if you'd like to “get revenge” on them, the best way is to comment on and share this video (free) and to become a paid supporter of my work, if you have the generosity and resources.

2- The video is, of course, my opinions only. I would like to remain open to speaking with all kinds of historians and enthusiasts of every political stripe. We all have differing opinions but I'd like to imagine that doesn't mean we cannot continue to drive interest and education in medieval history together. But my views do not represent the views of anyone I speak with or who is associated with me.

3- I go out of my way to not attack academia here. I think there are many academics and scholars who do great work. And in the real episode 18 (forthcoming), you can hear my discussion with a couple great historians about how we can all work together. Ultimately, these sorts of "criticisms" (to which I am responding here) are very devious. They're attempting to freeze me out of academic spaces, and to harm my public reputation by baselessly slandering me.

4- I welcome critique of anything I post. I am happy to engage with anyone who cares to add context or even to correct something I post. Mistakes happen. I am not perfect, nor do I know everything. However, the “criticisms” I am addressing here were not written publicly to come to a better understanding, or to generate knowledge or enthusiasm for history, but as a way to slander me and to gatekeep what they think should be “their arena”. History is a collective social project and they do not get to have a monopoly on it.

It's crazy that John participated in this after I invited him on the podcast! I have never had any negative interactions with any of these people before they decided to baselessly insult me, I have even liked and commented on some of Holly's posts in the past. I'd much rather speak about history, which is a big reason I sat on this for so long but I felt like I could not let this ridiculous slander go unanswered.

You can follow along at the home for my project, big things coming by years end: https://substack.com/@memorymedieval

Link to the hit piece written about me by Madeleine, who is pictured in the thumbnail. It's her own picture (this is proper photo attribution), 2025. https://empressofbyzantium.substack.com/p/the-people-who-built-this-were-motivated

I hope you find her method of muddying the waters, poisoning the well, and saying things without saying them much more engaging than I did.

Link to Holly A Brown's accusation about my "misinformation" https://substack.com/@hollyabrown/note/c-135157049

Link to Ben Loomis' longwinded comment where he agrees with me and then randomly insults me https://substack.com/@benloomis/note/c-141811683

Link to John Dell Isola's remark https://substack.com/@jondellisola/note/c-126738078

You are welcome to let me know in the comments why you think a single-sentence post got all these people so upset.

Matt Lewis joins me today to talk about Richard III, The Wars of the Roses, Bosworth Field, Richard’s early life, and some of his views on medieval history. I was unaware until recently that there may be much more to the case of the Princes in the Tower than meets the eye and Matt is maybe one of the foremost experts in the world on all of the evidence. If you have not seen any of his content before and are interested further, would highly recommend you check out his content or his recent book, which is a deep dive on the mystery of the princes.You can subscribe to Matt on substack here

You can purchase his recent book on the mystery of the Princes here

To get daily notes on medieval history and follow along with the entire Memory Medieval project, you can subscribe to my substack here

Just Feudal Things is a conversational podcast about medieval history with subject matter experts and enthusiasts. My goal is to bring you some unique angles and information to get a fresh look into medieval history. If you’ve been enjoying the podcast and would like to support my creation of even bigger and better things, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Thank you to all of my patrons for your support.

As always, if you have any comments or questions about the episode, you can post them on substack or you can comment on my pinned post on X