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Weird Medieval Guys episodes

October 26 Unsolved medieval mysteries
It's our third halloween special! Talking about:
-the codex gigas
-the green children of woolpit
-the erdstallen
-the dancing plague
-the voynich manuscript
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1 hr 50 min
October 14 Medieval hygiene
As we all know, everyone in the middle ages lived and died in the muck. What's worse, they had no idea that being caked in shit and smelling terrible was bad. Or did they?
Maybe instead they all just smelled like a mild curry...
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1 hr 45 min
September 29 Medieval medicine
leech up, leech heads!
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1 hr 40 min
September 14Was Mansa Musa the richest man in history?
"PEOPLE OF CAIRO, YOU LISTEN TO ME. GO INTO THE TREASURY, AND PUT YOUR HAND IN THE CASH REGISTER FOR NO REASON. THAT MONEY IS YOUR MONEY AS OF RIGHT NOW."
al-Umari, attributed to Mansa Musa, 14th century
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1 hr 50 min
June 17 Peasant rebellions
Why are peasants so revolting?
1 hr 33 min
May 25Reviewing Medieval Movies
The movies are back, or so they say. But what makes a good medieval movie? Historical accuracy? Satisfying storytelling? The quality of the tassels? To find out, Aran, Olivia and Joe Mason reviewed five movies. Some of them were good, some of them were interesting, and some of them were Braveheart.
Films reviewed:
Braveheart (1995)
The Northman (2022)
The Green Knight (2021)
The Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
A Knight's Tale (2001)
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2 hr 26 min
May 11 Why don't we build cathedrals any more?
Roger Scruton - In Defense of Booty
1 hr 49 min
April 27 Medieval Robots
Wait, what? Are you for real? is this a bit you're doing?
1 hr 50 min
April 13 Did medieval people think the world was going to end in 1000 AD?
It would only make sense, right? Why else would they call it millenarianism?
1 hr 39 min
March 30 How medieval scribes invented fonts
And how Hitler made them illegal!
2 hr 9 min