(Lucy) For much of the Middle Ages, King Arthur was Europe’s model king. His court could be a space for heroism, for romance, and also for the uncanny. Often drawing on oral tradition, written for elite audiences, the Arthurian romances of the 13th and 14th centuries can be surprisingly revealing about cultural values and cultural debates. This week we'll be looking at Christmas feasts, sun-god figures, and complex debates about the morality of flirting.
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Emperor Akbar, the Mughal Empire, and Divine Faith
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Napoleon, Part I: The Man
The Several Defenestrations of Prague
Entertainment in Medieval Towns
Goethe's Werther and the Suicide Effect
Why Simon de Montfort is in the U.S. House of Representatives
Running in the Ancient Olympic Games
Getting Skinny: A Brief History of Dieting
Lepers and Leprosy in the 13th Century
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Science, Plague, and Pericles: Reconstructing the Face of Myrtis
Viking Invasions and St. Edmund's Talking Head
Wilkie Collins' "The Moonstone" and the Indian Mutiny
The French Revolution Countdown (Part I)
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Drinking in Medieval England
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