Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World
By D Field
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Subscribers: 437
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 125
Mar 27, 2019
John
Aug 23, 2018
Fantastic idea, flawed execution. Instead of focusing on the travels of the eponymous character, podcast immediately dives into the history of well-known, larger figures. I wish it concentrated on the adventures of the lesser known figures.
Luke Ferguson
Aug 9, 2018
An insightful and interesting look at some of the stranger characters of history. Its funny, quirky and adventerous tone has brightened up my dull bus rides and made parts of my job fly by. Highly recomended!
Description
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Medieval Lives 8: Giovanni Fontana
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May 01, 2024 |
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The Fire at Louvain
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 10: Lisbon at Last
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 9: With Francis Xavier in Japan
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 8: First in Japan
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 7: A Traveller's Guide to Ming China
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 6: Grave Robbery and Leeches
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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The Medieval Winter and Other Seasons Since
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 5: Revenge and a Little Piracy Too
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 4: The Aceh Sultanate and Further Suffering at Sea
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Medieval Halloween: Signs in the Sky, Strange Children, etc
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 3: Melaka and the Embarrassed Envoy
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 2: The Red Sea and the Siege of Diu
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Fernao Mendes Pinto 1: From Lisbon, Poverty, and Pirates
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Medieval Lives 7: Long Distance Relationships
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May 19, 2023 |
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The Cairo Geniza
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May 02, 2023 |
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Medieval Lives 6: Wuhsha the Broker
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Brutus of Troy
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Holinshed: The Scottish Source
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 7: The Romance of Thorstein and Spes
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 6: Revenge in Constantinople
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 5: To Live and Die on Drangey
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 4: The Brothers Asmundarson
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 3: A Lonely Exile
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 2: Foul Luck and Feuding
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong 1: Exile, Outlawry, and the Undead
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Medieval Lives 5: The Consorts of the Caliphs
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Medieval Lives 4: Chen Cheng, his Travels, and his Troubles at Work
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Ghiyath al-Din Naqqash 2: AM Feasting & Other Diplomatic Concerns
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Ghiyath al-Dīn Naqqash 1: A Timurid Painter in Ming China
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi 5: The Year 598
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi 4: Consuming the Present
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi 3: Harvesting the Past
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May 23, 2022 |
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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi 2: On Egyptian Flora and Fauna
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi 1: Scholars, Sultans & Money
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Medieval Lives 3: An Anonymous Journey to Mecca
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Prester John 10: The End is not the End
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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The History of Sport - Baseball & The Little Pretty Pocket Book
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Prester John 9: The End Part One
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Prester John 8: Ambassador Mateus and his Many Doubters
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Prester John 7: The Way from Lisbon
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Prester John 6: The Ethiopian Prester John
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Medieval Halloween: Lamias, Devils, and Disembodied Hands
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Prester John 5: The Mongol Priest-King
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Prester John 4: Waiting for David
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Prester John 3: The Fifth Crusade
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Prester John 2.5: Papal Correspondence
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Prester John 2: Where From and What For
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Prester John 1: The Letter
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Medieval Lives 2: Ramon Llull
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May 06, 2021 |
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Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī 3: To Home, to Herat
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī 2: City of Victory
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī 1: The Unwilling Envoy
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Medieval Lives 1: al-Ghazāl
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 6: There and Back Again
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 5: A Season of Feasting at Samarkand
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 4: Sickness & Heat, Melons & Meat
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 3: Of the Water and the Mountains
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 2: Sacred Objects in the Imperial City
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Halloween Mini Episode: The Trouble at Froda
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo 1: Byzantine Entanglements
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Ibn Fadlan 4: Communal Hygiene and the Viking Funeral
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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Ibn Fadlan 3: Bulgar Discomforts & Jinn Warfare
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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Ibn Fadlan 2: A Letter from the Caliph
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Ibn Fadlan 1: From Baghdad with Very Cold Beards
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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Eustace the Black Monk
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Brancacci's Mission 2: Already Dismissed
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May 21, 2020 |
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Brancacci's Mission 1: From Florence to Cairo
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May 01, 2020 |
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Sir John Mandeville 5: Mongols, Mountains, and Myths
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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Sir John Mandeville 4: Of India and Medieval Monsters
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Sir John Mandeville 3: Mamluk Egypt
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Feb 22, 2020 |
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Sir John Mandeville 2: In and Around Jerusalem
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Jan 25, 2020 |
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Sir John Mandeville 1: To the Holy Land
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Dec 28, 2019 |
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The Book of the Wonders of India
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Nov 16, 2019 |
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Halloween Mini Episode: The Stories of Walter Map
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Abu Zayd and the Ways East
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Salah ad-Din 6: The Ayyubids
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Sep 28, 2019 |
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Salah ad-Din 5: The End of the End
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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Salah ad-Din 4: The Beginning of the End
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Jul 28, 2019 |
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Salah ad-Din 3: The Horns of Hattin
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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Salah ad-Din 2: A Syrian Election
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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Salah ad-Din 1: The City Victorious
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May 25, 2019 |
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The Sons of Maimon 3: From Moses to Moses
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Apr 28, 2019 |
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The Sons of Maimon 2: What's Done is Gone
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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The Sons of Maimon 1: Exile
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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Rabban Bar Sauma 4: Ilkhanid End Times
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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Rabban Bar Sauma 3: Barbazoma, Tartarus, Orientalis
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Feb 03, 2019 |
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Rabban Bar Sauma 2: Ilkhanid Infighting, Ilkhanid Envoy
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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Rabban Bar Sauma 1: The Monks of Kublai Khan
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Dec 24, 2018 |
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Geoffrey's Crusade 5: Boniface, Baldwin, and the Bulgarians
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Nov 25, 2018 |
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Halloween Special: Medieval Ghost Stories
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Geoffrey's Crusade 4: Simon and the Seven Thieves
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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Geoffrey's Crusade 3: One Alexius After Another
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Sep 26, 2018 |
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Geoffrey's Crusade 2: Imperial Virtues
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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Geoffrey's Crusade 1: Venetian Appointments
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Marco and the Polos 7: Marco Polo Comes Home
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Jul 28, 2018 |
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Marco and the Polos 6: The Grand Tour
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Jun 30, 2018 |
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Marco and the Polos 5: The Echoes of the Wind
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Jun 09, 2018 |
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Marco and the Polos 4: Did You Go to China, Marco?
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May 19, 2018 |
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Marco and the Polos 3: Marco and the Great, Great Khan
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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Marco and the Polos 2: Of Assassins and Other Things
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Apr 04, 2018 |
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Marco and the Polos 1: From Venice to the World
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Mar 10, 2018 |
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To See the Mongols 7: Mongol Civil War
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Feb 21, 2018 |
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To See the Mongols 6: The Road from Karakorum
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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To See the Mongols 5: The Great Debate
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Jan 19, 2018 |
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To See the Mongols 4: A William Leaves Town
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Jan 05, 2018 |
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To See the Mongols 3: An Interregnum
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Dec 09, 2017 |
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To See the Mongols 2: A New Khan
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Nov 16, 2017 |
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To See the Mongols 1: Giovanni Carpine Goes East
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Nov 02, 2017 |
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Edward Webbe: His Trials, Travels, and Job Application
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Sep 13, 2017 |
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Mini Episode - P.S. Dallam
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Sep 01, 2017 |
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Thomas Dallam 7: A Concert for the Sultan
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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Thomas Dallam 6: From Algiers to the Hellespont
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Jul 29, 2017 |
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Thomas Dallam 5: Dallam Departs
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Jul 14, 2017 |
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Thomas Dallam Mini Episode 2: Esperanza Malchi and the Otttoman Harem
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Jun 30, 2017 |
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Thomas Dallam 4: Edward Barton in Constantinople
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Jun 17, 2017 |
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Thomas Dallam 3: England’s First Ambassador
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Jun 07, 2017 |
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The Battle of the Three Kings: The Doomed King Sebastian
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May 27, 2017 |
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Thomas Dallam 2: The Anglo-Moroccan Relationship
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May 19, 2017 |
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Thomas Dallam 1: Jenkinson and the Safavid Shah
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Apr 19, 2017 |
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The Travels of Johann Schiltberger 4: The Journey Home and Other Things
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Mar 04, 2017 |
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The Travels of Johann Schiltberger 3: Timur the Conqueror
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Feb 17, 2017 |
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The Travels of Johann Schiltberger 2: The Battle of Angora aka Ankara
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Feb 03, 2017 |
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The Travels of Johann Schiltberger 1: The Battle of Nicopolis
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Jan 13, 2017 |
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Welcome to Human Circus
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Jan 10, 2017 |