637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages)
· 46 min · Episode 637
Episode 637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages)
The simplicity of life back then is appealing today, as long as you don’t mind Church hegemony, the occasional plague, trial by gossip — and the lack of ibuprofen. (Part two of a three-part series, “Cradle to Grave.”)
• SOURCES:
• Jordan Cavalier, performer at the New Jersey Renaissance Faire. • Matt Schwarz, harpist at the New Jersey Renaissance Faire. • Phillipp Schofield, professor of history at Aberystywth University. • Neslihan Şenocak, professor of history at Columbia University.
• RESOURCES:
• A People's Church: Medieval Italy and Christianity, 1050–1300, co-edited by Agostino Paravicini Bagliani and Neslihan Şenocak (2023). • The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Rural Life, edited by Miriam Müller with a contribution by Phillip Schofield (2021). • Monty Python and the Holy Grail, film (1975).
• EXTRAS:
• "Are You Having a Midlife Crisis?" by No Stupid Questions (2022).
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Links in the notes 10
- https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/cradle-to-grave/
- https://jordancavalier.com/about-me
- https://njrenfaire.com/wordpress/matt-schwarz-harper/
- https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/history/staff-profiles/listing/profile/prs/
- https://history.columbia.edu/person/neslihan-senocak/
- https://amzn.to/3ZAnEYK
- https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003194866-12/famine-medieval-england-phillipp-schofield
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/
- https://freakonomics.com/podcast/are-you-having-a-midlife-crisis/
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