Today is going to be a brief digression into the value of legal codes as a source, which will set us up nicely for the next episode, where we will begin to discuss the status of women in early medieval legal codes. Charlemagne's proclivity for pink frilly party balloons is discussed but ultimately dismissed.


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In today's episode we examine the role women played in the economy of the middle ages. Spoilers: it was pretty big.

​Ben Jacobs of Wittenberg to Westphalia and Sam Hume of the History of Witchcraft sat down for a chat about witch panics, memes, authority, and the importance of getting angry while also staying calm.


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Music:
Intro music is, as always, See These Bones by Nada Surf.
Spective - Bridge Valley
P.R. & ChillCat - Soul Child
ai means love. - road trip
Breezewax - Mother's Earth
LZRDSK - flowers
LeVirya & Broey. - Inertia
Aphrow & Stuffed Tomato - Goodbye
ningen - Take You Outside
I Am Wolter - Morning Licks
Foeniks - Take It Easy
RINZ. - Lotus
mr. hong & pastels - let's meet at the elevator

Sex for commoners and nobles and...nuns? Oh My!

First part of a discussion of female sexuality in the middle ages. Part 2 soon. 

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In the last few episodes we discussed the issue of groups that do not fit comfortably into the concept of normal that any society sets up. Today we will begin to discuss the most strange and terrifying minority of all: women.


Also congrats to Andrew for graduating, yaaaaaaaay!

In today's episode we discuss the complex set of ideological, political, and economic processes that impacted the lives of non-normative populations in Medieval Europe, and how this affected daily life. 

There's a lot going on in this episode, but the most important thing is that Andrew mixed up "Big Band" with "Big Beat," and the result is awesome. 

Today we learn about the cat in question.

How do we deal with difference? This is one of the most fundamental questions humans confront when organizing societies, from the moment on the playground when we realize that the other kids might hold different views from us on things like the rules of baseball, whether or not that was a strike, and whether or not someone has a big stupid face. In the next few episodes we will look at how medieval Europeans dealt with differences of faith, ethnicity, gender, and physical health.