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James Titterton, historian and author of Deception in Medieval Warfare: Trickery and Cunning in the Central Middle Ages, joins the show to discuss strategies and stratagems in the age of castles and knights.      

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    •      01:29 Introduction

    •      02:18 High Middle Ages

    •      09:03 Oathbreakers         

    •      12:01 Sources

    •      16:21 Doctrine        

    •      22:07 Bribery           

    •      31:23 Spies and feints    

    •      39:26 Plausibility           

    •      42:19 Professionals 

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