Shows
Modern Medieval: A NWMSN Postgraduate PodcastThe King (2019)This week on Modern Medieval Meaghan & Elo discuss Netflix's historical epic 'The King' (2019) starring Timothée Chalamet. Based partly on history and partly on Shakespeare's play "Henry V" (c. 1599), 'The King' is a captivating, tense film full of medieval and modern delights.
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Icon: Promotional image for 'The King' featuring Chalamet.
2021-12-1339 min
Modern Medieval: A NWMSN Postgraduate PodcastThe Medieval Inheritance of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘After a long hiatus, Modern Medieval is back in action! To get back into the swing of things, in this week's episode Elo asks Meaghan about her recent conference presentations about hagiography, the soul, and heaven in the television series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. WARNING: SPOILERS!
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If you want to read more, here is a link to the Greg Erickson article "'Religion Freaky' or 'A Bunch of Men Who Died?' The (A)Theology of Buffy": https://www.whedonstudies.tv/uploads/2/6/2/8/26288593/erickson_slayage_4.1-2.pdf
2021-11-1551 min
Modern Medieval: A NWMSN Postgraduate PodcastBeowulfThis week Meaghan & Elo decide to tackle the classic Old English epic poem 'Beowulf' and its contemporary cinematic version 'Beowulf (2007)'.
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Icon: First page of the 'Beowulf' manuscript Cotton MS Vitellius A XV. Accessed from British Library.
2021-07-1950 min
Media-eval: A Medieval Pop Culture PodcastDisenchantment (Season 1)Sarah talks with Meaghan and Elo of the podcast Modern Medieval about medievalism, fantasy, and comedy in Season 1 of Netflix series Disenchantment. Join us as we get into arranged marriages, lampreys, and the history of women and brewing!
Book Recommendation: Judith M. Bennett, Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World
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2021-04-031h 57
Modern Medieval: A NWMSN Postgraduate PodcastThe DigThis week Modern Medieval discusses the Netflix Original film 'The Dig' which is centred around the extraordinary 1939 Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon archaeological excavation. A beautiful film drenched in golden earth tones, Meaghan & Elo dig beneath the gilded veneer to discuss some of the gaps within the film.
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Icon is a still of Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) and Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) from 'The Dig'.
2021-02-0847 min
Modern Medieval: A NWMSN Postgraduate PodcastDisenchantmentAnimation and the medieval seem to go together like peanut-butter and jelly, from illustrated books to Disney to Netflix's series 'Disenchantment.' However, Meaghan & Elo are not quite sure how "enchanted" they are by the Netflix series. This week, we delve into the animated series and ask some broad questions about the appeal of the medieval for television as a whole. Make sure to listen through to the end for a special surprise!
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Icon: "Disenchantment" advertisement still from Netflix.
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Music: Sample track from Trothgard's upcoming album "Legends...
2021-02-0133 min
Modern Medieval: A NWMSN Postgraduate PodcastInsurrection.It's 2021 and Modern Medieval is back! To start off the new year, Meaghan & Elo share some modern medieval thoughts on films and series watched over the holidays before pivoting into a discussion about historic insurrections, coup d'etats, and the attack on the United States Capitol. So brace yourselves, it's time to get Modern Medieval.
Icon image: Painting by François Dubois, a Huguenot painter born circa 1529 in Amiens, who settled in Switzerland. Although Dubois did not witness the massacre, he depicts Admiral Coligny's body hanging out of a window at the rear to the right. To the...
2021-01-1152 min
Modern Medieval: A NWMSN Postgraduate PodcastHoliday Hauntings: Medieval Poetry for ChristmasIn a special episode Meaghan & Elo read two medieval poems to get into the spirit of Christmas: "I Syng of a Mayden" (c. 1400), which is considered one of the first Christmas carols; and "Dream of the Rood" preserved in the Vercelli Book.
Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
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Episode icon is late fifteenth-century illuminated miniature by Jean Bourdichon, V&A miniature (E.949-2003) of the Nativity from the Book of Hours of Louis XII, commissioned to celebrate his accession to the throne in 1499.
2020-12-2417 min
Modern Medieval: A NWMSN Postgraduate PodcastFrog Royalty - Medieval Thoughts on Disney's "Princess & the Frog"In this episode Elo & Meaghan consider Disney's "Princess & the Frog" and its loose connections to the medieval as a prelude to their forthcoming episode on medieval images of Death.
2020-10-1934 min