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Agnus: The Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Podcast

Agnus: The Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Podcast

By Claytemple Media

Agnus is a monthly podcast about the fields of Late Antique, Medieval, Byzantine, and Medieval Islamic studies. Each month, Glenn McDorman talks to a scholar about her or his recent work on topics ranging from literature to politics, and from religion to art.
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Dr. Divna Manolova on Late Byzantine Science and Philosophy

Agnus: The Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine PodcastDec 12, 2017

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Glenn McDorman on Bishops During the Fall of Rome

Glenn McDorman on Bishops During the Fall of Rome

Glenn shares a little of his own research this episode.

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Dec 02, 201923:34
Dr. Katherine Hodges-Kluck on Canterbury in Medieval English Christianity

Dr. Katherine Hodges-Kluck on Canterbury in Medieval English Christianity

Dr. Katherine Hodges-Kluck talks with Glenn about her research on the development of Canterbury as a New Jerusalem in medieval English Christianity.

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Oct 24, 201937:42
Dr. Thomas Pickles on the Anglo-Saxon Conversion to Christianity

Dr. Thomas Pickles on the Anglo-Saxon Conversion to Christianity

Dr. Thomas Pickles talks with Glenn about his research on Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity as a social process rather than a king-centered event.

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Sep 19, 201939:32
Dr. Elizabeth Urban on Early Islamic Models of Slave Motherhood

Dr. Elizabeth Urban on Early Islamic Models of Slave Motherhood

Dr. Elizabeth Urban on slavery, identity, and the ideology of rulership.

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Apr 29, 201928:46
Sorina Higgins on The Inklings and King Arthur
Mar 11, 201937:08
Dr. Rory Cox on War and Peace in John Wyclif
Feb 11, 201939:40
Dr. Micol Long on Visiting Monks in the High Middle Ages
Nov 20, 201821:07
Dr. Michael Stewart on Masculinity in the Gothic War
Oct 09, 201834:17
Dr. Sarah Baechle on Chaucer Manuscripts
Sep 12, 201801:06:25
Dr. Maile Hutterer on Architecture and Religious Expression

Dr. Maile Hutterer on Architecture and Religious Expression

This month, Glenn talks with Dr. Maile Hutterer about architecture and religious expression during the early modern Wars of Religion.

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Apr 30, 201832:45
Dr. Richard Broome on Otherness in the Early Carolingian World
Mar 06, 201840:46
Dr. Valerie Hoagland on Female Biography in Early Modern Italy
Feb 05, 201828:50
Dr. Robin Whelan on Christianity in Vandal Africa

Dr. Robin Whelan on Christianity in Vandal Africa

Join Glenn as he talks with Dr. Robin Whelan about his new book Being Christian in Vandal Africa.

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Jan 26, 201845:18
Dr. Divna Manolova on Late Byzantine Science and Philosophy

Dr. Divna Manolova on Late Byzantine Science and Philosophy

Join me as I talk with Dr. Divna Manolova about science and philosophy in Late Byzantium. Read more about her current project here.

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Dec 12, 201751:19
Dr. Laura Carlson on the Opus Caroli
Nov 02, 201725:12
Prof. Jay Diehl on Writing at Durham Priory
Oct 05, 201723:52
Dr. Jamie Wood

Dr. Jamie Wood

Interview with Dr. Jamie Wood about Isidore of Seville.

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Sep 02, 201729:52
Dr. Sarah Lynch on Late Medieval Education

Dr. Sarah Lynch on Late Medieval Education

Join me as I talk with Dr. Sarah Lynch about her book Elementary and Grammar Education in Late Medieval France: Lyon, 1285-1530.

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Sep 02, 201721:54
Welcome to Agnus

Welcome to Agnus

Introduction to the Agnus project.
Sep 02, 201703:25