Echoes of Empire: Persian Kingship in the Medieval Islamic World
Was there really a medieval “Dark Age”? In this episode, Dr. Natasha Parnian unpacks what happened after the fall of the Sasanian Empire—and why Persian kingship didn’t simply disappear. From Abbasid Baghdad to medieval Iran, ancient ideas of justice, divine glory, and sacred rul ...Afficher plus
The Marriage of a Cleric and Canon in 12th-Century Paris: Heloise, Abelard, and the Evolution of Clerical Celibacy
In this episode, producer Loren Cantrell chats with Stanford professor Fiona Griffiths about her latest contribution to Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, in which Griffiths revisits the famously complex relationship between Heloise and Abelard. Griffiths situates Heloise’s ...Afficher plus