Concerning Conjoined Twins, Some Incorruptibles, and Royal Murders
Update: 2024-12-15
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We continue on from last episode's look at the Green Children of Woolpit with a further consideration of what it meant to wonder at a marvel in the middle ages, with additional illustration of some wondrous things from William of Malmesbury.
Today's Texts
- Gervase of Tilbury. Otia Imperialia. Edited and translated by S.E. Banks and J.W. Binns, Clarendon Press, 2002.
- Isidore of Seville. The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville. Translated by Stephen A. Barney, W.J. Lewis, J.A. Beach, and Oliver Berghof with Muriel Hall, Cambridge UP, 2006.
- William of Malmesbury. Chronicle of the Kings of England. Edited by J.A. Giles, translated by John Sharpe and J.A. Giles, George Bell & Sons, 1895. Google Books.
Chapters
00:00:00 : Introduction
00:09:48 : Text: from Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia
00:13:29 : Commentary
00:16:23 : Text: from Isidore of Seville's Etymologies
00:21:02 : Commentary
00:23:05 : Text: from William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglorum
00:39:32 : Commentary
00:43:23 : Text: from Caroline Walker Bynum's "Wonder"
00:48:08 : Commentary
00:48:26 : Mystery Word: glop
00:54:15 : Outro
Today's Texts
- Gervase of Tilbury. Otia Imperialia. Edited and translated by S.E. Banks and J.W. Binns, Clarendon Press, 2002.
- Isidore of Seville. The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville. Translated by Stephen A. Barney, W.J. Lewis, J.A. Beach, and Oliver Berghof with Muriel Hall, Cambridge UP, 2006.
- William of Malmesbury. Chronicle of the Kings of England. Edited by J.A. Giles, translated by John Sharpe and J.A. Giles, George Bell & Sons, 1895. Google Books.
Chapters
00:00:00 : Introduction
00:09:48 : Text: from Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia
00:13:29 : Commentary
00:16:23 : Text: from Isidore of Seville's Etymologies
00:21:02 : Commentary
00:23:05 : Text: from William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglorum
00:39:32 : Commentary
00:43:23 : Text: from Caroline Walker Bynum's "Wonder"
00:48:08 : Commentary
00:48:26 : Mystery Word: glop
00:54:15 : Outro
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