MARGINALIA

We're back with our guest, Mary Osborne of BookSquadGoals, to continue our tour of the furthest reaches of the medieval world. The...

While COVID rages on one year later, we thought we'd kick this month off with a travelogue for all to enjoy from home. This text provides...

We're returning to this unique collection of folktales in our two-part episode this week! These stories continue to moralize folktales in...

A strange tale which parodies many of the themes found in the Tain Bo Cualinge, this Irish legend is a clever satire which questions the...

We have a new collection to jump into this week, featuring tales which may or may not be considered too civilized to be 'medieval.' These...

Happy Thanksgiving to all our North American friends who choose to celebrate! We apparantly had quite a lot to say about this saga, since...

Happy Halloween! Or All Saint's Day, All Hallow's Eve, or Samhain, to call the holiday by any of its other names. This week, we unfold...

This week, we pick up an Irish tale that's a bit queer in more ways that one... This story questions what it means to be a true king in...

This week, we dive into a strange collection of supposedly Roman folktales, each of which has a strange moral you probably won't see...

Welcomen! We're kicking off the Maniculum Podcast with a suitably festive text: the Middle English poem known as the Tournament of...