Agnus

I have yet another small post of half-formed thoughts. I very much enjoyed the most recent episode where you all covered a perspective on Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity. Full disclosure: I am neither an historian nor an academic. That being said, I found the proposal that the conversi

This is not directly related to a specific episode, but I thought this was an appropriate forum to elicit some discussion about a history that I am reading. Has anyone here read SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard? It's been a long time since I've taken a history course or studied any

I've been interested in the history of the Islamic world since taking an intro class in undergrad. I just listened to Dr. Urban's episode of Agnus and found it to be absolutely fascinating. An interesting counterpoint to how I think of slavery (in a knee jerk way) as a white American male. Also

Let us know what you thought of Dr. Wood's interview and his work on Isidore of Seville.

Hey, I have not really had the time to listen to this podcast at all before now, I will try to make some time for it. I just wanted to say that I listened to the episode about your own research and it was really good! Your conclusion at the end about how the people really were impacted by these wars

Let us know what you thought of Dr. Lynch's interview and her work on medieval education.

If you're looking for people to talk to, I recommend Professor Ali A. Olomi at Penn State University - Abington, right there near Philadelphia. He has a terrific Twitter (@aaolomi) in which he talks about Islamic history and mythology/mysticism. https://www.abington.psu.edu/person/dr-ali-olomi

I have really enjoyed the Angus podcasts you have put out so far and am looking forward to the next season. It may be outside of interests for this podcast but Jesuit missionary’s bringing Christian religion to Japan in the 1500‘s and the religions suppression by Japanese government has been a topic