Apr 1, 2020
In this episode, I am joined by Adam Franti, Jess Finley, and Kendra Brown as we discuss John Lynn's "Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe." This book sits in between military history and gender studies, and serves as a fantastic starting point for future research questions and projects about gender and...
Aug 20, 2019
In this episode, we continue our
discussion of Hillay Zmora’s “The
Feud in Early Modern Germany,” and Zmora’s theories on the rise
and decline of feuding. We also discuss a very peculiar
organization of nobles.
Our discussants are:
Adam Franti (Lansing Longsword Guild)
Brian Puckett (Minneapolis Amateur...
Aug 5, 2019
Our first episode focuses on the book, “The Feud in Early Modern Germany” by Hillay Zmora, which provides great context for the types of violence nobles faced in late 15th century Southern Germany. This is part one of a two part discussion. In this part, we discuss the details of feuds, the limits of violence, and...