True Crime Medieval

98. April Fool's Episode: Debunking the Chastity Belt

There were not, in the Middle Ages, any chastity belts. They did not exist. Really, they...

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97. Galeazzo Maria Sforza, the Duke of Milan, is Assassinated, Milan, Duchy of Milan 1476

Sometimes when our medieval rulers get assassinated we can see why, and that's the case for...

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96. Leszek the White, High Duke of Poland, is Assassinated, Morcinkowo, Poland 1227

During the Fragmentation of Poland, which lasted from 1138 to 1320, Leszek Bialy -- Leszek the...

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95. Henry d'Almain is Murdered, Viterbo, Italy 1271

Henry d'Almain didn't really want to fight in the Second Barons' War,  because the...

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94. Maddelena, a Circassian, is Bought in Crimea and Sold in Italy, Venice, Italy c. 1428

We thought it would be interesting to talk about the Crimean Slave Trade, but we had not known...

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93. Michael Servetus is Murdered, Geneva, Republic of Geneva 1553

Michael Servetus was one of those brilliant people who can be a bit annoying. He read and/or...

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92. Special Episode: The New Guys Celebrate Christmas, Plymouth (Massachusetts), December 25, 1621

On the second Christmas that the Pilgrims spent in Plymouth (the first had been spent cutting...

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91. Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck Pretend to be Kings, England 1487 and 1481

So, there were those two boys in the Tower of London, Edward V,  King of England, who was 12, and...

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90. The Jacquerie Smashes Property, France 1358

In the summer of 1358, French peasants took up arms -- this means mostly sticks -- and attacked...

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89. Vasvilkas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, is Assassinated, Volodymyr, Ukraine 1267

Vasvilkas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, got assassinated for a reason that Michelle considers the...

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88. St. Scholastica Riot, Oxford England, February 10, 1355

Sometimes students riot, maybe because of tuition hikes, or because a coach got fired for a sex...

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87. King Philip Augustus Fakes a Genealogy, Paris, France 1194

Philip, the King of France, married Ingeborg of Denmark, and it would have been a really great...

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86. Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Does Various Bad Things, Germany, Italy, and Sicily, 1169-1197

Sandwiched between two legendary Holy Roman Emperors -- his father, Frederick Barbarossa, and his...

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85. Eorpwald of East Anglia is Murdered, East Anglia c. 627

Eorpwald, the ruler of East Anglia c 624, after his father died,  converted to Christianity...

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84. Melisende, Frankish Queen of Jerusalem, is Falsely Accused of Adultery, Jerusalem 1134

In 1134, Melisende, the Queen of Jerusalem, who had, as a child, been raised to be the Queen  of...

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83. Hugh de Lacy is Assassinated, Durrow, Ireland 1186

Hugh de Lacy, one of the Anglo-Normans who was sent to bring order to Ireland (where the...

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82. Arthur of Brittany Disappears, Rouen, France c. 1203

In 1199, when Richard the Lionheart died, there were two possible claimants to the throne of...

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81. Johannes Ryneken is Executed for Adulterating Saffron, Nuremberg Germany, 1444

By the 15th century, Nuremberg was making a reputation and a lot of money out of being the main...

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80. William de Marisco is Executed for Treason, London England 1242

The de Mariscos were a family that continually got into trouble, on account of continually...

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79. Snorri Sturluson Is Assassinated, Reykholt, Iceland 1241

Snorri Sturluson, the great Icelandic poet and historian and lawspeaker of the Althing, got...

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