In this episode, we embark on another Irish adventure with the first part (of two) of “The Voyage of the Uí Corra,” in which we don’t actually set sail until final paragraph.
Today’s Texts
“The Voyage of the Hui Corra.” Translated by Whitley Stokes. Revue Celtique, vol. 14, 1893, pp. 22-69. Internet Archive.
Breatnach, Caoimhín. “The Transmission and Structure of Immram Curaig Ua Corra.” Ériu, vol. 53, 2003, pp. 91-107. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30008353
Dumville, David. “Echtrae and Immram: Some Problems of Definition.” Ériu, vol. 27, 1976, pp. 73-94). JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30007669
McInerney, Luke. “Conchubhar Mac an Oirchinnigh and the Gaelic scribal tradition of County Clare.” The Other Clare: Annual journal of The Shannon Archaeological & Historical Society, vol. 41, 2017,pp. 60-67. Clare Libraries.
Shaw, John. “What Alexander Carmichael Did Not Print: The ‘Cliar Sheanchain’, ‘Clanranald’s Fool’ and Related Traditions.” Béaloideas, Iml. 70, 2002, pp. 99-126. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20520795
For this St. Patrick’s Day, we finally present the last canonical text written by St. Patrick, his letter to Coroticus, completing the series we began in Episode 68 with the first half of Patrick’s Confessio.
Today’s Texts
Patrick. Epistola ad Coroticum. St. Patrick: His Writings and Life, edited and translated by Newport J.D. White, Macmillan, 1920, pp. 52-60. Google Books.
References
Kelly, David. “St Patrick’s Writings: Confessio and Epistola.” Saint Patrick’s Confessio, Royal Irish Academy, 2011, www.confessio.ie/more/article_kelly#.
Audio Credit: Father Ted, “The Old Grey Whistle Theft,” season 2, episode 4, written by Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews, 29 March 1996.
Oh no, it’s Valentine’s Day, and you forgot to get any valentines to hand out! Never fear, here are some free Medieval Death Trip valentines you can use. Just download the PDF, print, cut, and address on the back! Or visit us on Instagram (@medievaldeathtrip) to DM digital versions to your online valentines.
This episode, we go into more depth with the legend of St. Kenelm (Cynehelm) and his jealous sister Quendrida (Cwenthryth). We also learn what it means to “crab the parson.”
Today’s Text
“The Legend of St. Kenelm.” Translated by John Amphlett in A Short History of Clent, Parker and Co., 1890, pp. 177-193. Google Books.
References
Brand, John. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, edited, revised, and expanded by Henry Ellis, vol 1, Henry G. Bohn, 1859. Google Books.
Cross, Tom Peete. “Witchcraft in North Carolina.” Studies in Philology, vol. 16, no. 3, Jul. 1919, pp. 217-287. Google Books.
Rollason, D. W. “The Cults of Murdered Royal Saints in Anglo-Saxon England.” Anglo-Saxon England, vol. 11, 1983, pp. 1-22. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/44510759
Whitelock, Dorothy, editor and translator. “From the Report of the Legates to Pope Hadrian (786).” English Historical Documents: ca. 500-1042, vol. 1, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1955,pp. 770-774. Archive.org.
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.
References
Bynum, Caroline Walker. “Wonder.” Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion. Zone Books, 1992.
Audio Credits
“Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel.” In “22 Short Films about Springfield,” The Simpsons, season 7, episode 21, written by Richard Appel et al., 14 April 1996.
“The Boy Who Knew Too Much.” The Simpsons, season 5, episode 20, written by John Swartzwelder, 5 May 1994.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Directed by Mel Stuart, screenplay by Roald Dahl, Paramount Pictures, 1971.
This Halloween marks our 10th anniversary, and we observe it by hearing the earliest written accounts of one of the most well-known pieces of medieval weird history: the Green Children of Woolpit — and also hear the other less famous prodigies their story was originally presented alongside.
Today’s Texts:
Radulphi de Coggeshall. Chronicon Anglicanum. Edited by Joseph Stevenson, Longman & Co., 1875. Google Books.
William of Newburgh. The History of William of Newburgh. The Church Historians of England, vol. IV, part II, translated by Joseph Stevenson, Seeleys, 1856, pp. 395–670. Google Books.
References:
Clark, John. “The Green Children: A Cautionary Tale.” 1999. Academia.edu.
Clark, John. “‘Small, Vulnerable ETs”: The Green Children of Woolpit.” Science Fiction Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, July 2006, pp. 209-229. JSTOR.
Dutton, Paul Edward. “An Incident: The Strange Case of the Green Children.” Micro Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, pp. 11-53.
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