In this episode of The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast, Dr. Polina Ignatova deconstructs the spectrum of diverse roles of St. Christopher in the contemporary societal discourses in Russia.

In this episode, Zelda Cahill-Patten and Sofia Holmberg explore the unusual tomb of Alice Chaucer, a wealthy and influential noblewoman living in fifteenth-century England.

Listen now! What if the so-called medieval “Dark Ages” weren’t dark at all? In this episode of The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast, Dr. Natasha Parnian revisits the centuries after the fall of the Sasanian Empire to uncover the surprising afterlife of Persian kingship. Far from vanishing under Arab rule, ideas of sacred monarchy, justice, and divine glory were translated, adapted, and woven into Islamic political thought. Through figures like Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and evolving ge