Medieval Mysteries
The History Behind the Myths of the Middle Ages

Who would have known? Chastity belts did not actually exist. Neither did the "right of the first night." (Remember in "Braveheart" how feudal lords reserved the right to de-flower any peasant girl on her wedding day?) Medieval people did not believe that the world was flat, and neither did they worr......more

Informative and interesting myth-busting. I had no idea the Welsh created King Arthur and that most chastity belts are forgeries because people really wanted medieval chastity belts to be real. I found it sobering to understand how the main figures of the Renaissance were so willing to dismiss their......more

I liked the book. This is an audiobook/lecture read by professor Thomas Madden. This is the second work by him that I have the pleasure of consuming (previously I have listened to Empire of Gold : A History of the Byzantine Empire, which is also recommendable). T.M. reads in a pleasant way and with a......more

Some interesting lectures debunking myths that still are believe to this day, from the stories of King Arthur and Robin Hood to the fictions of chastity belts and Holy Grail. I suspect Madden would be a fun professor to sit in class with, though this era was not my fondest when I was in school (thou......more