Vikings. We talk about Vikings. It’s great. Traders and raiders, but no horned helmets.

Guest

Daniel Melleno is Associate Professor of pre-modern history at the University of Denver. His recently published book, Franks and Northmen: From Stangers to Neighbors, and his research more broadly, looks at the impact of cross-cultural encounters in the early medieval world. In the classroom he teaches on everything from the Ancient Near East, to Vikings, to Conan the Barbarian with a particular interest in how our own world engages with the past. Learn more at his website.

Credits

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About Us

American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.

After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.

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