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WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence and physical mutilation which some people may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.


Let me take you back over eight hundred years to the Thirteenth Century, to Weogorancaester [wea-goran-chayster], or ‘Worcester’ as we know it today, and recount a tale of lust, repentance, jealousy and redemption.


Sources:


Spackman FT. The ancient monuments and historic buildings of Worcester. Birmingham: Midland Educational Co. Ltd; 1913.


Hyams PR. Tales from the medieval courtroom: The fall and rise of Thomas of Eldersfield. Pasadena, CA: Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology; 1985. Available from: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/18859/1/HumsWP-0107.pdf


The History Jar. Medieval marriage II – adultery [internet]. 2017 [cited 2022/08/09]. Available from: https://https://thehistoryjar.com/2017/08/03/medieval-marriage-ii-adultery/


Also contains music: Pagan Cross, and The Medieval Banquet by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com


A full list of the CC licensed sound effects used in this episode can also be found here.

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