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Episode 57: Resurrections Besides Jon Snow

5/13/2016

Game of Thrones watchers all saw the resurrection of Jon Snow coming. But what about actual history? In this episode, literary historian Liz Rodriguez and comic actress Nicole Keating discuss three accounts from the Renaissance English archives in which people somehow come back from death. Learn about the rejuvenation of 116-year-old John McClane, the haunting of a poorly buried sailor, and the incomplete hanging of miscarried mother.

Questions answered in this episode include:

Why would people return from death?
How were these pseudo zombies explained?
What beliefs underlay accepting these miracles as true?

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Episode 17: Renaissance Darwin Awards

6/16/2015

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In this episode, Liz and Nicole sheepishly laugh at stupid ways to die during the Renaissance. Wrestling, harvest diapers, and bacon all factor in. Check out the impressive source for the fatalities featured in this episode: Everyday Life and Fatal Hazard in Sixteenth-Century England. Plus, a new installment of Wack Translations.

Naked and screaming bathers. Image courtesy http://tudoraccidents.modhist.ox.ac.uk/

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Episode 57: Resurrections Besides Jon Snow

Episode 17: Renaissance Darwin Awards

Historical.
Hysterical.

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Episode 57: Resurrections Besides Jon Snow

Episode 17: Renaissance Darwin Awards

Historical.​Hysterical.

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Historical.
Hysterical.