Before Davy Gam got famous amongst the English for helping out at Agincourt and getting knighted, and being in general an acceptable Welshman on account of helping out the English and fighting Welshmen, he had killed a kinsman in Brecon, had fought under John of Gaunt, and had fought against Owain Glyndŵr, the leader of the last great Welsh rebellion and the last Welsh Prince of Wales. As you can imagine, a Welshman famous amongst the English for bravely serving them and fighting at Agincourt is not necessarily a Welsh hero. But! He gives Anne an excuse for talking about Owain Glyndŵr, and Michelle an excuse for explaining why John Powys is not as good an author as Tolkien. Also, we discuss how it is that families in an occupied country might well find themselves on different sides of a conflict.
Hey Ann and Michelle! Just wanted to let you know I LOVE your podcast, and I’m so happy you keep putting out such wonderful content. This was a great episode! I know it’s a bit of a stretch, but I wanted to request some medieval crimes outside of Europe. (Don’t get me wrong I love your depth and breadth of knowledge about European medieval history, but I also like to know what’s going on in the East to get a bigger picture of the political landscape of the time.) I’m particularly interested in that time that As-Saffah declared amnesty for the members of the Umayyad dynasty, hosted a feast for the eighty (ish) members who attended, and promptly murdered them. I love a good blood feast, so just wanted to throw that out there 🙂 — Thanks for all you do!
Oooh! We are very glad to hear that you are enjoying the podcast — thank you! Also. We’ve only done special episodes outside the time frame, but we have said we could go outside the geography frame, and we do love a blood feast. Thank you!