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Home > Freakonomics Radio > 637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages)


	Podcast:		Freakonomics Radio
	Episode:		637. What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages)
	Category:		TV & Film
	Duration:		00:45:54
	Publish Date:		2025-06-20 10:00:00
	Description:		The simplicity of life back then is appealing today, as long as you don’t mind Church hegemony, the occasional plague, trial by gossip — and the lack of ibuprofen. (Part two of a three-part series, “Cradle to Grave.”) SOURCES: Jordan Cavalier, performer at the New Jersey Renaissance Faire. Matt Schwarz, harpist at the New Jersey Renaissance Faire. Phillipp Schofield, professor of history at Aberystywth University. Neslihan Şenocak, professor of history at Columbia University. RESOURCES: A People's Church: Medieval Italy and Christianity, 1050–1300, co-edited by Agostino Paravicini Bagliani and Neslihan Şenocak (2023). The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Rural Life, edited by Miriam Müller with a contribution by Phillip Schofield (2021). Monty Python and the Holy Grail, film (1975). EXTRAS: "Are You Having a Midlife Crisis?" by No Stupid Questions (2022).
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