Episode 7 - Harry Potter and The Middle Ages

In this episode, I am joined once again by historian, Mariah Cooper, and this time we are talking about the influences of the Middle Ages found in Harry Potter.

Also, back by popular demand (ok I am probably the only one that wanted it back) is the Joke of the Week.

Resources

• Lady and the Unicorn: Mona Lisa of the middle ages weaves a new spell (The Guardian)
• The Hall (Christ Church)
• Oxford Harry Potter (Experience Oxford)
• The Lady and the Unicorn (CBC Radio)
• Lady and the Unicorn: Mona Lisa of the middle ages weaves a new spell (The Guardian)
• The Coronation Chair (Westminster Abbey)
• Detailed record for Harley 1585 (Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts - British Library)
• The Medieval Bestiary
• Paris' Cluny Museum: The Unicorn Tapestries (Rick Steves Classroom Europe®)
  THE LADY & THE UNICORN LECTURE: Dr Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye (YouTube)
• Lady with the Unicorn (The Tapestry House)
• 5 ways that medieval history might have inspired "Harry Potter' (HistoryExtra - BBC History Magazine)
• 100-1400 A.D. - Medieval Era Timeline (The Harry Potter Lexicon) 
• Game of Thrones or Harry Potter? What Was the Middle Ages Really Like (uOttawa)