Liz Scott, known in the SCA as Mistress Elizabeth de Belcaire is joining us in the Tavern tonight to provide an overview of Elizabethan embroidery! Her enthusiasm and passion for the subject is absolutely contagious! Liz takes us through popular period motifs and gives us a step-by-step walkthrough of the embroidery process. We'll learn about her t…

Can we truly understand what it's like to recreate history as reenactors? What does it even mean to recreate history? Join us for our first, "Tavern Talk", where some of the Tavern's patrons discuss this topic over a few mazers of mead. Be sure to listen to the end for extra content from last month's discussion on the Canterbury Tales. We'll learn …

Despite what you were forced to learn about them in school, the Canterbury Tales contain layers of brilliant satire and are genuinely funny! Liberty Stanavage, PhD, is a professor of Medieval, Renaissance , and Restoration literature. She's very passionate about her subject and enjoys sharing that interest with others by working to make literature …

Have you been studying your Agrippa? No, not the fencing guy, the philosopher! Travis Shores has stuidied Agrippa and other occult philosophers at both at Oxford University and Dartmouth. He eared his degree in the study of Medieval and Renaissance Grimores. He's a passionate life-long learner and tonight he shares his knowledge and insights on ext…

This month at the Time Traveler's Tavern we have a far-ranging, time-traveling discussion on Medieval Medicine with Stephen Shellenbean, someone I consider a true "Renaissance Man". We'll learn about his historical research spanning from the 14th century to a Landsknecht (German mercenary troop) field hospital, the American Revolution, and the quir…

We have been busy at the Tavern! Our scribes have been scuttling to spread the Good News of our Pod to the world by going live on 7 platforms! We have a growing Facebook community at The Time Traveler's Tavern and can receive your missives at TimeTravelersTavernPod@Gmail.com! So, we decided now was a good time for a quick bit of housekeeping. Our m…

I’m Sister Mary Margaret Mead-Hall and with The Traveling Anchoress, and a few friends, we dust off the interesting bits of Medieval and Renaissance history and make more than a few bad puns. Each episode, we'll share a recipe, get an update on the whereabouts of our beloved, Travelling Anchoress, and dive into a new topic. Our music, "Vibrabimus",…