Frederick II with Richard Cole (Subscriber Preview)

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Claire and Prof. Richard Cole discuss the impact of dysentery in medieval Jerusalem.

Claire and Prof. Richard Cole head over to medieval Jerusalem and prove that dysentery is the real mind-killer. Guest Our guest Richard Cole is an Associate Professor of Medieval European History at Aarhus University and host of The Chronicles , from the Centre for Viking and Medieval Studies. Sensitive Themes & Topics Warfare and violence Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin , or check out her website . - Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website . - Music: Marshall Dean Williams - Multitude: multitude.productions Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon . Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here . Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Claire E. Aubin

Guest: Richard Cole

Topics covered

• medieval history
• dysentery
• warfare
• violence
• Jerusalem

Keywords

• Frederick II
• medieval
• history
• dysentery
• Jerusalem
• warfare
• violence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aarhus University, The Chronicles, Centre for Viking and Medieval Studies, Multitude, This Guy Sucked

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