“i have been on crusade with Sharyn since the early days.
i simply cannot say enough about her work. it is well thought out and researched. it sheds light on the smaller often overlooked stories and events. she breathes life into, and gives substance to, people who are usually just names on a page. it has provided me with countless hours of thought in my otherwise glum life, and led me to research topics i had forgotten or overlooked. were i to sum up her podcast in a word...splendid.
in grad school i slightly fell in love with the much overlooked Cathars...how i wish this podcast had been around in those days. she took what was at times very dry reading and threw buckets of paint onto the subject.
and the baltic crusades...also overlooked by many...are an excellent way to understand the middle ages on the continent and how they played a role in europe as we know it today.
her treatment of the wars of the roses is the most followable i’ve encountered...and that includes numerous books.
the one thing all these events have in common is an overwhelming number of moving parts. it is a credit to her mind and ability to coalesce these into a manageable and fluid format. usually weekly.
well done!”
dubhdev via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/01/20