Ep. 08: Hobgoblin in the Ninth Century (Medieval Beasts)
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In this episode, we look at an account of a hobgoblin in ninth-century France. This account comes from a ninth-century Carolingian author named Notker who wrote a biography of Charlemagne. For a copy of Notker's biography, see: https://amzn.to/2zXobLl I also reference the M.A. Thesis of a certain Klayton Amos Tietjen at the University of Tennessee. For this thesis, see: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/4784/   For updates on episodes, follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/wjb_mattingly If you want to reach me, my email is [email protected]    Music: Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
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