Ten things to do with a medieval donkey

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🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Kathryn Smithies discusses the economic and cultural significance of donkeys in the Middle Ages Kathryn Smithies, author of Introducing the Medieval Ass, discusses the economic and cultural significance of donkeys in the Middle Ages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.3	What should you do with a medieval mule?
1:00.2	Well, if you carry on listening, you're about to find out.
1:03.5	Dr. Catherine Smithies is a medievalist based at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
1:08.8	She's just written a book about donkeys in the Middle Ages,
1:11.9	which was a topic that our content director and resident medieval animal enthusiast,
1:17.0	Dave Musgrove, leapt at the chance of recording a podcast about. So Catherine,
1:22.3	firstly, welcome. Thank you very much for joining us. Thank you for having me.
1:26.6	Why have you written a book about the medieval
1:30.2	ass? Well, I mean, to me, it's such a fascinating, fabulous and complex creature. It's got so much
1:38.4	meaning and significance in symbology in the medieval period that I felt it deserved to be considered in its singularity
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