Episode 13: The State of Chivalry

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Help support the Chivalry Today podcast

Your contribution of any amount makes the Chivalry Today Podcast possible, and helps make Chivalry Today presentations available to schools, libraries and youth groups as part of our ongoing educational outreach program.

If you enjoy our podcast offerings, please take a moment to help keep them coming.

Segment 1: Swinging for Chivalry with the Home Run King

• Hank Aaron talks about Barry Bonds’ Home Run Record

Segment 2: Prof. Nancy Vogeley and the State of Chivalry

• Prof. Nancy Vogeley is author of the article How Chivalry Formed the Myth of California, which appeared in the journal Modern Language Quarterly, vol. 62, issue 2, June 2001. Back issues can be ordered through Duke University, but the journal is also available through most university and larger public libraries.
• Text from the book Sergas de Esplandian, from which the name California was taken, describing Queen Calafia and her amazon paradise.

Segment 3: A Symbol of Sacrifice From the Middle Ages Flies High

• A History of the Louisiana State Flag, depicting a heraldic pelican, which includes the text of the “Louisiana Flag Law” Title 49

Related posts:

1. Episode 27: Shakespeare’s Henry V and Chivalry in Battle
2. Episode 15: The Round Table and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Episode 25: Chivalry, Feasts and Medieval Table Manners
4. Episode 22: Zombies, Time Travelers and King Arthur
5. Chivalry and the Tow Truck Driver