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About Evan Zarkadas

Evan Zarkadas (MA) is an independent scholar of European and Medieval history and an educator. He received his master’s in history from the University of Maine focusing on Medieval Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, medieval identity, and ethnicity during the late Middle Ages.

Evan Zarkadas (MA) is an independent scholar of European and Medieval history and an educator. He received his master’s in history from the University of Maine focusing on Medieval Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, medieval identity, and ethnicity during the late Middle Ages.

NBN Episodes hosted by Evan:

Medieval History November 4, 2023

Belisarius & Antonina

Love and War in the Age of Justinian

David Alan Parnell

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
Belisarius and Antonina were titans in the Roman world some 1,500 years ago. Belisarius was the most well-known general of his age, victor over the Persians, conqueror of the Vandals …
Medieval History July 25, 2023

Reimagining Christendom

Writing Iceland's Bishops Into the Roman Church, 1200-1350

Joel D. Anderson

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
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With its expanding legal system and its burgeoning throngs of lawyers, legates, and documents, the papacy of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries has often been credited with spearheading a governmental …
Medieval History March 27, 2023

The Fantasy of the Middle Ages

An Epic Journey through Imaginary Medieval Worlds

Larisa Grollemond and Bryan C. Keene

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
This abundantly illustrated book is an illuminating exploration of the impact of medieval imagery on three hundred years of visual culture. From the soaring castles of Sleeping Beauty to the …
Medieval History December 10, 2022

Identities and Ideologies in the Medieval East Roman World

Yannis Stouraitis

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
Identities and Ideologies in the Medieval East Roman World (Edinburgh UP, 2022) examines ideas, beliefs and practices of identification in the medieval East Roman world Approaches ideology and identity in the Byzantine …
Medieval History November 30, 2022

The Invention of Byzantium in Early Modern Europe

Nathanael Aschenbrenner and Jake Ransohoff

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
A gulf of centuries separates the Byzantine Empire from the academic field of Byzantine studies. The Invention of Byzantium in Early Modern Europe offers a new approach to the history …
Medieval History October 21, 2022

The Sea in the Middle

The Mediterranean World, 650-1650

Thomas E. Burman, Brian A. Catlos, and Mark D. Meyerson

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
The Sea in the Middle: The Mediterranean World, 650-1650 (U California Press, 2022) presents an original and revisionist narrative of the development of the medieval west from late antiquity to the …
Medieval History July 22, 2022

Orthodox Cyprus Under the Latins, 1191-1571

Society, Spirituality, and Identities

Chrysovalantis Kyriacou

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
Medieval and Renaissance Cyprus was a fascinating place of ethnic, cultural, and religious encounters. Following almost nine centuries of Byzantine rule, Cyprus was conquered by the Crusaders in 1191, becoming …
Medieval History January 25, 2022

The Middle Ages

A Graphic History

Eleanor Janega and Neil Max Emmanuel

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
A unique, illustrated book that aspires to bring medieval history closer to the general audience will change the way you see medieval history, The Middle Ages: A Graphic History (Icon …
Medieval History November 19, 2021

Ethnicity in Medieval Europe 950-1250

Medicine, Power and Religion

Claire Weeda

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
Students in twelfth-century Paris held slanging matches, branding the English drunkards, the Germans madmen and the French as arrogant. On Crusade, army recruits from different ethnic backgrounds taunted each other’s …
Medieval History September 20, 2021

Cross-cultural Interaction Between Byzantium and the West, 1204-1669

Whose Mediterranean Is It Anyway?

Angeliki Lymberopoulou

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
The early modern Mediterranean was an area where many different rich cultural traditions came in contact with each other, and were often forced to co-exist, frequently learning to reap the …