There's a medieval concept that could explain everything from Johnny Depp's trial to the rise of MAGA—and you've probably never heard of it. This is the introductory episode of the fama podcast, a companion audiolog to the research project “Fama in Medieval Denmark (c. 1240-1340): Rumors, Reputation and Public Opinion” headed by associate professor in Medieval History at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense), Thomas Heebøll-Holm. In this episode, we briefly introduce the concept of fama as well as our research project on the topic in high medieval Denmark.

Host: Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm, associate professor of Medieval History at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) and head of the research project “Fama in Medieval Denmark (c. 1240-1340): Rumors, Reputation and Public Opinion” https://www.sdu.dk/da/om-sdu/institutter-centre/iks/forskning/forskningsprojekter/fama

The project and show is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.

Podcast editor and producer: Sebastian Kirkgaard Nielsen

Logo design: Mikkel Larris, SDU Graphics

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Literature cited:

Fenster, Thelma and Daniel Lord Smail, eds. Fama. The Politics of Talk and Reputation in Medieval Europe (2003)

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