In Episode 1 of The Dig, Jean MacBride interviews History Professor Sean Field about studying Medieval Europe and what the topic means for today. Feel free to email vtcynicdig@gmail.com with your questions, feedback and recommendations. Books mentioned in the podcast: Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error.

Other books recommended: The Strange Case of Ermine de Reims: A Medieval Woman Between Demons and Saints, and The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages.