Medieval Welsh bards Weird Medieval Guys

Journey across space and time with Olivia and Aran this week as we head to medieval Wales, home of one of history's finest bardic traditions. But what was a bard, what did they do, and why did Wales have so darn many of them? Give the episode a listen to learn all this and more! Also discussed are sand worms, long houses, and why foxes are better than babes.

For more on some of what we discuss, check out:
English translations of Dafydd ap Gwilym's poetryhttps://dafyddapgwilym.net/eng/3win.phpY Goddodinhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/48578318The Court Poets of the Welsh Princeshttps://www.jstor.org/stable/459824Performance and Literacy in Medieval Welsh Poetryhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3737807
Music sources for this episode:
Intro: https://archive.org/details/78_bugeilior-gwenith-gwyn-idle-days-in-summer-time_gwilym-williams-frances-williams_gbia0015181aBreaks: https://archive.org/details/78_evanss-jigg_the-folk-dance-orchestra-w-s-gwynn-williams-p-green-philip-green_gbia0511441bBard rap battle (track 3): https://archive.org/details/lp_spanish-medieval-music_new-york-pro-musica-alfonso-x-el-sabio/disc1/01.03.+Cantigua+XXV%3B+Cantigua+CXXXIX.mp3