Fiery Dragons: Castle Stories Episode 12

Dragons are mythical creatures of fantasy, and although many people associate them with the world of knights and castles, there never were any real dragons in the Middle Ages, right? Well, you might be interested to learn about the dragon brought to Durham from Ethiopia in the 16th century, or the “immense fiery dragons seen flying through the air” over Northumbria in 793CE. To medieval people, dragons were far from mythical, even if they did populate the legends of knights and saints. They were real animals whose appearance in the skies presaged disaster! This week, we take a look at medieval dragons…