Samantha has a MA from Norwich University in World History. Samantha’s capstone focus for her MA was England and France’s late medieval warrior culture and the culture’s fascination and use of heroes of the past.

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She is currently working as an Independent Scholar and podcaster

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Aside from the podcast Playing with the Past, her research interests and projects include how English knights saw and dealt with death, and the use of the medieval in American politics

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Samantha likes to spend time with her two mini tigers who rule her home and horseback ride in her spare time.