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Crusades Against Heretics
Dec 06, 2024The Albigensian Crusade was a blood-soaked military campaign, as the church desperately attempted to purge heresy across Christendom in the early 1200's. Matt Lewis is joined by Mark Gregory Pegg to u...
Battles, Kings, and Conquests: A Journey Through Medieval England
Dec 03, 2024Dr. Eleanor Janega invites co-host Matt Lewis to discuss his exciting new book, 'The History Hit Guide to Medieval England.' Matt reveals the secrets from the era of the Vikings to the Tudors, from gr...
How to be a Medieval Teenager
Nov 29, 2024Matt Lewis is joined by Alice Loxton to explore the lives of 18-Year-Olds through history From Bede surviving a devastating plague to Empress Matilda's unexpected rise to power after the White Ship di...
Excommunication in the Middle Ages
Nov 26, 2024Both Frederick II and King John were excommunicated from the all-powerful church, but why? Dr. Eleanor Janega and Dr. Felicity Hill explore the complex phenomenon of excommunication in the medieval pe...
A Voice for Richard III
Nov 22, 2024Recreating Richard III's Voice: A Journey Through Time Join us as we dive into the fascinating project of reconstructing the voice of King Richard III, last heard in 1485. Music from Epidemic sound an...
Joan of Arc's Signature & Other Medieval Marvels
Nov 19, 2024Dr. Eleanor Janega can hardly contain her excitement. She’s just seen Joan of Arc’s actual signature on show in the Medieval Women: In Their Own Words exhibition at the British Library in London. It’s...
Mythbusting Medieval Buildings
Nov 15, 2024What is a leper squint? Are the marks scratched into the exterior walls of churches from damned souls trying to claw their way in? Join Matt Lewis as he welcomes back James Wright, a stonemason and hi...
El Cid: Spain's Medieval Mercenary
Nov 12, 2024Rodrigo Díaz - known as el Cid - lived a violently colourful life in 11th Century Spain. By turns an ambitious military leader, exile and brutal mercenary, after changing allegiances several times he ...
The Battle of Agincourt
Nov 08, 2024Join Matt Lewis and Professor Michael Livingston to unravel the legendary Battle of Agincourt. They cover the lesser-known strategic blunders to the haunting moral dilemmas and learn about the real ev...
Castles in Ruins
Nov 05, 2024Why are so many medieval castles left in ruins? Join Dr. Eleanor Janega as she steps through the rubble of these fallen stone giants to close our current series on the life cycle of castles. The techn...