Edward the Confessor
One of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, Edward the Confessor regained the throne for the House of Wessex and is the only English monarch to become a Saint. But Edward the Confessor has also been...
11 Kesä 202446min
The Anarchy: Disruptive Women
The Anarchy is an intriguing and often forgotten period of history. There are fascinating characters and moments of deep political importance to England's development as a state. The involvement of wo...
7 Kesä 202438min
Fantastic Beasts of the Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages, animals were often the means for survival and the source of great wealth. No wonder then that in the medieval imagination, animals are not just animals. Animals were thought to hav...
4 Kesä 202437min
Travel Guide to the Middle Ages
If you are planning - or dreaming of - your next holiday, have you stopped to wonder whether our medieval counterparts did exactly the same thing? Why did people travel in the Middle Ages, and what w...
30 Touko 202437min
Whisky: The Medieval Elixir
Did you know we have our medieval ancestors to thank for whisky? It wasn’t exactly a medieval invention but the process of making distilled alcohol and the idea that it might be fun to drink was.In th...
28 Touko 202437min
Echoes of History: Civil War in Feudal Japan
Dating from 1467-1603, the Sengoku or ‘Warring States’ period is known as the bloodiest in Japan’s history; an era of continuous social upheaval and civil war which transformed the country. Shogun-led...
24 Touko 202435min
Richard the Lionheart
King Richard I of England - Richard the Lionheart - is one of those historical figures whose reputation stands out so much that the legends cover up the myriad of complex details that we have about th...
21 Touko 202439min
Medieval Monsters, Ghosts & Werewolves
The supernatural in the Medieval world was always close at hand. In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis pays a visit to the only two residents still at History Hit Towers at the witching hour - ...
17 Touko 202440min
