Peasants' Revolt
The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 was a public rebellion that sent revolutionary ripples across the entire medieval world. In a new video series for History Hit, Matt Lewis has been looking beyond the anci...
15 Mar 202436min
Real Medieval Women with Philippa Gregory
When we think about women in the Middle Ages, we know about Eleanor of Aquitaine or Hildegard of Bingen, but we are a lot less likely to think about the alewives plying their trade in cities, or the n...
12 Mar 202439min
Medieval Origins of Italian Food
For a thousand years, Italy’s cities have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money and power. Italian food is city food, and telling its story means telling ...
8 Mar 202436min
St. Thurstan: York's Rebel Archbishop
One of Medieval England’s most influential figures, Thurstan was the Archbishop of York from 1114 to 1140 who fought attempts by the Archbishop of Canterbury to assert his primacy over York. Eventuall...
5 Mar 202441min
Medieval Ireland: Death & Politics
Court records of naked, murderous monks, tavern brawls, robberies gone wrong, tragic accidents and criminal gangs reveal how the English in medieval Ireland governed and politicised death. In this epi...
1 Mar 202426min
The Real Braveheart
This episode contains strong language, graphic scenes of torture and sexual content The chances are, when we think of William Wallace, we think of Mel Gibson in Braveheart, charging down a hill in a k...
27 Feb 202433min
How to Cook Like a Medieval Chef
Preparing, serving and sharing food has always played a critical role in human history. But what did people in the Middle Ages like to eat and what did their food say about their social status? What w...
23 Feb 202432min
Sweyn Forkbeard: First Viking King of England
Sweyn Forkbeard was the first Viking King of England, however you'd be forgiven for potentially forgetting who he was given he was only King for five short weeks, being declared King on Christmas Day ...
20 Feb 202439min
