Medieval Eastern Europe
From the Baltics to the Balkans, from Prague to Kiev, Eastern Europe is more than the sum total of its annexations, invasions and independence declarations.In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis...
7 Jul 202332min
Garter Knights & Kings' Graves: St George's Chapel, Windsor
There are few places more fascinating and evocative for Medieval enthusiasts than Saint George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis takes a special, out-of-hours tou...
4 Jul 202345min
Medieval Comedy: Minstrels
Every historian dreams of hitting gold in the archives. Matt Lewis’s guest Dr. James Wade of Girton College, Cambridge has done just that.James has uncovered a manuscript by cleric and tutor Richard H...
30 Jun 202326min
Time Team's Tony Robinson: A Life in History
On this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis talks to Sir Tony Robinson — actor, author and presenter — who is now hosting his own podcast, Tony Robinson’s Cunningcast.Sir Tony talks about how he has ...
27 Jun 202337min
Ragnar Lothbrok: The Viking Legend
The ninth century Danish king and warrior Ragnar Lothbrok became notorious again most recently through the TV series The Vikings. But what do we know about the real Ragnar Lothbrok? In this episode of...
23 Jun 202351min
The Crusades and Ireland
Ireland has long been overlooked in the context of crusading. It has not only been largely absent from accounts of crusades and crusading, it has also not featured in histories of Ireland. A new book ...
20 Jun 202337min
Medieval Trans Saints & Sex Workers
In this episode of Gone Medieval for Pride Month, Matt Lewis takes a look at some transgender stories from the Middle Ages. Marinos was a 5th century monk mentioned in the trial of Joan of Arc. They s...
16 Jun 202347min
Marco Polo
One of history’s great adventurers, Marco Polo’s accounts of his travels - dictated while in prison - were exceptionally widely read, introducing Europeans to the then-mysterious culture and inner wor...
13 Jun 202331min
