History Shorts

HISTORY SHORTS: Trials by Ordeal Trials by ordeal were a method of judgment and punishment used in the Middle Ages, primarily to determine guilt or innocence in the absence of conclusive evidence. The...

14 Nov 202410min

HISTORY SHORTS: Joan of Arc Joan of Arc, also known as the "Maid of Orléans," was a French peasant girl whose actions and faith changed the course of the Hundred Years' War between France and England....

13 Nov 202410min

HISTORY SHORTS: Absaroka - the State that Never Was Absaroka was a proposed state in the United States in the 1930s that was never created. The movement to form the state was a response to the Great D...

12 Nov 20249min

HISTORY SHORTS: Ten Thousand Immortals Here is the story of the Ten Thousand Immortals - an elite military unit within the Achaemenid Empire, often considered the backbone of the Persian army.  https...

11 Nov 20249min

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10 Nov 202416min

HISTORY SHORTS SUNDAY TRIVIA: Literary Classics Let's see how well you remember the classics you read back in high school or college. https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast CONNECT @ X Faceb...

10 Nov 20244min

HISTORY SHORTS LIMITED SERIES: Conquerors - Hannibal of Carthage A brilliant strategist, Hannibal led the Carthage forces and is most famous for his daring and successful crossing of the Alps with an ...

9 Nov 202410min

HISTORY SHORTS: New England Secession Every American child has learned about the nation's bloodiest conflict, the American Civil War, and how the secession of Southern states following Lincoln's elect...

8 Nov 20249min