MAP#48: Sweyn Forkbeard, The Viking King of England
03 February 2014 marks the 1,000th anniversary of the death of King Sweyn Forkbeard. Once Forkbeard became the King of Denmark and Norway he started raiding England. After the English massacred thousa...
3 Feb 201427min
MAP#47: Charlemagne, The Father of Europe
January 2014 marks the 1,200th anniversary of the death of Charlemagne. He started his reign at the age of 26 as the King of the Franks. By the time of his death in 814 he was the Holy Roman Emperor a...
27 Jan 201443min
MAP#46: Made in China: Medieval Inventions from the Far East
For 4000 years China has been an innovative society, starting with the Great Wall and the Grand Canal. In the Middle Ages China invented item after item that revolutionized the world for centuries to ...
20 Jan 201441min
MAP#45: 2013 Medieval Year in Review
2013 is coming to a close. That means it's time for a year in review wrap up of the year's medieval events and we have a special guest, Peter from Medievalists.net! We discuss 10 of the top medieval s...
26 Dec 201340min
MAP#44: Battle of Agincourt 1415
The Hundred Years' War raged for over 100 years and divided England and France like never before. Today on the Medieval Archives Podcast we look at a battle during the last phase of the Hundred Years'...
9 Dec 201334min
The Hammer of Francia: Charles Martel and the Battle of Tours
In 732, the forces of Charles Martel and the Umayyad governor Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi met near Tours in one of the most famous battles of the early medieval period.Known as Charles the Hammer, Martel...
3 Okt 201328min
MAP#42: Medieval Diseases and “Cures”
Listen to the episode now People in the Middle Ages had their share of diseases. But unlike today they didn't have vaccinations or antibiotics to help them out. Today we are going to look at medieval ...
11 Sep 201337min
MAP#41: King Louis VIII ‘The Lion’
French King Louis VIII who as a young Prince invaded England with the support of the English barons with the hope of taking the throne from King John. He would rise to King in France and take part in ...
27 Aug 201319min
