From long-lost Viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politics, to myths, religion, the lives of ordinary people: Gone Medieval is History Hit’s podcast dedicated to the middle ages, in Europe and far beyond.
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episode 315: The Viking Age: What Discoveries Reveal
Archaeology and scientific techniques are shedding new light on the Vikings and their world.
episode 314: Women Crusaders
Dr. Eleanor Janega talks to Dr. Natasha Hodgson about the women who went everywhere that men went, and what our own expectations lead us to overlook in history.
episode 313: Genghis Khan to Tamerlane: Mongol Empire Reborn
Who was the Mongol warlord who sought to rebuild what had once been the most powerful empire in the world?
episode 312: Origins of the Normans
Dr. Eleanor Jannega tells the fascinating story of the rise of the Normans.
episode 311: The Witan: England's First Parliament?
In the final part of our mini-series on the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, Matt Lewis talks to Dr. Levi Roach about possibly the first form of English governance.
episode 310: Medieval Italy
Dr. Eleanor Janega tries to make sense of Italy’s complex history in the Middle Ages with acclaimed author Ross King.
episode 309: How the Plantagenets Built England
Matt Lewis talks to Dr. Caroline Burt and Richard Partington about the six kings who built the English State.
episode 308: Rise of Wessex
Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by Dr. Rob Gallagher to explore the key figures of the Wessex ascendency and the legacy their kingdom left behind.
episode 307: Rise of Mercia
In Gone Medieval’s special series examining some of Anglo-Saxon Britain’s most significant kingdoms, we arrive at the kingdom of Mercia, which once enjoyed supremacy over not only Wessex but all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. At its peak, Mercia controlled what is now Birmingham and London, but it ceased to be a kingdom when Alfred the Great came to power. But its history did not end there...
episode 306: Life on Crusade
Dr. Eleanor Janega finds out about ordinary crusaders and their experiences from Dr. Simon Thomas Parsons.