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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 days 14 hours 24 minutes
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episode 278: How To Keep Fit in the Middle Ages
How did medieval people manage to become and remain healthy and fit?
episode 277: Joan of Arc
Matt Lewis is joined by Dr Hannah Skoda, to get to the heart of the real ‘Maid of Orléans’
episode 276: The Rise of Christianity
Matt Lewis talks to Professor Peter Heather, author of Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, about how Christianity rose to wield authority across nearly all of the disparate peoples of medieval Europe.
episode 275: What Food Did Medieval People Eat?
How did people in medieval Britain share the riches from our fields, dairies, kitchens and seas?
episode 274: Medieval Humour at Christmas
What did medieval people consider funny? How did humorous stories spread in a world where most people could neither read nor write?
episode 273: Richard I's Consort: Berengaria of Navarre
Dr Gabrielle Storey sheds light on this neglected, English Queen Consort.
episode 272: Five Medieval Christmas Traditions
Dr. Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis get together to revive some of the Christmas traditions that were commonplace in the Middle Ages
episode 271: Vikings in Medieval Baghdad
Matt Lewis welcomes back Dr. Cat Jarman to explore how and why the Vikings travelled eastwards.
episode 270: Medieval Origins of Santa Claus: St. Nicholas
In many parts of Europe, before Christmas comes, you have first to celebrate one of the medieval period's favourite saints - Saint Nicholas of Myra
episode 269: The Fall of Constantinople
May 1453 saw Constantinople under siege. In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis is joined by Prof. Marc David Baer to delve into this epochal moment in medieval history.