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Medieval Mass Murdering Monk: Malmesbury Abbey
Episode 291
Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire was an institution of national significance from the late seventh century until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1…
2 years, 8 months ago
Medieval Apocalypse
Episode 290
In the early 12th century, when England was suffering wave after wave of Viking invasions, many wondered how God could allow their kingdom to be rava…
2 years, 8 months ago
Justinian: Greatest Byzantine Emperor?
Episode 289
The Eastern Roman Emperor from 527 to 565, Justinian was a ruler who infused even the most mundane tasks with spiritual and religious significance. T…
2 years, 8 months ago
How Everyday People Built Medieval Japan
Episode 288
When it comes to Japan in the Middle Ages, we think mostly of stories of the Shogun, samurai and ninjas. But for a society dominated by the court and…
2 years, 8 months ago
Geoffrey Chaucer: Father of English Literature
Episode 287
Geoffrey Chaucer is perhaps medieval England’s most famous writer and poet. Now a new exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford is setting out to …
2 years, 8 months ago
The Black Death
Episode 286
By the time the Black Death subsided, between 75 and 200 million people in Afro-Eurasia were dead, entire towns and cities had collapsed, and the ear…
2 years, 8 months ago
Battle of Hastings
Episode 285
Over the previous three episodes in our special series, Gone Medieval has taken a close look at the three main contenders for the throne of England i…
2 years, 8 months ago
William the Conqueror
Episode 284
When his cousin King Edward the Confessor died childless, Duke William of Normandy saw the throne of England as his birthright. But one man stood in …
2 years, 9 months ago
Harald Hardrada
Episode 283
In the second of Gone Medieval’s series looking at the road to the Battle of Hastings, Matt Lewis focuses on another claimant to the English throne. …
2 years, 9 months ago
King Arthur's Sex Life
Episode 282
The stories of King Arthur are among the great legends of British history. But behind the romance, chivalry and sorcery of it all, there were some pr…
2 years, 9 months ago