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Ragnar Lothbrok: The Viking Legend
Episode 223
The ninth century Danish king and warrior Ragnar Lothbrok became notorious again most recently through the TV series The Vikings. But what do we know…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Crusades and Ireland
Episode 222
Ireland has long been overlooked in the context of crusading. It has not only been largely absent from accounts of crusades and crusading, it has als…
3 years, 4 months ago
Medieval Trans Saints & Sex Workers
Episode 221
In this episode of Gone Medieval for Pride Month, Matt Lewis takes a look at some transgender stories from the Middle Ages. Marinos was a 5th century…
3 years, 4 months ago
Marco Polo
Episode 220
One of history’s great adventurers, Marco Polo’s accounts of his travels - dictated while in prison - were exceptionally widely read, introducing Eur…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Greatest Medieval Divorce Scandal
Episode 219
In 855, the Carolingian king Lothar II was married to the aristocratic Teutberga for political reasons. But there was a third person in the relations…
3 years, 4 months ago
Medieval Japan: Myths of the Samurai
Episode 218
Medieval Japan - especially its stories of fearless Samurai and Ninja warriors - have an enduring place in our consciousness. But how true are they?
I…
3 years, 4 months ago
Origins of the Forbidden Fruit Myth
Episode 217
How did the apple become the dominant symbol of temptation and sin, when it isn’t even mentioned in the Bible story of Adam and Eve?
In this episode …
3 years, 4 months ago
Origins of Scottish Independence
Episode 214
For the first time in 18 years, the Declaration of Arbroath - an iconic document in the story of the struggle for Scottish independence in the 14th c…
3 years, 4 months ago
Julian of Norwich: England's First Woman Writer?
Episode 213
The writings of Julian of Norwich are the earliest surviving English language works by a woman and the only surviving English language works by an an…
3 years, 5 months ago
How the Mediterranean Created Wealth
Episode 212
What does archaeology tell us about how regions in the Mediterranean built their wealth between the 10th and 12th centuries? How did economies grow i…
3 years, 5 months ago