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The Wars of the Roses: Endings
Episode 104
All things must end. This final special episode on the Wars of the Roses deals with a series of endings and considers what finding a date for the end…
4 years, 4 months ago
What Did the Anglo-Saxons Eat?
Episode 103
Early medieval royals ate mostly meat, right? Wrong! A new study that’s made headlines around the world has shown that medieval kings were largely ve…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Wars of the Roses: Dynastic War
Episode 102
Part one of this comprehensive trilogy covering the Wars of the Roses left the Yorkist lords attained and in exile. From this point, the 15th century…
4 years, 5 months ago
The First English Autobiographer: Margery Kempe
Episode 101
Margery Kempe was an English Christian mystic, known for writing "The Book of Margery Kempe", a work considered by some to be the first autobiography…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Wars of the Roses: Origins
Episode 100
The Wars of the Roses is a complex and fascinating period of English history that dominates the second half of the 15th century and leads to the rise…
4 years, 5 months ago
Valkyries
Episode 99
In Norse mythology, the Valkyries determine who lived and who died on the battlefield. Translated as “Chooser of the Fallen” in Old Norse, they’re of…
4 years, 5 months ago
Medieval Masters of Invention
Episode 98
In today’s Gone Medieval podcast, Matt Lewis joins Dallas Campbell - host of our sister podcast Patented: History of Inventions - to explore the rol…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Dynasty that Transformed Southern India
Episode 97
Histories of India usually concern themselves with events and invasions in the subcontinent’s North, while the rest of India’s rich story is often re…
4 years, 5 months ago
Global Middle Ages with Peter Frankopan
Episode 96
The term “Middle Ages” is commonly used but really only applies to a Western European view of history. It was created at the beginning of the Early M…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Northman: How to Put Vikings On Screen
Episode 95
The Northman now showing in UK cinemas is an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder. Its di…
4 years, 5 months ago