Podcast Episodes

149 Sex, Childbirth and Children

Season 4 Episode 16

Medieval understanding of physiology had an impact on attitudes to sex, just as much as did the teachings of the church. Though who knows how much it…

10 years, 8 months ago

148 Women and 1066, and Marriage

Season 4 Episode 15

As far as women were concerned, was 1066 generally a Good Thing, a Bad Thing - or just a Thing?  That's the main item of debate this week, along with…

10 years, 9 months ago

147 Women and Anglo Saxon England

Season 4 Episode 14

Unaccustomed as I am to social and economic history...here is the first of a bit of a thread over the next few weeks and months about some social stu…

10 years, 9 months ago

146 Agincourt Campaign Part III The Battle

Season 4 Episode 13

And so at last to one of England's most famous battles. Outnumbered and trapped, Henry and his English and Welsh faced the cream of the French warrio…

10 years, 9 months ago

145 The Agincourt Campaign Part II

Season 4 Episode 12

Henry probably now intended to be King of France or Duke of Normandy as a minimum. So what he planned was a war of conquest, not just the traditional…

10 years, 9 months ago

144 The Agincourt Campaigns Part I

Season 4 Episode 11

There is little doubt that Henry Vth always intended to fight in France - unless they completely rolled over. Which was unlikely; the French were per…

10 years, 10 months ago

143 Champion of Christ

Season 4 Episode 10

Last week we wondered about Henry - Monster or Hero...? This week you could look at it either way, as Henry faces the Lollards and his old pal, Sir J…

10 years, 10 months ago

142 Greatest Man - or Monster?

Season 4 Episode 9

Henry Vth is a man who has a reasonable claim to be the greatest of English kings. But what did contemporaries think of him? Successful he was no dou…

10 years, 10 months ago

141c The Romans in Britain Pt 2 by Richard Norton

And here we are with the second installment of the Romans in Britain, taking us to the fall of the western Empire. 

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11 years ago

141b The Romans in Britain Pt1 by Richard Norton

For some reason, don't know why, my interest in English and British history starts with the Anglo Saxons. Not before. Don't ask me why - no idea. I l…

11 years ago