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153 Medieval Working Women
Season 4 Episode 20
Only 4% of women remained unmarried in the middle ages, and therefore for Harvestingboth men and women working life was a matter of team work. In tow…
11 years ago
152 Death of a Conquering Hero
Season 4 Episode 19
Henry's talents ran as much to managing his back yard as it did to war; this week how Henry organised his kingdom for war, and the last days of his l…
11 years ago
151 The Bridge at Montereau
Season 4 Episode 18
In 1420, Henry faced an uphill battle again; his negotiations had failed with both Dauphinists and Burgundians, and instead they'd patched it up. So …
11 years ago
150 Conquering Hero
Season 4 Episode 17
By 1417, Henry had sorted out his support in England, and was able to launch a war of conquest in Normandy. After butchery at Caen, castles and town…
11 years, 1 month ago
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…
11 years, 1 month 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…
11 years, 2 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…
11 years, 2 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…
11 years, 2 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…
11 years, 2 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…
11 years, 3 months ago