Gone Medieval

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Subscribers: 1551
Reviews: 6
Episodes: 307

David H
 Nov 21, 2023
it would be quite nice except for what to me are the irritating to the point of distraction interventions of "umms" and "yesses" and that dreadful occasional host who seems to have missed their true calling of writing headlines for the newspapers one finds in the supermarket checkout lane.


 Sep 28, 2023

SilverMiner
 Aug 2, 2023
Do NOT care for the new co-host. Very annoying voice and mannerisms.


 Feb 28, 2023

jerry
 May 26, 2022
Really good content, some fantastic guests and a broad range of topics covered. An excellent resource.

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From long-lost Viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politics, to myths, religion, the lives of ordinary people: Gone Medieval is History Hit’s podcast dedicated to the middle ages, in Europe and far beyond.

Episode Date
How the Plantagenets Built England
Apr 19, 2024
Rise of Wessex
Apr 16, 2024
Rise of Mercia
Apr 11, 2024
Life on Crusade
Apr 09, 2024
The Dynasty that Made Medieval France
Apr 05, 2024
Rise of Northumbria
Apr 02, 2024
What is a Pilgrimage?
Mar 29, 2024
Medieval Sex Work
Mar 26, 2024
King Henry II
Mar 22, 2024
The Power of Medieval Icons
Mar 19, 2024
Peasants' Revolt
Mar 15, 2024
Real Medieval Women with Philippa Gregory
Mar 12, 2024
Medieval Origins of Italian Food
Mar 08, 2024
St. Thurstan: York's Rebel Archbishop
Mar 05, 2024
Medieval Ireland: Death & Politics
Mar 01, 2024
The Real Braveheart
Feb 27, 2024
How to Cook Like a Medieval Chef
Feb 23, 2024
Sweyn Forkbeard: First Viking King of England
Feb 20, 2024
Medieval Mass Murdering Monk: Malmesbury Abbey
Feb 15, 2024
Medieval Apocalypse
Feb 12, 2024
Justinian: Greatest Byzantine Emperor?
Feb 08, 2024
How Everyday People Built Medieval Japan
Feb 05, 2024
Geoffrey Chaucer: Father of English Literature
Feb 01, 2024
The Black Death
Jan 29, 2024
Battle of Hastings
Jan 25, 2024
William the Conqueror
Jan 22, 2024
Harald Hardrada
Jan 18, 2024
King Arthur's Sex Life
Jan 15, 2024
Medieval Anatomy
Jan 11, 2024
Harold Godwinson
Jan 08, 2024
Tower of London: Most Infamous Prisoners
Jan 04, 2024
How To Keep Fit in the Middle Ages
Jan 01, 2024
Joan of Arc
Dec 28, 2023
The Rise of Christianity
Dec 25, 2023
What Food Did Medieval People Eat?
Dec 21, 2023
Medieval Humour at Christmas
Dec 18, 2023
Richard I's Consort: Berengaria of Navarre
Dec 14, 2023
5 Medieval Christmas Traditions
Dec 11, 2023
Vikings in Medieval Baghdad
Dec 07, 2023
Medieval Origins of Santa Claus: St. Nicholas
Dec 04, 2023
The Fall of Constantinople
Nov 30, 2023
The Rise of Constantinople with Bettany Hughes
Nov 27, 2023
Life on the Medieval Coast
Nov 23, 2023
Leprosy in the Middle Ages
Nov 20, 2023
Princes in the Tower: New Evidence Revealed
Nov 16, 2023
Burma: Medieval Superpower
Nov 13, 2023
The Medieval Boleyns
Nov 09, 2023
How The Vikings Turned Christian?
Nov 06, 2023
A Guide to Living in Dark Times with Weird Medieval Guys
Nov 02, 2023
Ghosts of Wales
Oct 30, 2023
The Templars in Britain
Oct 26, 2023
Kings of Medieval Ethiopia
Oct 23, 2023
The Hundred Years War
Oct 19, 2023
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Debunking the Myths
Oct 16, 2023
Theoderic the Great
Oct 12, 2023
Origins of Medieval Universities
Oct 09, 2023
The Venerable Bede
Oct 05, 2023
The Habsburgs
Oct 02, 2023
Mysterious Anglo-Saxon Bone Chests with Cat Jarman
Sep 28, 2023
Margaret of Anjou
Sep 25, 2023
Emma of Normandy
Sep 21, 2023
Holy Roman Empire
Sep 18, 2023
The Middle Ages in Five Facts
Sep 15, 2023
Anne of Bohemia
Sep 12, 2023
How to Spot Magic in Medieval Buildings
Sep 08, 2023
Origins of the Māori
Sep 05, 2023
Æthelflæd: Lady of the Mercians
Sep 01, 2023
How to be an Atheist in the Middle Ages
Aug 29, 2023
Henry I of England
Aug 25, 2023
How The North Turned Christian
Aug 22, 2023
The Sword & Its Cultural Significance
Aug 18, 2023
Sex: The Medieval Rules
Aug 15, 2023
Æthelstan: First King of the English
Aug 11, 2023
Eleanor of Castile
Aug 08, 2023
Magna Carta
Aug 04, 2023
Medieval Booze with Eleanor Janega
Aug 01, 2023
England's First Female Sheriff: Nicholaa de la Haye
Jul 28, 2023
How to Survive Plague and War in the Middle Ages
Jul 25, 2023
Lost Vikings of Greenland
Jul 21, 2023
Wars of the Roses: Jack Cade's Rebellion Explained
Jul 18, 2023
Beowulf
Jul 14, 2023
How To Dress in the Middle Ages
Jul 11, 2023
Medieval Eastern Europe
Jul 07, 2023
Garter Knights & Kings' Graves: St George's Chapel, Windsor
Jul 04, 2023
Medieval Comedy: Minstrels
Jun 30, 2023
Time Team's Tony Robinson: A Life in History
Jun 27, 2023
Ragnar Lothbrok: The Viking Legend
Jun 23, 2023
The Crusades and Ireland
Jun 20, 2023
Medieval Trans Saints & Sex Workers
Jun 16, 2023
Marco Polo
Jun 13, 2023
The Greatest Medieval Divorce Scandal
Jun 09, 2023
Medieval Japan: Myths of the Samurai
Jun 06, 2023
Origins of the Forbidden Fruit Myth
Jun 02, 2023
Origins of Scottish Independence
May 30, 2023
Julian of Norwich: England's First Woman Writer?
May 26, 2023
How the Mediterranean Created Wealth
May 23, 2023
Medieval Warfare: Deception and Trickery
May 19, 2023
Henry III vs. Simon de Montfort
May 16, 2023
The Rise & Fall of the de la Pole Family
May 12, 2023
Origins of English
May 09, 2023
How The Weather Shaped Medieval North America
May 05, 2023
Saxon Origins of London
May 02, 2023
The Knights Templar
Apr 28, 2023
Medieval Coronations: Jewels & After Parties
Apr 25, 2023
Why Do We Have A Coronation?
Apr 22, 2023
Sutton Hoo
Apr 18, 2023
Rise of the Assassins
Apr 15, 2023
Becoming an Anglo-Saxon King
Apr 11, 2023
Tournaments & Rebellion in Historical Fiction
Apr 08, 2023
Excavating An Anglo-Saxon Palace: Ad Gefrin
Apr 04, 2023
Medieval Origins of Coronations
Apr 01, 2023
Vikings in Spain
Mar 28, 2023
The Real Dick Whittington
Mar 25, 2023
How Norse Myths Shape The Way We Think
Mar 21, 2023
How the Middle Ages Influences Music Today
Mar 18, 2023
Lies that Misled Medieval People
Mar 14, 2023
Battle of Towton
Mar 11, 2023
Medieval Women with Eleanor Janega
Mar 07, 2023
Erotic Medieval Poet: Gwerful Mechain
Mar 04, 2023
Vikings & The Rus in Medieval Ukraine
Feb 28, 2023
Birth of Cornwall
Feb 25, 2023
The Gough Map: One of Britain's Earliest Maps
Feb 21, 2023
Women and the Crusades
Feb 18, 2023
Sandby Borg Massacre: The Evidence
Feb 14, 2023
Origins of Treason in England
Feb 11, 2023
The Monastery That Held Back the Vikings
Feb 07, 2023
Edward III, His Queen & His Mistress
Feb 04, 2023
The Danelaw
Jan 31, 2023
The Princes in the Tower
Jan 28, 2023
The Crusades and the Chertsey Tiles
Jan 24, 2023
The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript
Jan 21, 2023
Ireland's First Convicted Witch
Jan 17, 2023
The Prester John Myth
Jan 14, 2023
The Picts and their Language
Jan 10, 2023
The Death of Edward II
Jan 07, 2023
Vikings in Poland
Jan 03, 2023
Vikings: Surviving Winter
Dec 27, 2022
The Real 'Good King Wenceslas'
Dec 20, 2022
Finding Richard III
Dec 17, 2022
Battle of Maldon
Dec 13, 2022
Origins of Carols
Dec 10, 2022
Cult of St. Swithun
Dec 06, 2022
Jews in Medieval England
Dec 03, 2022
Myths and Nature in Medieval Britain
Nov 29, 2022
Mongol Empire
Nov 26, 2022
Hanseatic League
Nov 22, 2022
The Rise of Christianity
Nov 19, 2022
878 AD: A Key Anglo-Saxon Year
Nov 15, 2022
Executions in Medieval London
Nov 12, 2022
Britain’s Lost Kingdoms
Nov 08, 2022
The Czech Braveheart: Jan Žižka
Nov 05, 2022
Vikings in Britain: New Evidence
Nov 01, 2022
Vlad the Impaler
Oct 29, 2022
Who were the Africans in Medieval Britain?
Oct 25, 2022
King Charles VI of France
Oct 22, 2022
Medieval Pubs
Oct 18, 2022
Africans in Medieval Europe
Oct 15, 2022
Ogham: A Forgotten Medieval Alphabet
Oct 11, 2022
DNA and Jewish Persecution in Medieval Britain
Oct 08, 2022
Boy Kings of Medieval Europe
Oct 04, 2022
The World’s Greatest Cathedrals
Oct 01, 2022
King Cnut & the End of the Viking Age
Sep 27, 2022
The Story of Castles
Sep 24, 2022
Viking Sagas
Sep 20, 2022
Essex Dogs and the Crécy Campaign with Dan Jones
Sep 17, 2022
The Rise of the Vikings
Sep 13, 2022
Elizabeth II: The Making of The Queen
Sep 08, 2022
The First Crusade
Sep 08, 2022
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Vikings
Sep 06, 2022
The Medieval Bishop’s Sex Workers
Sep 03, 2022
Britain After Rome
Aug 30, 2022
King Henry V
Aug 27, 2022
Viking Sex
Aug 23, 2022
A Fourteenth Century Thriller: The Lawless Land
Aug 20, 2022
Anglo-Saxon Cave Dwellings
Aug 16, 2022
How the English Accent Changed Forever
Aug 13, 2022
What the Romans Did for Us
Aug 09, 2022
A History of Britain in 50 Documents
Aug 06, 2022
When War Veterans Excavate the Anglo-Saxons
Aug 02, 2022
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Jul 30, 2022
The Norse Walrus Ivory Trade Crash
Jul 26, 2022
Going to Church in Medieval England
Jul 23, 2022
How Trees Gave Places Their Names
Jul 19, 2022
England & France: Two Houses, Two Kingdoms
Jul 16, 2022
The Origins of Thor
Jul 12, 2022
Medieval Gardens
Jul 09, 2022
Alfred the Great
Jul 05, 2022
The Medieval Origins of Fairy Tales
Jul 02, 2022
Anglo-Saxons at Prayer: Brixworth Church
Jun 28, 2022
Shakespeare's Richard III
Jun 25, 2022
Anglo-Saxon Treasures at Norwich Castle
Jun 21, 2022
HS2: Uncovering An Anglo-Saxon Burial Site
Jun 16, 2022
Urban Life in Medieval Cities
Jun 14, 2022
The Wars of the Roses: The Uncrowned Queen
Jun 11, 2022
Judith, England’s First Crowned Queen
Jun 07, 2022
Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior
Jun 04, 2022
Burials with Alice Roberts
May 31, 2022
The Wars of the Roses: Rise of the Beauforts
May 28, 2022
Trade After the Roman Empire
May 24, 2022
The Wars of the Roses: Endings
May 21, 2022
What Did the Anglo-Saxons Eat?
May 17, 2022
The Wars of the Roses: Dynastic War
May 14, 2022
The First English Autobiographer: Margery Kempe
May 10, 2022
The Wars of the Roses: Origins
May 07, 2022
Valkyries
May 03, 2022
Medieval Masters of Invention
Apr 30, 2022
The Dynasty that Transformed Southern India
Apr 26, 2022
Global Middle Ages with Peter Frankopan
Apr 23, 2022
The Northman: How to Put Vikings On Screen
Apr 19, 2022
Origins of Easter
Apr 16, 2022
Forgotten Women of the Crusades
Apr 12, 2022
The Rise of Genghis Khan
Apr 09, 2022
Rapa Nui: The Truth About Easter Island
Apr 05, 2022
Henry III: England's Longest Reigning King
Apr 02, 2022
Raiding & Trading in Viking Britain
Mar 29, 2022
Findling Lost Medieval Manuscripts
Mar 26, 2022
Early Medieval Ireland
Mar 22, 2022
Lost Towns of Britain
Mar 19, 2022
Recreating the Viking World in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
Mar 15, 2022
Medieval Gaming: Crusader Kings III
Mar 12, 2022
Brunhild and Fredegund: The Queens Who Fought for 40 Years
Mar 08, 2022
The Origins of Kyiv
Mar 05, 2022
Discovering Bury St Edmunds
Mar 01, 2022
1066: What Became Of The Anglo-Saxon Children?
Feb 26, 2022
Charlemagne
Feb 22, 2022
The Rise & Fall of England's Richest Dynasty
Feb 19, 2022
The Search for Alfred the Great's Tomb
Feb 15, 2022
Medieval Romance
Feb 12, 2022
Understanding Medieval Women Through Crime
Feb 08, 2022
Ely Cathedral: 700 Years Since Disaster
Feb 05, 2022
The Vikings from East to West
Feb 01, 2022
Medicine in the Middle Ages
Jan 29, 2022
Medieval Warhorses
Jan 25, 2022
How to Survive in Medieval England
Jan 22, 2022
Vikings: What Does Their Hair Tell Us?
Jan 18, 2022
An English Knight's Armour
Jan 15, 2022
Vikings In the Frankish Kingdom
Jan 11, 2022
Joan of Arc
Jan 08, 2022
Leprosy
Jan 04, 2022
Medieval New Year
Jan 01, 2022
Vikings: Surviving Winter
Dec 28, 2021
Medieval Christmas
Dec 25, 2021
Viking Midwinter Solstice
Dec 21, 2021
Medieval Perceptions of Gender
Dec 18, 2021
Building Medieval Churches
Dec 14, 2021
Heralds & Heraldry
Dec 11, 2021
Queen Cynethryth of Mercia's Lost Abbey
Dec 07, 2021
The Burgundians
Dec 04, 2021
Ibn Fadlan: The Real 13th Warrior
Nov 30, 2021
How To Live Like A Monk
Nov 27, 2021
Medieval Treasure: What To Do If You Find Some
Nov 23, 2021
Why The Middle Ages Matter with Ian Mortimer
Nov 20, 2021
Sutton Hoo
Nov 16, 2021
Metal Detecting Medieval Treasure
Nov 13, 2021
Vikings in North America
Nov 09, 2021
Hundred Years' War
Nov 06, 2021
The Origins Of Scotland
Nov 02, 2021
Did the Papacy Support the Norman Conquest?
Oct 30, 2021
Eels in the Middle Ages: Meals & Money
Oct 26, 2021
Medieval Treasures at the National Archives
Oct 23, 2021
Vikings & Mice in the Azores
Oct 19, 2021
Bayeux Tapestry
Oct 16, 2021
Galloway Hoard
Oct 12, 2021
Medieval Manuscripts & Their Makers
Oct 09, 2021
Early Medieval Burials
Oct 05, 2021
Richard III
Oct 02, 2021
Medieval Science
Sep 28, 2021
What is a Pilgrimage?
Sep 25, 2021
The Saxon Origins of London
Sep 21, 2021
Witchcraft & the Nobility
Sep 18, 2021
Could Medieval Women Be Military Leaders?
Sep 14, 2021
Edward III's Failed Leopard Coin
Sep 11, 2021
Viking Ships
Sep 07, 2021
How To Save Medieval Churches
Sep 04, 2021
Harald Bluetooth
Aug 31, 2021
Wars of the Roses: Castles & Guns
Aug 28, 2021
Human Sacrifice
Aug 24, 2021
King Arthur
Aug 21, 2021
Æthelred the Unready
Aug 17, 2021
Fertility & Childbirth: The Great Leveller
Aug 14, 2021
The Walls That Made Wales
Aug 10, 2021
How To Spot a Tithe Barn
Aug 07, 2021
Battle of Brunanburh
Aug 03, 2021
Cecily Neville: Mother of Richard III
Jul 31, 2021
Orkney’s Buried Vikings
Jul 27, 2021
Role of Medieval Queens
Jul 24, 2021
The Origins of English
Jul 20, 2021
Medieval Ludlow
Jul 17, 2021
Runes
Jul 13, 2021
Battlefield Archaeology
Jul 10, 2021
Bunions in the Middle Ages
Jul 06, 2021
Northampton: The Heart of Medieval England?
Jul 03, 2021
Saint Edmund: England's Lost King
Jun 29, 2021
White Ship Disaster
Jun 26, 2021
The Berserkers
Jun 22, 2021
John of Gaunt
Jun 19, 2021
Sex in the Middle Ages
Jun 15, 2021
Medieval Africa
Jun 12, 2021
Viking Raid on Lindisfarne
Jun 08, 2021
Mythbusting Medieval Buildings
Jun 05, 2021
Slaves, Gold & Ivory: East African Trade Routes
Jun 01, 2021
Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior
May 29, 2021
Mysteries of Cerne Abbas Giant
May 25, 2021
The Plots Against Henry VII
May 22, 2021
Vikings in Northern Britain
May 18, 2021
The Rise of Henry VII
May 18, 2021
Introducing: Gone Medieval
Apr 21, 2021