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  1. Edmund Ironside: The 222-Day King

    <p>What does it take to face a Danish invasion and fight for a kingdom in just 222 days?</p><p>In 1016, England is at war as Edmund Ironside meets Cnut for a crown on the line. Matt Lewis and Dr David McDermott trace a young warrior king wh

  2. Empress Matilda: Queen of the Romans, Ruler of the English

    <p>How did an empress become the most dangerous claimant to the English throne?</p><p>From the Battle of Lincoln to her legendary escape from Oxford Castle, Matilda was a formidable political actor whose legacy shaped the Plantagenet dynast

  3. Battle of the Golden Spurs

    <p>In 1302, an army of Flemish townsmen achieved the impossible. At the Battle of the Golden Spurs, infantry armed with pikes and determination crushed the mounted knights of Kingdom of France in one of the greatest military upsets of the M

  4. St Benedict

    <p>Why did a young Roman nobleman reject status and education for a life of prayer, solitude and discipline?</p><p>St Benedict’s quiet choices would go on to shape the future of Western civilisation. His is a story of medieval Christianity,

  5. King Stephen

    <p>Was King Stephen a weak ruler who plunged England into chaos, or an unlucky monarch trapped by impossible circumstances? How did one disputed succession unleash nearly two decades of civil war, betrayal and brutality, which inspired Geor

  6. Deadly Rivalry: Armagnac vs. Burgundy

    <p>What starts as a shocking street murder in Paris turns into one of the most vicious civil wars in medieval Europe?</p><p>Dr Eleanor Janega is joined by Professor Justine Firnhaber-Baker to unravel the blood-soaked conflict between Burgun

  7. A Complete History of Medieval Scotland

    <p>What if Scotland’s story began with a miracle in battle, a white cross in the sky, and a kingdom forged through war, faith and sheer ambition?</p><p>Matt Lewis is joined by Professor Murray Pittock to race through medieval Scotland, from

  8. Medieval Royal Bastards

    <p>What really made a royal bastard, and could illegitimacy be a path to power as much as a barrier?</p><p>Dr Eleanor Janega is joined by Lauren Johnson, author of <em>Margaret Beaufort; Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker </em>to dive into the scan

  9. The Seljuk Turks

    <p>How did a nomadic people from the Steppes become one of the great powers of the medieval Middle East?</p><p>Matt Lewis is joined by Dr Nicholas Morton to explore the rise of the Seljuk Turks, the nomadic horsemen who carved out a vast em

  10. Rise of The Plantagenets

    <p>What happened when Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II joined forces, and why did it set medieval Europe on fire?</p><p>Dr. Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis break out of the Gone Medieval dungeon to explore the dramatic rise of the Plantagene

  11. The Queer Court of William Rufus

    <p>What really went on at the court of King William Rufus?</p><p>William the Conqueror's son and successor was fierce and ruthless. He taxed heavily, refused to conform to the ideals of kingship, and reportedly presided over a court of extr

  12. Hildegard of Bingen - Prophetess, Composer, Mystic

    <p>How did a cloistered, twelfth century nun become a visionary, composer, healer, preacher, and adviser to popes and emperors?</p><p>Despite having visions from childhood - even in the womb, she claimed - Hildegard of Bingen waited until t

  13. The Black Death: A Global Apocalypse?

    <p>A plague of terrifying speed, mysterious symptoms and global reach, the Black Death transformed more than Europe alone.</p><p>Matt Lewis is joined by Thomas Asbridge to chart the medieval spread, from Caffa’s siege lines to Cairo’s crowd

  14. Seeking Sanctuary

    <p>Could a medieval church really protect a killer from the law?</p><p>From the 40-day asylum of parish churches to the more permanent protections claimed by Westminster Abbey, sanctuary was never simply an escape route, it was a contested

  15. The First Troubadours

    <p>How could a love song become a political weapon? How were scandals, wars and crusades turned into some of the most influential poetry ever written?</p><p>The songs of the troubadours - celebrities in their day - helped define the emotion

  16. Foolish Medieval Fatalities

    <p>Who survives when medieval deaths are turned into Top Trumps? In this riotous made up game of Foolish Fatalities, Dr. Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis rank the most ridiculous ends of the Middle Ages, from a latrine disaster and Henry I’s f

  17. Fatimid Dynasty: Descendants of Prophet Muhammad

    <p>How did the Fatimids build one of Islam's most powerful medieval empires? What can the rise of this dynasty reveal about power, culture, tolerance, and women’s authority?</p><p>Stretching across North Africa, Egypt, and parts of Sicily,

  18. The Merovingian Dynasty: France's First Kings

    <p>Long-haired rulers, dynastic bloodshed, secret letters, and a kingdom built in the aftermath of empire; Dr. Eleanor Janega and Dr. James Palmer dive into the wild, Roman-adjacent world of the Merovingians.</p><p>What made the first kings

  19. After Agincourt: Henry V's French Campaigns

    <p>What happened after the Battle of Agincourt? How did Henry V's victory turn into a seven-year struggle of sieges, diplomacy, ambition, murder and missed destiny?</p><p>Matt Lewis is joined by W.B. Bartlett to explore a brutal and often o

  20. Matilda of Canossa: Medieval Italy's Iron Countess

    <p>What if one medieval woman could outwit emperors, shape popes, and force Henry IV to stand barefoot in the snow?</p><p>Dr. Katherine Harvey joins Dr. Eleanor Janega to tell the astonishing story of Matilda of Canossa, the Iron Countess o

  21. Battle of the Eras: Medieval vs Early Modern

    <p>What if the medieval world did not end with a bang, but with a messy argument over who gets to define history itself? Matt Lewis spars with Not Just The Tudors' host Professor Suzannah Lipscomb to spar over Gutenberg, the Reformation, wi

  22. Cadaver Synod: Trial of a Dead Pope

    <p>What could drive a pope to put a corpse on trial?</p><p>In 897, Rome staged one of the Middle Ages’ strangest spectacles: the Cadaver Synod, where Pope Stephen VI exhumed his predecessor and put his body on trial. Dr. Eleanor Janega is j

  23. Christine de Pizan: Pioneering French Feminist

    <p>How did a widowed mother transform loss, politics and misogyny into one of the most accomplished literary careers in medieval history?</p><p>From the Parisian court to contemporaneously telling the story of Joan of Arc, Christine de Piza

  24. Saving Byzantium

    <p>Did Constantinople’s fall in 1453 end the Byzantine Empire as neatly as we think?</p><p>Dr. Eleanor Janega and Dr. Laura Bolick unpack the Empire's dramatic final years and reveal a story far more complex than simple decline. Through the

  25. Offa, King of the Mercians

    <p>Was Offa a tyrant whose reputation was forever tainted by the killing of his prospective son-in-law? Or a visionary ruler whose achievements have been overshadowed by legend?</p><p>Offa is largely known for murderous acts and building a

  26. Challenging the Pope: The Avignon Papacy

    <p>Who would pick a fight with the Pope?? Matt Lewis and Dr. Eleanor Janega dive into the explosive clash between Pope Boniface VIII and Philip IV of France, a head of state who dared to challenge papal power. From taxes and excommunication

  27. Legends of Richard the Lionheart

    <p>Was Richard the Lionheart really England’s greatest medieval hero? Or is he one of history’s most successful myths, more heroic in legend than in life?</p><p>Over eight centuries, Richard has handled Excalibur, been celebrated in medieva

  28. How To Do Celtic Magic

    <p>What's the best cure for a hangover? What's the most effective way to curse your enemies? How do you keep demonic powers at bay?</p><p>The medieval Celtic world was filled with magic which became absorbed and restructured within a Christ

  29. The Bishop who Took Down Richard II

    <p>What makes an Archbishop one of the most hated figures in British history? And does Thomas Arundel truly deserve to be branded the greatest villain of 15th-century Britain?</p><p>Matt Lewis and Professor Chris Given-Wilson explore the li

  30. The Betrayal of Thomas Becket

    <p>"Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?!"</p><p>These words supposedly uttered by a King over 800 years ago set in motion a chain of gruesome events, and sparked cult-like devotion across the world.</p><p>Dr. Eleanor Janega and Matt

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