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All That Is Interesting

05.09.2024

The Picts: The Ancient Scottish People Who Fought Off The Romans

An ancient tribe who were called the "painted people" by the Romans, the Picts inhabited Scotland during the Early Middle Ages.

History Extra

09.09.2024

Medieval torture: everything you wanted to know | HistoryExtra

Dr Hannah Skoda answers listener questions about the use of torture in the Middle Ages

All That Is Interesting

10.09.2024

11 Medieval Torture Devices That Define Cruel And Unusual

From the rack to the breaking wheel to the thumbscrew, discover some of the most horrific torture devices used during the Middle Ages.

All That Is Interesting

19.09.2024

Iron Gauntlet From The Middle Ages Discovered In Oslo, Norway

Excavations in Oslo turned up an iron medieval gauntlet, which has largely deteriorated but left a clear impression in the mud.

All That Is Interesting

19.09.2024

Bestiaries, The Illustrated Animal Encyclopedias Of The Middle Ages

Popular in the Middle Ages, a bestiary is a compendium containing illustrations and descriptions of both real and mythical animals along with moral lessons.

History Extra

17.10.2024

Robert Bartlett: "The complexity of modern national politics has placed history at risk" | HistoryExtra

Robert Bartlett speaks to Emily Briffett about the large-scale destruction of medieval manuscripts – and how such losses affect our ability to understand the Middle Ages

Sententiae Antiquae

22.10.2024

Ancient Greek Vampires 1: Empousa – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

The classic Transylvanian-style vampire—male, nocturnal, fanged—is really a product of folklore and gothic horror after the middle ages (with garlic, mirrors, crosses and stakes coming at various times from various places). But human blood-eating creatures of pleasure were present in ancient folktales as well. They are not prominent, but the Lamia and the Empousa, both…

History Extra

26.10.2024

Medieval women: friendship, wanderlust and the medieval hustle | HistoryExtra

Hetta Howes highlights what four extraordinary female writers can reveal about the lives of women in the Middle Ages

Ancient Pages

30.10.2024

Few Witches Were Executed In Wales In The Middle Ages - Why? - Ancient Pages

Women in Wales even looked like witches. They tended to dress in long, heavy woollen skirts, aprons, blouses and large woollen shawls. Most peasant women

History Extra

19.11.2024

Pigs in the medieval city | HistoryExtra

Dolly Jørgensen considers why the pig was so vital to urban life in the Middle Ages

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The Picts: The Ancient Scottish People Who Fought Off The Romans

Medieval torture: everything you wanted to know | HistoryExtra

11 Medieval Torture Devices That Define Cruel And Unusual

Iron Gauntlet From The Middle Ages Discovered In Oslo, Norway

Bestiaries, The Illustrated Animal Encyclopedias Of The Middle Ages

Robert Bartlett: "The complexity of modern national politics has placed history at risk" | HistoryExtra

Ancient Greek Vampires 1: Empousa – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Medieval women: friendship, wanderlust and the medieval hustle | HistoryExtra

Few Witches Were Executed In Wales In The Middle Ages - Why? - Ancient Pages

Pigs in the medieval city | HistoryExtra

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