Podcast
Oct 27, 2026
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1 min read
The Ghosts of Byland Abbey: A Medieval Archives Halloween special.
Weekly Herald
Oct 25, 2026
5 min read
Henry V wins at Agincourt, Gilles de Rais faces the gallows, a young prince loses his head, and Henry VII begins a dynasty.
Oct 18, 2026
4 min read
The Holy Sepulchre is destroyed, the People's Crusade meets disaster, a devastating earthquake strikes Basel, and a victorious sultan is assassinated.
Oct 13, 2026
Flat Earths, filthy peasants, bad food and a few myths that refuse to die.
Oct 11, 2026
3 min read
Hunyadi challenges the Ottomans, King John loses his treasure, Robert the Bruce strikes in Yorkshire, and a tornado rips through London.
Oct 4, 2026
Ivan III faces the Great Horde on the Ugra River, Charlemagne and Carloman take the Frankish crowns, James I captures Valencia, and Korea unveils Hangul.
Sep 27, 2026
Henry IV takes the crown, William of Normandy lands in England, Frederick II is excommunicated, and Saladin ends eighty-eight years of Crusader rule in Jerusalem.
Sep 20, 2026
The Viking invasion collapses at Stamford Bridge, Jerusalem comes under siege, Edward II dies under mysterious circumstances, and Christendom fractures in the Western Schism.
Sep 13, 2026
Friday the 13th brings disaster for the Knights Templar, William of Normandy wins a kingdom at Hastings, and Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland.
Sep 6, 2026
Richard faces Saladin at Arsuf, William the Conqueror’s reign comes to an end, and the Scots spring their trap at Stirling Bridge.
Aug 30, 2026
A warrior king dies, an infant inherits a crown, and the Mongol advance meets its match at Ain Jalut.
Aug 16, 2026
A king falls at Bosworth, a shōgun rises in Japan, Genghis Khan leaves an empire behind, and Byzantine emperor narrowly escapes disaster.
Aug 9, 2026
A legendary last stand, the birth of the Normans, the close of the First Crusade, and the final days of Byzantium.
Aug 2, 2026
A rebel earl makes his final stand, a future emperor begins his rise, and rival powers clash across Europe.
Jul 26, 2026
A decisive battle, a new imperial capital, a king crowned, and a revolution begins.
Jul 19, 2026
Timur’s victory at Ankara, the fall of Visigothic Spain, and the battles that reshaped medieval power.
Jul 12, 2026
The capture of Jerusalem, the surrender of Acre, and the battles that defined an age.
Jun 21, 2026
From Bannockburn and Sluys to Richard III’s rise and the fractured Church of the Western Schism
Jun 14, 2026
King John’s humiliation, Vlad’s infamous Night Attack, and the birth of the Black Prince
Jun 7, 2026
Jerusalem Under Siege, the Viking shock at Lindisfarne, Duccio’s masterpiece, and the unrest that shook medieval England
May 31, 2026
From the Mongols at the Kalka River to Hugh Capet’s rise in France, and a surprising early note of Scotch whisky.
May 25, 2026
Joan of Arc meets her fate, Toledo shifts the balance of the Reconquista, John the Fearless is born, and Constantinople falls
May 17, 2026
Royal ambition, urban revolt, dynastic warfare, and a preacher consumed by the flames of Renaissance Italy
May 10, 2026
The Battle of Lewes, the Knights Templar persecutions, and Julian of Norwich’s visions.
May 3, 2026
A siege lifted, a great dome shattered, and power contested across medieval Europe
