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The Wise Men
12 December 2024The Three Wise Men were kings, magicians, more than three, on camels, walking across deserts and the men who tricked Herod. How can they be all...
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Henry VIII's Tudor Christmas
11 December 2024Tudor Christmas was a time for revelry and fun. Henry VIII and his court celebrated the full 12 days of Christmas in excess, with tables ladened...
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Medieval Burials
10 December 2024What can medieval burial practices reveal about societal values and beliefs? Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by biological anthropologist Dr. Jo...
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History (and Future) of Dating
10 December 2024The history of lonely hearts ads might be a lot deeper than you'd expect.
For as long as people have been printing newspapers, people (read:...
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Waco: A Cult, the FBI and a Fiery Ending
9 December 202476 people died on 19th April 1993 when the compound of a religious sect, the Branch Davidians, went up in flames. It had been under siege by...
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Elizabeth I & the Sultan of Morocco
9 December 2024Elizabeth I and Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur of Morocco shared a common goal of empire building, despite their cultural, political and religious...
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Ireland's First Witch: Medieval Murderer? (Part 2)
9 December 2024(Part 2/2) Anthony returns to his hometown of Kilkenny to conclude the tale of the first person to be executed for witchcraft in Ireland. Set 700...
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The Eight Tigers: Imperial Eunuchs
9 December 2024The infamous eunuchs of the Ming imperial court are the primary villains of Assassin’s Creed Chronicles China. The Eight Tigers have gone down...
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Surviving the Great War: Medics in the Trenches
9 December 2024Warning: this episode contains graphic details of injuries.
The brutal nature of the First World War presented frontline medical personnel...
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Hanukkah & the Maccabees
8 December 2024It's perhaps the best known Jewish festival of the year, but what exactly are Hanukkah's origins, and why was it first celebrated?
On...
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Anne of Cleves | Secret Lives of the Six Wives
6 December 2024Anne of Cleves gets a pretty raw deal in the history books.
She's often accused of being ugly, after Henry VIII claimed the painting he had...
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Crusades Against Heretics
6 December 2024The Albigensian Crusade was a blood-soaked military campaign, as the church desperately attempted to purge heresy across Christendom in the early...
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