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The Boston Tea Party Explained
11 December 2023On December 16th 1773, Bostonian colonists took a stand against the British Crown in the Boston Tea Party.
In this episode, we dive deep...
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5 Medieval Christmas Traditions
11 December 2023In this episode of Gone Medieval, our co-hosts Dr. Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis get together to revive some of the Christmas traditions that were...
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JFK Special 5. | The Kennedy Curse
11 December 2023What was it about the Kennedy's that attracted so much tragedy, that many believed them to be cursed?
From plane disasters in World War 2,...
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26:54
How the Reformation Changed Music
11 December 2023The Coventry Carol and In Dulci Jubilo are songs that are still sung at this time of the year. Curiously, despite their medieval roots,...
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Who was Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir?
11 December 2023As the chaos of Samarra spreads to Baghdad, the Caliph al Ma'mun leaves the old capital in the hands of the trusted Tahrid family. Muhammad ibn...
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40:23
King Herod
11 December 2023Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual behaviour which may not be suitable for children.
Appointed by the Romans as...
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51:42
Ghost That Solved Its Own Murder: Red Barn Murder
10 December 2023The Red Barn Murder in 1827 was ground zero for true crime podcasts. It become one of the first cases to explode in the media and caused a...
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The Spartan Warrior
9 December 2023One of the most famed classes of soldiers from antiquity, the Spartan warrior has been immortalised in media today. Characterised as super...
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40:34
The Invention of Heterosexuality
8 December 2023Sexuality is a funny thing. It's a social construct just as much as, say, virginity is.
We use words like heterosexuality and homosexuality...
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41:20
Vikings in Medieval Baghdad
7 December 2023In the ninth century, the Vikings earned a fearsome reputation by wreaking chaos on the coasts of western Europe. But what is perhaps less well...
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Demeter with Natalie Haynes
7 December 2023Demeter is the Goddess of the Harvest and Agriculture in Ancient Greek mythology.
Mother of Persephone, and daughter of Kronos and Rhea,...
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The Tudors' Portrait Artist: Holbein
7 December 2023How we visualise the Tudors largely comes from their portraits painted by Hans Holbein the Younger. Between 1526 and 1543, he captured the...
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