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Theoderic the Great
12 October 2023In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman...
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William the Silent, Father of the Netherlands
12 October 2023What encouraged a young man who had spent most of his formative years being raised by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, to bite the hand that feeds...
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Figures of Baghdad | Trailer
10 October 2023In Figures of Baghdad, we’ll get to know some of the great minds of the Abbasid Empire, all of whom are characters you can find in Assassin's...
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The WW2 Witch Trial of Hellish Nell
10 October 2023What made a working class woman from Edinburgh become such a threat to British intelligence services during the Second World War, that they tried...
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What if the South Won the Civil War?
9 October 2023What if the Civil War had ended differently, with the South seceding from the Union? Would slavery have continued? Would the southern states have...
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Origins of Medieval Universities
9 October 2023The University of Vienna is one of the oldest in the world. Founded by Rudolph IV Habsburg in 1365, it has been teaching students for centuries....
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Witchcraft: A History in Four Trials
9 October 2023Most of our knowledge of witchcraft accusations and executions comes from the proceedings of high profile and significant...
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Education & The House of Wisdom
9 October 2023The sharing of culture was vital for the Abbasids. Even their predecessors, the Umayyads, had been fascinated by the knowledge of other cultures...
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War between the Brothers
8 October 2023Muslims spilled a lot of ink pondering what good government should look like, what a wise ruler should be like, and why it mattered for society....
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Tyre: Jewel of Phoenicia
8 October 2023One of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, Tyre was a jewel of the Ancient World. A Phoenician metropolis, and the birth place of numerous...
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Alexander The Great
7 October 2023This is everything you need to know about the famed conqueror Alexander the Great. Alongside Tristan Hughes, host of the hit podcast The Ancients,...
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Age of Consent: Medieval Meaning, Victorian Scandals & Modern Relevance
6 October 2023While the age of consent has fluctuated over time, it reveals some fascinating and enlightening things about how we view sexuality in...
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