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The Romans in Brittany
17 July 2021It was one of the most powerful empires in history, leaving marks and remnants across the globe, but in this episode we are looking specifically at...
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Saladin and the Crusades
17 July 2021Saladin was one of the greatest Sultans of the middle ages, and the first sultan of Egypt and Syria. He famously defeated the Crusader army at the...
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Medieval Ludlow
17 July 2021Founded in the late 11th century after the Norman conquest of England, the town of Ludlow is critical to Medieval history. From an impressive...
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Why the Statues Are Coming Down
16 July 2021Recent years have seen a spate of statue removals from the toppling of Confederate statues in the United States, the tearing down of the Edward...
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Spanish Civil War & Gerda Taro
16 July 2021Starting off as a novice photographer with strong political motivations, Gerda Taro became well known during the Spanish Civil War, only to sadly...
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16th Century Feminists
15 July 2021In this edition of Not Just The Tudors, Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Hannah Dawson, editor of The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing who draws upon...
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Mythbusting Medieval Buildings
15 July 2021From spiral stairs to tunnels leading to pubs and brothels, to witch markings; join us as we find out the truth about medieval buildings. Matt Lewis,...
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Scythed Chariots
15 July 2021What could be more terrifying than an army racing towards you? An army on chariots? What if those chariots had blades mounted on either side? In this...
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The Peasants' Revolt
14 July 2021In 1381 England was rocked by one of the most widespread popular uprisings of the medieval period; the Peasants' Revolt. Beginning in Essex in...
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The Soviet Spy in the Cotswolds
14 July 2021A mother of three living in a small British village, and an accomplished Soviet operative who co-ordinated a network of spies within Britain's atomic...
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World War Two Showdown in the Mediterranean
13 July 2021By the summer of 1942 Malta had been under siege by Axis forces for over a year and the situation on the island was bleak with food and fuel almost...
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Carthage vs Greeks? The First Sicilian War
13 July 2021480 BC is a year widely-celebrated in Greek history. When Leonidas' Spartan core and their Hellenic allies fought a powerful Persian army at...
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