Episodes

  • What were medieval warhorses like?
    Jan 10 2025

    Jason talks to Emma Herbert-Davies about her research into the mediaeval warhorse.


    Producer: Natt Tapley

    Audio: Pete Dennis


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    40 mins
  • What were ordinary Vikings really like?
    Dec 13 2024

    On this episode Jason talks to Eleanor Barraclough about her new book, Embers of the Hands, about the day-t-day lives and material culture of ordinary Vikings.


    Producer: Natt Tapley

    Audio: Pete Dennis


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    51 mins
  • What is Jason's new book about?
    Dec 3 2024

    In this episode, Jason talks about his new book, out now on Kickstarter with the host of Legends and Lectures, Michelle Franklin.


    Producer: Natt Tapley

    Audio: Pete Dennis


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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • How to get someone to fall in love with you (in the Middle Ages)
    Nov 20 2024

    We learn lots about of the facts of the Middle Ages, but what did the people themselves believe about the ways in which the world worked, and the intersections between religion and magic? Jason talks to Tabitha Stanmore about practical magic, cunning folk, and the ways in which magic was threaded through mediaeval life.


    Producer: Natt Tapley

    Audio: Pete Dennis


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    31 mins
  • Can mediaeval knowledge save the world?
    Nov 7 2024

    In a world of limited resources, people in the Middle Ages knew how to exploit the natural world in a way that was sustainable. Jason talks to Annette Kehnel about sustainability in the Middle Ages.


    Producer: Natt Tapley

    Audio: Pete Dennis


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    46 mins
  • Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
    Oct 22 2024

    In this episode, Jason talks to Marc Morris about his new book, Anglo Saxons.


    Producer: Natt Tapley

    Audio: Pete Dennis


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    42 mins
  • How do you make a mediaeval book?
    Oct 14 2024

    Sara Charles is a researched into books and manuscripts, who has learned all of the processes that went into making books in the Middle Ages. She joins Jason to talk about manuscripts books, and all thinks ink and vellum!


    Producer: Natt Tapley

    Audio: Pete Dennis


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    41 mins
  • Was mediaeval armour for defence or for show?
    Oct 4 2024

    Jason Kingsley, CBE, talks to armourer Toby Capwell about their time spent jousting against each other, how you know when to give up jousting and how armour worked in the Middle Ages.


    Producer: Natt Tapley

    Audio: Pete Dennis


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    44 mins