Medieval Archives
Illuminating the Dark Ages for the Digital World. The Medieval Archives podcast transports you back to an age of heroic kings, gallant knights and pious bishops. Separate fact from fiction and find out how the men and women of the middle ages really lived.
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MAP#58: Gilles de Rais – Gallant Knight, Occultist and Serial Killer
Gilles de Rais, an esteemed knight and the Marshall of ...
Gilles de Rais, an esteemed knight and the Marshall of France, who fought alongside Joan of Arc. Then he turned to the occult and tried to deal with the devil. Gilles isn't remembered as a hero of France, instead he is remembered as a gruesome child mu...
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The Vikings Podcast #212: Vikings Season 2 Blu-ray Giveaway!
I wanted to get out a quick update to let ...
I wanted to get out a quick update to let you know about the VIKINGS Season 2 Blu-ray giveaway! It's easy to enter and you could take home a great prize! - Head over to http://www.medievalarchives.com/vikingsgiveaway to enter the contest.
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MAP#57: Dan Jones Interview: Wars of the Roses and The Plantagenets
Award-winning journalist, best selling author and Historian Dan Jones joins ...
Award-winning journalist, best selling author and Historian Dan Jones joins the Medieval Archives Podcast to talk all things Plantagenets! His first book on the subject The Plantagents: The Kings Who made England covers the first two centuries of Plant...
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MAP#56: Jan Hus and the Hussite Wars
Jan Hus was a Czech or more accurately for his ...
Jan Hus was a Czech or more accurately for his time, a Bohemian priest, philosopher and religious reformer who shock up the catholic church in the 15th century. We'll look at his life, his ideas about religion and the catholic church and the wars fough...
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MAP#55: Bernard Cornwell Interview – The Empty Throne
Few authors can capture the atmosphere of the middle ages ...
Few authors can capture the atmosphere of the middle ages as well as Bernard Cornwell. A master storyteller Bernard has written over 50 books! I first discovered Bernard Cornwell in the early 2000s when I was browsing at a local bookstore.
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MAP#54: The Battle of Bannockburn 1314
In June 1314 Scotland faced off against England in a ...
In June 1314 Scotland faced off against England in a battle that would be remembered through the ages. Outnumbered more than 2-1 the Scots banded together to fight the mighty English. - The Battle of Bannockburn started out with an epic confrontation...
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MAP#53: War of Scottish Independence 1296-1328
For everyone living today the Kingdom of Scotland has been ...
For everyone living today the Kingdom of Scotland has been apart of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. But the two kingdoms weren't always united. In fact they have only been unified for 300 years. Prior to the 1707 Treaty of Union,
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MAP#52: Defending the City of God, Sharan Newman Interview
Defender of the City of God is a new book ...
Defender of the City of God is a new book by award winning author Sharan Newman. It examines the First Crusade, the Crusader state of Jerusalem and Queen Melisande. Sharan also writes fiction novels based in the Middle Ages,
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MAP#51: Jacques de Molay and The Knights Templar
Jacques de Molay the 23rd and final Grand Master of ...
Jacques de Molay the 23rd and final Grand Master of The Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, better know as The Knights Templar. - The Knights Templar formed in 1119 and quickly rose in power and wealth.
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MAP#50: Medieval Torture
In the Middle Ages torture was used for a variety ...
In the Middle Ages torture was used for a variety of reasons, to gain information, to purify heretics and to punish criminals. In this lesson of the Medieval Archives Podcast we are going to explore medieval torture and the devices used by medieval tor...
