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#49: Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
The Kingdom of Jerusalem was the most powerful Crusader State ...
The Kingdom of Jerusalem was the most powerful Crusader State in the Middle Ages. Melisende, the daughter of King Baldwin II, would rule Jerusalem after the death of her father. A power struggle with her husband, Fulk V, led to a divided Kingdom. -
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MAP#48: Sweyn Forkbeard, The Viking King of England
03 February 2014 marks the 1,000th anniversary of the death ...
03 February 2014 marks the 1,000th anniversary of the death of King Sweyn Forkbeard. Once Forkbeard became the King of Denmark and Norway he started raiding England. After the English massacred thousands of Danes on St.
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MAP#47: Charlemagne, The Father of Europe
January 2014 marks the 1,200th anniversary of the death of ...
January 2014 marks the 1,200th anniversary of the death of Charlemagne. He started his reign at the age of 26 as the King of the Franks. By the time of his death in 814 he was the Holy Roman Emperor and ruled the majority of continental Europe. -
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MAP#46: Made in China: Medieval Inventions from the Far East
For 4000 years China has been an innovative society, starting ...
For 4000 years China has been an innovative society, starting with the Great Wall and the Grand Canal. In the Middle Ages China invented item after item that revolutionized the world for centuries to come. Some of them we still use today!
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MAP#45: 2013 Medieval Year in Review
2013 is coming to a close. That means it's time ...
2013 is coming to a close. That means it's time for a year in review wrap up of the year's medieval events and we have a special guest, Peter from Medievalists.net! We discuss 10 of the top medieval stories of 2013.
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MAP#44: Battle of Agincourt 1415
The Hundred Years' War raged for over 100 years and ...
The Hundred Years' War raged for over 100 years and divided England and France like never before. Today on the Medieval Archives Podcast we look at a battle during the last phase of the Hundred Years' War, The Battle of Agincourt. -
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MAP #43: The Battle of Tours 732
October is a battle weary month in the Middle Ages ...
October is a battle weary month in the Middle Ages with no fewer than six major battles! This month we are going to discuss a couple of the battles. In this episode we are going to look at the Battle of Tours in 732.
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MAP#42: Medieval Diseases and “Cures”
Listen to the episode now People in the Middle Ages ...
Listen to the episode now People in the Middle Ages had their share of diseases. But unlike today they didn't have vaccinations or antibiotics to help them out. Today we are going to look at medieval diseases and the cures that did or in most case...
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MAP#41: King Louis VIII ‘The Lion’
French King Louis VIII who as a young Prince invaded ...
French King Louis VIII who as a young Prince invaded England with the support of the English barons with the hope of taking the throne from King John. He would rise to King in France and take part in the Albigensian Crusade to gain back his lands in So...
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MAP#40: The Fairytale Keeper, Andrea Cefalo Interview
What if all the fairy tales we know and love ...
What if all the fairy tales we know and love came from one 15-year-old medieval girl? That is the premise of Andrea Cefalo's novel, The Fairytale Keeper. - Today on the Medieval Archives Podcast we talk to Andrea about her books,
