Medieval
Browse the Medieval era within the In Our Time archive.
The Hanseatic League
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval trading network the Hanseatic League.
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The Battle of Crécy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1346 conflict between the armies of France and England
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Cnut
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dane who became a powerful King of England in 1016.
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The Nibelungenlied
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval German epic The Song of the Nibelungs.
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The Knights Templar
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and abrupt fall of the famous military order.
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Angkor Wat
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Cambodian temple complex, begun 900 years ago.
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The Davidian Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the lasting impact of David I, King of Scotland c1084-1153
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The Song of Roland
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a masterpiece of French epic poetry from the 12th century.
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The Second Barons' War
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Simon de Montfort's fatal struggle with Henry III's forces
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Medieval Pilgrimage
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Christian pilgrimage in Europe in the Middle Ages.
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Saint Cuthbert
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life of one of England's most revered saints.
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Piers Plowman
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Langland's celebrated poem, written around 1370.
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Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful woman in the C12th Kingdom of Jerusalem
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Owain Glyndwr
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for Welsh independence in the early 15th century
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest poems from medieval England
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Automata
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of machines imitating living beings.
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Margaret of Anjou
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Queen of England at the start of the Wars of the Roses
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The Mabinogion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval Welsh stories of Celtic mythology.
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The Almoravid Empire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great empires of the Islamic west.
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Thomas Becket
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)
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Christine de Pizan
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Christine de Pizan (c1364-1430).
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Purgatory
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory.
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The Battle of Lincoln 1217
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for the English crown at the Battle of Lincoln.
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Roger Bacon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon.
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