Medieval History Podcasts

All about the Middle Ages from Medievalists.net. Join Danièle Cybulskie and her guests as they talk about the medieval world, from Byzantium to the Vikings. This week, Danièle speaks with Nicholas Morton about the one hundred year rise of the Mongol Empire in the Near East, why they were so effective, and why they pursued […]

Tune in to hear Katy and Nathan pair cocktails with amazing women of history. Cheers! Got a request? Email us at QueensHistoryPodcast@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/queenshistorypodcast. ————————————————————— Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Are you a lover of long fiction novels? Well, did you know that you have Lady Murasaki to thank for […]

From long-lost Viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politics, to myths, religion, the lives of ordinary people: Gone Medieval is History Hit’s podcast dedicated to the middle ages, in Europe and far beyond. ————————————————————— Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Earlier this month, it was reported that […]

Showcasing the latest developments in the realm of academic and professional research and literature, about the Middle East and global affairs. We discuss Israeli, Arab and Palestinian society, the Jewish world, the Middle East and its conflicts, and issues of global and public affairs with scholars, writers and deep-thinkers. Mikhael Manekin, a prominent Israeli activist […]

Interviews with Scholars of Africa about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies Michael Francis Laffan’s Under Empire: Muslim Lives and Loyalties Across the Indian Ocean World, 1775–1945 (Columbia University Press, 2022) traces a tapestry of historical actors, empires, and ideas across the Indian Ocean world. Starting with an imam […]

Throughout time and across the globe, from the Stone Age to the Digital Age, people have been having weird, wonderful, and downright absurd relationships. Real life spouses Diana and Eli are here to cover them all in a podcast that’s part history, part comedy, and all ridiculous. Hook up with some of the wildest and […]

Join comedians Jacob Trimmer and Tim Groeschel in a mashup of true crime, history, and comedy as they swap stories and make jokes about people throughout time who have lived interesting and violent lives. Get your dose of grindhouse history every Tuesday and Thursday, because everyone likes violence as long as it’s happening to someone […]

This podcast is a collection of recorded talks and lectures given by curators and experts at our palaces. It explores how monarchs and people have shaped society, in some of the greatest palaces ever built. For more information on Historic Royal Palaces visit hrp.org.uk The Victorian era is defined by great leaps in cultural, technological […]

Knights of Old Podcast is released on a bi-weekly basis and explores the great stories of Bishop Heelan as well as the current happenings with the Crusaders. Featuring Jay Wright and an assortment of guests. Support the show

Talking about popular conceptions of the Middle Ages and their historical realities. Join Richard Abels to learn about Vikings, knights and chivalry, movies set in the Middle Ages, and much more about the medieval world. Today’s episode concludes our three part series about King Arthur in history, legend, and popular culture. Our jumping off point […]

Alexa Sand and Ian MacInnes explore the world of medieval and Renaissance animals, real, fantastic, and fantastically real. Become a member of the Manticores club https://plus.acast.com/s/real-fantastic-beasts. ————————————————————— Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. The tiger begins as the most real of all fantastic beasts and ends as the most fantastic of all real […]

A podcast featuring scholarly discussions about Vikings, Norse myth, & the history of medieval Scandinavia. Hosted by Noah Tetzner. Follow The History of Vikings on Twitter: @HistoryofViking Email Noah with ideas for future episodes: noah@thehistoryofvikings.com Today I chat with Dr. Leszek Gardeła, a Researcher at the National Museum of Denmark and author of multiple books […]

RSS feed for the Ottoman History Podcast blog (http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com) with Özge Calafato hosted by Zeinab Azarbadegan | What can family and individual studio photographs tell us about social life in the early Republic of Turkey? In this episode, Özge Calafato highlights the negotiations between the Kemalist state, the photographers, and the people being photographed that […]

Interviews with historians about the history of the Ottoman Empire and beyond with Özge Calafato hosted by Zeinab Azarbadegan | What can family and individual studio photographs tell us about social life in the early Republic of Turkey? In this episode, Özge Calafato highlights the negotiations between the Kemalist state, the photographers, and the people […]

Saga Thing is a podcast for people who love history, literature, Vikings and all things medieval. In each episode, the hosts review a saga from medieval Iceland and then dig in to categories for discussion, including: Best Bloodshed, Body Count, Notable Witticisms, Nicknames, Outlawry, Thingmen, and Ratings. In this episode we go back to chapter […]

A narrative history podcast following the journeys of medieval travellers and their roles in larger historical events. Telling great stories, showing the interconnected nature of the medieval world, and meeting Mongols, Ottomans, Franciscans, merchants, ambassadors, and adventurers along the way. A standalone episode on Tāj al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Anjab ibn al-Sā’ī, and his solitary work […]

Welcome to the Amplify Archaeology Podcast. This podcast series seeks to introduce you to some of the key themes and exciting new projects in Irish archaeology. We will feature a series of interviews with a number of Ireland’s archaeologists and experts to gain new insights into life in the past, the key sites, places and […]

Friends Lucy Brydon (the Scottish one) and Karen Campbell (the Not Scottish one) chat about all things Scotland in this weekly chat. From haunted castles and spooky stone circles to fairy lore and mythical creatures galore (and more!) join us with your wee dram and sense of humor each week as we kick back, relax […]

What did it mean to pursue science in the Ottoman Empire? Who practiced it and why? And how should scholars approach the topic today? This series of podcasts introduces new research that challenges the traditional story of science in the Ottoman Empire. Setting aside long-held assumptions of the passive reception of European science or of […]

Listen to “The African History Network Show” with Michael Imhotep founder of The African History Network on 910 AM The Superstation WFDF in Detroit, Mon. – Fri. 11pm – midnight EST, Sundays, 9pm-11pm EST. We focus on Educating, Empowering and Inspiring people of African Descent throughout the Diaspora and around the World because Right Knowledge […]

Ever wondered what the Crusades were and why they really happened? This podcast tells the full story of the Crusades from their origins, beginning with the collapse of Byzantium, to the fall of the last Crusader state. This is just to let you know that you can get my ebook called The Roman Revolution, which […]

Aven & Mark discuss etymology, history, literature, language, and cocktails, and the sometimes surprising connections between them all. We spoke with Tim Brooks of the Endangered Alphabets project about the cultural importance of scripts, the pressures on marginalized and isolated scripts, his beautiful wood carvings, and the various initiatives he and his group have been […]

Since 1972, the Book Arts Press and Rare Book School have offered more than 600 public lectures on a wide variety of bibliographical topics. Rezek, Joseph – “Ideologies of the Codex in Hakluyt and Smith” – NEH-SHARP Lecture, 1 Aug 2022 by Rare Book School Lectures

I came, I saw, I podcasted The Reconquista continues into the life of Queen Isabella of Castile! Isabella’s life as a young adult is filled with danger. There are many that would be happy to see her married off, placed in exile, or simply killed. However, she proves her resolve. Despite massive adversity, she holds […]

The Multicultural Middle Ages is a podcast where medievalists from all professional and disciplinary tracks can come together to think and talk about the oft-unsung reality of the Middle Ages as a diverse historical and cultural period. We offer public-facing, open access content directed at experts and non-experts alike to offer updated, accurate, and culturally […]

Discussion of religious movements and the theories and individuals behind them. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the largest and arguably the most astonishing religious structure on Earth, built for Suryavarman II in the 12th Century in modern-day Cambodia. It is said to have more stone in it than the Great Pyramid of Giza, and much […]

This podcast is a storytelling journey through world-folklore. With brief context and analysis in the introductions, the main focus is the retelling of stories themselves. From saucer-eyed spectral dogs to pond-scum haunting child-eating witches – experience the darker side of Britain’s folklore in Series 1. Then journey to central and eastern Europe to the world […]

For most of us, our knowledge of the Ottoman Empire can be summed up to two things: padded footstools and the phrase “the sick man of Europe”. We in the United States know very little about the Ottoman Empire because our history courses do a bad job of covering parts of the world outside of […]

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. It’s Halloween again, the air turns colder, the nights grow darker and spirits roam in the shadows. On this […]

A new episodic podcast about the history of violence, from terrorism to taekwondo. So, this is a bit of a change of pace, but I’ve decided to mix it up a bit and do some super short episodes focused on theories related to violence. This will cover some of the main historical, sociological and international […]

An examination of scientific inquiry through a discussion of the history and philosophy of the scientific endeavor. In this unscripted episode, we take a look at the announced results from the Muon g-2 experiment recently performed at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. We examine what it means for the Standard Model of Particle Physics along […]

“Women, Gender, and Sex in the Ottoman World” is a series of podcasts that pulls together women’s history and the history of gender and sex in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. It explores the particular historical experiences of women and girls based on the conviction that returning the lives, experiences, and ideas of women to […]

Timeline of undergarments from the Byzantine empire, the early Middle Ages, to the late Middle Ages The intimate on intimates from 350ce – 1500 ce

Over 900 years ago, thousands of Christians invaded the Middle East, intent on taking the Holy Land from the Muslims. The following 200 years were marked by a series of military campaigns known as the Crusades. Join us to follow the history of the Crusades from 1095 onwards. Castles, battles, religious clashes, Richard the Lionheart, […]

patreon.com/medievalpodcast In the mid-19th century, a farmer dug into a strange mound at the former-Viking settlement of Mammen, discovering an extravagant Norse burial chamber. One of the rare findings from the mound was a well-preserved axe head with etched designs featuring a cross-over of Christian and pagan motifs. Become a patron of the show – […]

Viking Age Research and Building by Bjorn Saemundarson. A reading of The Tale of Halldor Snorrason (II), followed by some information about the story. NotesThis story is recorded in the Morkins kinna, a 13th century manuscript relating the history of Norwegian kings from approximately 1025 to 1157. King Harald himself was the joint ruler of […]

Welcome to The Medieval World Podcast, where we explore fun and interesting pieces of medieval history. Each Friday, I publish a new episode. In addition to episodes, check out my lectures below. If there’s an episode or series you would like to see, let me know via email at themedievalworldpodcast@gmail.com. Also, you can follow me […]

DAWLA: New Histories of the Medieval Middle East introduces the research being carried out on the historiography of fifteenth-century Egypt and Syria at Ghent University to the broader public. Following a two-part introductory episode which introduces our current ERC project, “The Mamlukisation of the Mamluk Sultanate–II (MMS-II)”, we’re going to devote episodes to the historians […]

A history of Iran from the earliest time (ca. 3000 BCE) to the 20th century. This episode is one of a three part series on the Fall of the Sasanians, produced in Persian.

Rebecca and Rhea are two twenty-somethings who are fed up of not knowing the incredible stories of women throughout history. Each episode they teach each other about an incredible, badass woman that they cannot believe they hadn’t heard of before! Join them and learn some vital Sistery History. Plus, if you have a story of […]

A look at the history of alchemy and it’s influence on science. ————————————————————— Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. “Der Buddler” aka Mirko Gutjahr, took Travis on a tour of the University of Leipzig Library’s exhibit on magic books and to the Landesmuseum Halle to see magic rings in a “Rings of Power” […]

Our picks for the best and most popular episodes of OHP in 2019 on this year’s theme of imagination and diaspora Episode 442 with Sunil Sharma hosted by Shireen Hamzaand Naveena Naqvi Download the podcast Feed | iTunes | GooglePlay | SoundCloud In this episode, Professor Sunil Sharma shares his research on the cast of […]

Law is a powerful lens for the study of the Ottoman Empire and the Islamic world. Bringing together diverse sources and new perspectives for legal history, this series explores law in and around the Ottoman Empire as a complex and capacious system underpinning the exercise of power inherent in all human relationships. Our presenters study […]

Literatures of multilingual Europe was a series of lectures given at the Taylor Institution Library in Autumn 2018 and Summer 2019 designed to accompany the Bodleian Exhibition ‘Babel: adventures in translation’ (15th February – 2nd June 2019). Each lecture was intended to provide an introduction to some of the less well-known European literatures and at […]

Sharing the History of The Viking Age, one podcast at a time. We are covering the History of Scandinavia during the Viking Age. We’re exploring Raiding, Trading and Settlement of Scandinavians abroad as well as the culture and society of the Norse homelands. Join us to learn more than you ever thought you wanted to […]

A podcast dedicated to the education and discussion of psychoactive subtstances Episode 1: Introduction and History

The Ottoman Empire lasted for six hundred years and dominated the Middle East and Europe, from Budapest to Baghdad and everything in between. The sultans ruled three continents. But they didn’t do it on their own. This podcast looks at the cast of characters who made the empire run: the sultan, the queen mother, the […]

Where medieval matters. The Public Medievalcast explores stories at the intersection of the Middle Ages and our modern world, including interviews with scholars of the Middle Ages and creators of new medieval worlds, previously unknown tales from the medieval past, and explorations along the cutting edge of medieval history. We’re not afraid to discuss how […]

The Voltaire Foundation is a world leader for eighteenth-century scholarship, publishing the definitive edition of the Complete Works of Voltaire (Œuvres complètes de Voltaire), as well as Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment (previously SVEC), the foremost series devoted to Enlightenment studies, and the correspondences of several key French thinkers. Dan Edelstein from Stanford University […]

Medieval German Studies in Oxford cover the full range of the literary, cultural and linguistic heritage of the German speaking lands from 800 to 1600. Special areas of interests are the transmission of text in manuscript and early print, mysticism and devotional writing and courtly literature. We work in close collaboration with the Bodleian Libraries, […]

The Not-So-Serious History Podcast hosted by Nicole and Jacqui; Two Sisters on a Quest for Knowledge. New Episodes Every Monday! Coming at ya with another POP QUIZ! You’re in for a treat, because one of the sisters makes POP QUIZ history and scores zero points! Stay tuned after the episode to hear promos from some […]

This is a podcast produced by the University of Central Florida Department of History. It features interviews with historians about their research and history in the news. The Department of History’s Holly Baker recently sat down with Dr. Thomas Madden, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint […]

Look back on events that occured in the past on that day. This Day in History Feb 5th

Welcome to the KSK’S HRE History Podcast channel, we will explore various aspects of the Empire in a modern way. This episode will focus on the birth of the Habsbourg Dynasty, how they came to power, the many glorious battle they fought and the way they conquered most of Europe. We will also look at […]

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A brief survey of Church History from Acts to Medieval times. A brief survey of Church History from Acts to Medieval times.

Looking at the history and politics of diplomacy at the Ottoman Court in Istanbul (Constantinople) during the 15th, 16th and 17th Centuries. Discusses recent developments in how we think about early modern diplomatic history and why we should look at all diplomacy taking place in a particular court.

A weekly podcast series tracing and examining the history of Islam, beginning with the state of the world just before the advent of Islam. See you on Thursday!Visit: http://historyofislampodcast.blogspot.co.uk/ ————————————————————— Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. A portion of Muhammed’s followers flee to Abyssinia where they hope to practice their religion freely, Quraysh […]

The 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses is fast approaching. The University of Oxford has begun preparations to mark this key event in European history, some of which are centred on the Taylor Institution’s collection of Lutheran pamphlets. This workshop focuses specifically on how women from all walks of life, and from across Europe […]

A student-led workshop organised under the auspices of the Society for Modern Greek Studies and the Sub-Faculty of Modern Greek, University of Oxford, with the support of the Onassis Foundation. Elžbieta Banytė (Vilnius University), gives the first talk on Panel 1; Crisis and Catastrophe: The Politics of Memory Between Moments of ‘Crisis’.