Medieval History Podcasts

The Emden Lecture is an annual event at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, given by a guest historian and pitched at a non-specialist audience. It is named in honour of A.B. Emden, a distinguished medievalist and historian of universities who was Principal of St Edmund Hall from 1929 to 1951.

Podcast by Real Crusades History

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.

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.

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.

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History has been studied at Glasgow since 1897. Today, we have world-leading expertise in a diverse range of subjects from war studies and the history of business, to gender history and the history of medicine. Our research interests range across geographical area as well as time and topic, with expertise in American history and culture, […]

The History of Science Museum houses an unrivaled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study of the history of science and in the development […]

Where did the phrase ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ come from? And when did scientists finally get round to naming sexual body parts? Voiced by Clive Anderson, this entertaining romp through ‘The History of English’ squeezes 1600 years of history into 10 one-minute bites, uncovering the sources of English words and phrases from Shakespeare and […]

The History of Science Museum houses an unrivaled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study of the history of science and in the development […]

Good-day ladys and gentlemen and welcome to Coucy le Château. This commune was home to Europe’s largest fortified castle. Before you, the war memorial perfectly summarizes the history of this site. At the foot of the 1914 soldier sits the castle with its imposing keep.

Ever wanted to understand the key themes driving over five hundred years of European history? In this album, architecture reveals the social, religious and economic fortunes of some of the most influential people between 1400 and 1900. By the end of the 19th century Queen Victoria presided over the vast British Empire. She looked out […]

This audio segment introduces students to Word Detective. It gives a brief history of Anglo-Saxon language and the first five clues of finding English words with Anglo-Saxon roots.

Podcasts of Medieval English lectures, and supporting material, presented at the English Faculty, University of Oxford.

Peter Pormann discusses the development of Islamic medical theory and practice in the medieval period.

Podcasts of Medieval English lectures, and supporting material, presented at the English Faculty, University of Oxford.

A history of France from Ancient Gaul up until 1880, written in short easy to comprehend chapters aimed at teaching English children. (Summary by Guero)

John Leland’s ‘Itinerary’ was the product of several journeys around England and Wales undertaken between 1538 and 1543. The manuscript is made up of Leland’s notebooks, which were first published in the 18th century, and later in a ten-part, five-volume edition published by Lucy Toulmin (1906-10). Part IX of the manuscript begins in the south […]