Gone Medieval
Hosted by Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis · History Hit
4.7from 4,889 ratings
- 550
- Episodes
- 267
- Transcribed
- 4,889
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Gone Medieval
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.New episodes every Tuesday and Friday.A podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts Dan Snow's History Hit, The Ancients, and Betwixt the Sheets.History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe (https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- History Hit
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Apr 2021
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
267 of 550 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Henry IV & Henry V: Shakespeare's Version
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Peasants' Revolt on Film: The Uprising Reviewed
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Invention of Hell
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Henry IV & Henry V: Shakespeare's Version
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Is this just a way of instituting this idea of the... prodigal son, giving a kind of familial story that we can all understand? Or would you say, I do think that there are some differences in terms of the reigns of Henry IV and V. They do have differing policy, for example. So is that just a way of humanizing what are ultimately political differentiations? That's a really good question. I think the humanizing is important, and I think it's important for the way in which Shakespeare's history plays tend to be pretty human plays rather than high political plays. I don't tend to think that in the history plays, Shakespeare's characters are mouthpieces for particular viewpoints. […]
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- Emma Smith
- Stephen Hopkins
- Amy Jeffs
- Tom Birkett
- Aleks Pluskowski
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 1,843 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 3,046 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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- Quality
- 85
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis host the show. Published by History Hit.
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