In this set of podcasts Dr Alex Woolf of the University of St Andrews looks at post-Roman Scotland.

In this podcast Dr Gabriele Neher of the University of Nottingham provides an introduction to the Renaissance.

In this podcast Dr Dionysios Stathakopoulos looks at the period 1204-1453 and discusses the political, but also cultural history of the Empire in this era with an emphasis on what Byzantium bequeathed to the early modern world - the Renaissance in Italy.

In this podcast Dr Dionysios Stathakopoulos covers the basics: name, dates, geography, origins in the Late Roman Empire, and how the Byzantine Empire fits with Medieval History, East and West in general.

In this podcast Dr Michael Everett examines the life and career of Thomas Cromwell.

In this podcast Dr Jason Peacey examines the significance of the trial and execution of Charles I in Britain and in Europe and discusses how it was it reported.

In this podcast Professor Roey Sweet of the University of Leicester looks at the relationship between Britain and France in the 18th century.

In this podcast Dr Nigel Aston of the University of Leicester examines the Jacobites and the Jacobite risings that took place between 1688 and 1746.

In this podcast Dr Alex Murdoch of the University of Edinburgh looks at the origins and significance of the 1707 Acts of Union that joined the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland (previously separate states, with separate legislatures but with the same monarch) into a single, united kingdom...

In this podcast Dr Jordan Goodman discusses Captain Cook and the discovery of Australia & New Zealand.

In this podcast Dr Rosie Kennedy of Goldsmiths College, University of London discusses the origins and significance of the Parliament Act of 1911, the historic confrontation between the House of Lords and the House of Commons and the emergence of a more democratic political system.

In this podcast Ushma Williams looks at the emergence of the Mughal Empire.

In this podcast Ushma Williams looks at the decline, fall and legacy of the Mughal Empire.

In this set of podcasts Emeritus Professor Gerald Hawting of SOAS, University of London provides an introduction to the Abbasid (750-1258) Caliphate.

In this podcast Lucy Worsley of Historic Royal Palaces looks at the early Georgians, the changing relationship between Parliament and Monarchy and Court Politics under George I and George II.

In this set of podcasts Emeritus Professor Gerald Hawting of SOAS, University of London provides an introduction to the Umayyad (661-750) Caliphate.

In this podcast Dr Federico Santangelo of the University of Newcastle examines the key factors that led to the fall of the Roman Republic.

In this podcast Dr Federico Santangelo looks at the challenges the Roman Republic faced both internally and externally.

In this podcast Professor Nigel Saul of Royal Holloway, University of London, examines the changing importance of Magna Carta during the 14th century.

In this podcast Professor Justin Fisher discusses why Magna Carta is still significant today.