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  • What was the Byzantine Empire?

      The History of the Byzantine Empire
    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.
    What was the Byzantine Empire?

  • Film: What a strange place to be buried

      Virtual Branch Film
    Anna Cusack joined the HA Virtual Branch to discuss unique burial locations in London c.1600-1800. Anna recently completed a PhD at Birkbeck, University of London on the marginal dead of seventeenth and eighteenth-century London, focusing specifically on suicides, executed criminals, Quakers, and Jews and the treatment of their bodily remains...
    Film: What a strange place to be buried

  • Films: Ancient Near East Architecture

      Visualise the Ancient Near East with 3d Models
    To accompany our podcast series on the Ancient Near East we have put together some films to help you visualise the buildings and cities of this period of Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Assyrian history. All the beautiful 3d models below were created by Artefacts, a conceptual design agency who specialise in the visualisation...
    Films: Ancient Near East Architecture

  • The Akkadian Empire (2334–2154 BC)

      Ancient World History
    The Akkadian Empire was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia after the long-lived civilization of Sumer. It was centred in the city of Akkad and its surrounding region. The empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule. The Akkadian Empire exercised influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military expeditions as far south as Dilmun and Magan (modern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman) in the Arabian Peninsula. The Akkadian...
    The Akkadian Empire (2334–2154 BC)

  • The First Crusade: Eastern Sources and Different Interpretations

      Medieval World History
    In this podcast Professor Peter Frankopan, University of Oxford, looks at the causes of the First Crusade through Eastern sources (Greek, Syriac, Armenian, Arabic and Hebrew), rather than Western (Latin) sources. Professor Frankopan discusses the different interpretations these sources provide and highlights the key role of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and the rapid...
    The First Crusade: Eastern Sources and Different Interpretations

  • Early Modern German Witchcraft

      Early Modern German History
    In this podcast Professor Alison Rowlands of the University of Essex looks at the role and significance of magic in early modern German popular culture, the impact of the Reformation on this culture, the witch persecutions that took place across Germany and how these varied regionally and, finally, how interpretations...
    Early Modern German Witchcraft

  • Life in East Germany and the collapse of the GDR

      Modern German History
    In this podcast Dr Hester Vaizey looks at what life was like for East Germans and also examines what led to the collapse of the GDR and the impact of reunification.
    Life in East Germany and the collapse of the GDR

  • An Introduction to the German Democratic Republic

      Modern German History
    In this podcast Professor Matthew Stibbe of Sheffield Hallam University provides an introduction to the German Democratic Republic.
    An Introduction to the German Democratic Republic

  • German Women 1900-1945

      Modern German History
    In this podcast Professor Matthew Stibbe of Sheffield Hallam University discusses how the role and status of women developed in Germany from the late 19th Century to the end of the 1940s.
    German Women 1900-1945

  • The Suffragette Movement

      HA podcasted history
    Professor June Hannam of the University of the West of England looks at the key forces that led to women acheiving the vote in the early 20th century.
    The Suffragette Movement

  • Later Anglo-Saxon Law & Legal Systems

      Anglo-Saxon History
    In this podcast Professor Katy Cubitt of the University of East Anglia asks to what extent was the later Anglo-Saxon period a period of change and transformation for English law and legal systems?
    Later Anglo-Saxon Law & Legal Systems

  • Late Anglo-Saxon Government and Administration

      Anglo-Saxon History
    In this podcast Professor Katy Cubitt of the University of East Anglia looks at how governance and administration changed in the late Anglo-Saxon period.
    Late Anglo-Saxon Government and Administration

  • Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy in the 10th and 11th Centuries

      Anglo-Saxon History
    In this podcast Professor Katy Cubitt of the University of East Anglia discusses how the aristocracy developed and changed in the 10th and 11th centuries.
    Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy in the 10th and 11th Centuries

  • Medieval Welsh Literature

      Medieval Welsh History
    In this podcast Dr Dylan Foster Evans of Cardiff University provides an introduction to Medieval Welsh Literature.
    Medieval Welsh Literature

  • Women in Medieval Wales

      Medieval Welsh History
    In this podcast Dr Emma Cavell of the University of Leeds discusses the lives and the rights of women in medieval Wales.
    Women in Medieval Wales

  • Owain Gwynedd

      Medieval Welsh History
    Owain ap Gruffudd (c. 1100 - 23 or 28 November 1170) was King of Gwynedd, north Wales, from 1137 until his death in 1170, succeeding his father Gruffudd ap Cynan. He was called "Owain the Great" (Welsh: Owain Mawr) and the first to be styled "Prince of Wales". In this podcast...
    Owain Gwynedd

  • Owain Glyndŵr

      Podcasted history: Medieval Wales
    Owain Glyndŵr (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr]), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, (c. 1349 or 1359 - c. 1415) was a Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru). He instigated a fierce and long-running but ultimately unsuccessful revolt against the English rule of...
    Owain Glyndŵr

  • Gruffydd ap Cynan

      Medieval Welsh History
    Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055 - 1137), sometimes written as Gruffydd ap Cynan, was King of Gwynedd from 1081 until his death in 1137.In this podcast Dr David Wyatt of Cardiff University looks at the life and significance of Gruffudd ap Cynan.
    Gruffydd ap Cynan

  • The Welsh Marches

      Medieval Welsh History
    The terms "Welsh March" and "the March of Wales" (in Medieval Latin Marchia Walliae) were originally used in the Middle Ages to denote the territory/marches between England and the Principality of Wales, in which Marcher lords had specific rights, exercised to some extent independently of the king of England. In...
    The Welsh Marches

  • The Hundred Years War

      Anglo-French History
    In this set of podcasts Professor Anne Curry, of the University of Southampton and former President of the Historical Association, provides an introduction to the Hundred Years War, looking at its origin, legacy and the role of Henry V and Henry VI.
    The Hundred Years War

  • The Fall and Rise of Islamic Europe and its impact on European Jews

      European Jewish History
    In this podcast Professor Miri Rubin of Queen Mary University of London looks at how the Reconquista and the rise of the Ottoman Empire affected the European Jewish community.
    The Fall and Rise of Islamic Europe and its impact on European Jews

  • Was the Indian Independence movement a unified movement?

      A History of Modern India
    In this podcast Dr Pritipuspa Mishra of the University of Southampton discusses to what extent the Indian Independence movement was a unified movement.
    Was the Indian Independence movement a unified movement?

  • The Language & Politics of the Indian Independence Movement

      A History of Modern India
    In this podcast Dr Pritipuspa Mishra of the University of Southampton discusses how the language and politics of the Indian Independence movement changed between 1847 and 1947.
    The Language & Politics of the Indian Independence Movement

  • The Origins of the Spanish Civil War

      A Modern History of Spain
    In this podcast Dr Peter Anderson of the University of Leeds looks at the origins of the Spanish Civil War.
    The Origins of the Spanish Civil War

  • The Vikings in Scotland

      Scottish History podcast
    In this short podcast Dr Alex Woolf of the University of St Andrews discusses the impact of the Vikings on Scotland.
    The Vikings in Scotland