Pourquoi voyager au Moyen Âge ?

Je sais pas vous, mais moi j’adore aller à des concerts ! De métal bien sûr, mais pas que ! Mais vous êtes-vous déjà demandé depuis quand ces concerts existent ? Eh bien justement, il y a des Académies de Concert qui ont été créées en France au début du XVIIIe siècle. Alors qu’ét ...  Show more

Ukraine, Gaza, Soudan, Iran, Yémen, Taïwan… Ces dernières années, j’ai l’impression que la planète ressemble de plus en plus à une poudrière prête à exploser. Et comme si ça ne suffisait pas, un autre front s’est brutalement rallumé en avril 2025 : l’Inde et le Pakistan, deux pui ...  Show more

If you are planning - or dreaming of - your next holiday, have you stopped to wonder whether our medieval counterparts did exactly the same thing? Why did people travel in the Middle Ages, and what was the experience like for them? Were there any similarities with travelling ...

Deception and trickery have always been a universal feature of warfare and the wars of the Middle Ages were no exception - from the Battle of Hastings to the “fake corpse ruse”. But how did Medieval mores justify deception during wars? Was cunning considered an admir ...

When you think of the Middle Ages what springs to mind? Medieval battles, warfare and general hardship? Certainly not fun. However while medieval Ireland was a violent place by any standard people were still able to enjoy themselves. In this episode I explore what our medieval an ...  Show more

Throughout history, there have been plenty of hugely destructive, catastrophic moments. And yet somehow the human race managed to live on until today. So how did people in the Medieval period find ways to survive, for example, a siege of their city, or a natural disaster, or p ...