Was wir vom Mittelalter lernen können – Das ö...

Deutschland bekämpft den Pflegemangel auch mit der Abwerbung von Fachkräften aus Asien und Afrika. Das bringt den Ländern Geld, verschlechtert aber deren Gesundheitsversorgung. 

Firmen haben zunehmend Probleme, die Nachfolge an der Unternehmensspitze zu regeln. So geraten Arbeitsplätze in Gefahr. Ein Ausweg: Beschäftigte übernehmen ihren Betrieb selbst. 

In the early 12th century, when England was suffering wave after wave of Viking invasions, many wondered how God could allow their kingdom to be ravaged by pagans? The Archbishop of York Wulfstan had an answer: the apocalypse was coming. What did that mean to people in the Mid ...

Dan Jones explores the similarities and differences between the medieval experience and our lives today   In what ways was the medieval era surprisingly modern? Dan Jones, whose latest book is Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages, reveals the similarities and diff ...  Show more

The Middle Ages have often been shrouded in myth and mystery, but was it actually as unchanging, uncivilised and muddy as we might think? Historian and author Ian Mortimer challenges these popular perceptions, arguing how the period has often been overlooked in favour of later ce ...  Show more

What chores did medieval women have to get through each day? How could plucking your eyebrows in the Middle Ages land you in hell? And why did people believe that older women’s looks could kill? In our latest “Everything you wanted to know” episode, medievalist Dr Eleanor Janega ...  Show more