Shogun and Shinto: What Life Was Like In Feud...

The Philosopher’s Stone: the source of infinite wealth and everlasting life. It is one of the most famous myths in the world. But for centuries, it was not a myth. Some of the greatest and most pioneering scientists in history believed in the power of the stone, and pursued its r ...  Show more

The Assassin’s Creed games specialise in recreating the places and sounds of the past. But how can we know what music our ancestors listened to? If we can, how well does ancient music work within a modern audience’s expectations of what music is? And how does making music for a v ...  Show more

Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour, et bienvenue dans ce nouvel entretien historique !

J’ai eu le plaisir d’y recevoir Julien Peltier, un spécialiste de l’histoire japonaise médiévale, et plus particulièrement de la figure du guerrier japonais, ainsi que de la période ...

Medieval Japan - especially its stories of fearless Samurai and Ninja warriors - have an enduring place in our consciousness. But how true are they?

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis talks to Joseph Robey, who has made it his mission to make the s ...

In today's episode, Tom and Dominic discuss the history of Japan through six characters, with leading cultural historian of Japan, Chris Harding, as they cover feuding lords and buddhist monks, both world wars, Japanese medieval poetry, Manga culture, and much, much more. Join T ...  Show more

Unter den Muslimen des Mittelalters gab es weise Krieger, Dichter, Philosophen, Ritter und Knappen. Diese elitäre Kultur und die Art und Weise wie sie auf die breite Masse abfärbte, machte diese Epoche in Bagdad so spannend. In dieser Folge betrachten wir die ritterliche Kultur u ...  Show more