Season 5 | 1. Generation Kill

Season 5 | 1. Generation Kill

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Season 5 | Bonus: Beasts at feasts

To mark the launch of season 5, we are dishing out a free sample of This is History Plus. Each week Dan and producer Georgia explore strange tangents and delicious Medieval gossip.  This episode serves up some of the most excessive Mediaeval shopping lists and feasts  includin ...  Show more

Season 5 | 2. Bros with Benefits

King Edward physically attacks his son, the heir to the throne, in a shocking display of violence. The reason for this outburst? The young prince’s relationship with his favourite knight, Piers Gaveston. The way Edward sees it, if he doesn’t split these two apart, the entire king ...  Show more

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