Welcome to Gone Medieval, the brand new podcast from History Hit that will dust off and polish

up some of the medieval periods most fascinating characters and stories. From defining events

to the ways people lived their everyday lives, Gone Medieval will whisk you away to the

sights, sounds and maybe sometimes unfortunately the smells of the Middle Ages.

My name is Dr. Kat Jarman and I'm an author and bioarchologist which means I study ancient

teeth and bones to unravel the lives of people from the past. I specialize in the Viking

age and lead excavations all over Europe to hunt down the remains of peaceful and not

so peaceful Scandinavians. In my book River Kings, I've traced global connections between

the Vikings and the Silk Roads.

I'm Matt Lewis, I'm an author and historian and my real interest lies in the Wars of the

Roses at the end of England's medieval period. I'll tell you a secret strictly between

you and I, really I'm fascinated with Richard III. Okay that's not really a secret, it's

what I talk about a lot of the time, a lot of the time. I've written biographies of Richard

III, of his dad Richard Duke of York, as well as Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry

III. I've also looked at the Anarchy and medieval rebellions.

In our careers we have truly gone medieval and in this podcast you can join us as a disentangle

facts from fiction and science from stories. We will guide you through the latest discoveries

interrogate legends and bring you beneath the skin of those who lived and died between

8500 and 1500, as I'm sure you'll agree the most significant millennium in human history.

Each week we're going to be interviewing the best and brightest historians, archaeologists

and writers and get right down to the bare bones of the period. I hope you'll join

catanise we explore some of the biggest characters and events of this fascinating era, but

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