King Edward I: Hammer of the Scots

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

From his early years marked by an assassination attempt on his father that coincided with Edward's conception, to his brutal campaigns against the Welsh and Scots, Edward I's reign is completely thrilling.

Matt Lewis and Dr. Andrew Spencer delve into the life and legacy of this medieval warrior, reformer and conqueror, who threw himself into a Crusade, survived an assassin's blade and poison and transformed English governance.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Matt Lewis.
0:02.6	And I'm Dr. Eleanor Yonaga.
0:04.2	And we're just popping up here to tell you some insider info.
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0:20.6	Such as my new series on everyone's favorite
0:22.8	conquerors, the Normans, or my recent exploration of the castles that made Britain. There's a new
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0:45.3	Hello, I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that delves into the
0:53.3	greatest millennium in human history.
0:56.0	We've got the most intriguing mysteries, the gobsmacking details and latest groundbreaking research
1:02.5	from the Vikings to the printing press, from kings to popes to the crusades.
1:07.1	We cross centuries and continents to delve into rebellions, plots and murders, to find the
1:13.4	stories big and small that tell us how we got here. Find out who we really were with Gone
1:20.1	Medieval.
1:32.3	Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval. I'm Matt Lewis.
1:36.9	We've never done an episode on this particular King of England before.
1:42.5	Partly it turns out because there's just so much to say about him and such a long career to cover.
1:45.9	Edward I was 33 when he became king and he packed a lot into the early part of his life, let alone the numerous aspects of his reign that demand
1:51.4	attention. For me, he's a tough circle to square, a brutal martial reputation, but a man
1:57.7	who saved his father and the kingdom. A crusader and a persecutor, but a man with a deep and thoughtful interest in the law
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