Medieval Booze with Eleanor Janega

Gone Medieval

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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis welcomes his new co-host, historian Dr. Eleanor Janega. For her first episode, Eleanor and Matt kick off with a quick fire round about some of her favourite Medieval subjects, culminating in booze. How important was alcohol in the medieval world? Was it the only alternative to undrinkable water? What was the difference between beer and ale? How much did people drink, and why?

This episode was edited by Joseph Knight and produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit.
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0:23.4	Welcome to this very special episode of Gone Medieval, I'm Matt Lewis.
0:26.9	Ladies and gentlemen, it is my immense pleasure to introduce you to the new co-host of Gone Medieval.
0:32.0	She's no stranger to this podcast or to the History Hit family.
0:35.0	If you're a history hit TV subscriber, you'll have seen some of her amazing documentaries.
0:39.0	And if you're not, stay behind after class to explain yourself.
0:42.4	She's been coming, she's been going Medieval for a while, and now she's here.
0:46.5	She's Gone Medieval.
0:48.0	A huge welcome to Gone Medieval, to Dr. Eleanor Yena.
0:50.8	Hi, Matt, I'm laughing too hard already, so I think that's a great sign of things to come.
0:56.0	Absolutely. So we thought we'd use this episode to let you all get to know Eleanor a little bit better,
1:01.2	and to learn a bit about what to expect from her and her episodes.
1:05.3	So we're going to start off with some quick fire questions.
1:08.0	We haven't got any dramatic mastermind music, but we'll just pretend there's some going on in the background.
1:11.8	So if you're ready, Eleanor.
1:12.8	Born ready.
1:14.1	1066.
1:15.6	Are you Harold G. Harold H. Or William?
1:18.0	I'm Harold H.
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